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Hello John!

October has arrived and many CC community members are currently in Mexico City for our Global Summit! Head to our social media channels on Facebook, LinkedIn, Mastodon, and Twitter, and look for the #CCSummit2023 hashtag to stay up to date on all the exciting happenings going on this week at the Summit.

Here are some key highlights we're celebrating:

🛡️CC Defends Better Sharing and the Commons in WIPO Conversation on Generative AI: This month, CC delivered a statement to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Conversation on Generative AI and Intellectual Property, as part of our engagement in global policy discussions around the important issues raised by these new technologies and their impact on creativity, the commons, and better sharing. Read our remarks here.

🇲🇽Francisco “Tito” Rivas to Keynote CC Global Summit 2023: We are now deeply honored to announce that the Summit’s opening keynote will be from Mexican sound artist, musician, researcher, and cultural leader Francisco “Tito” Rivas, speaking on global culture from the deeply rooted perspective of Mexico and Latin America.

💙International Day for Universal Access to Information: 28 Sep was UNESCO’s International Day for Universal Access to Information. CC’s Director of Knowledge, Cable Green, spoke at the OER Dynamic Coalition webinar for this occasion.

🎉Open Education Awards 2023: CC’s Director of Learning and Training, Jennryn Wetzler, was awarded the Catalyst Award this month by Open Education Global! Read more about her award and the other winners here!

Here are some upcoming opportunities you can engage in:

🌎 2023 CC Global Summit: If you can’t make it to Mexico City for #CCSummit2023, register for free virtual access to hear about all the livestreamed and recorded sessions and engage with the CC community on slack.

✨ Volunteers Needed: The CC Open Culture Program seeks volunteers to translate key resources. Join us in our mission to make our work more accessible globally.

Keep scrolling for the latest from CC’s Generative AI series, and explore more exciting opportunities and valuable resources we've curated for you.

Sincerely,

The CC Team

➤ Better Sharing in the Age of AI

🤖 As generative AI advances rapidly, we at CC are keeping an eye on the associated complexities of these groundbreaking tools. Our focus remains on the interface of copyright law and generative AI, as we advocate for #BetterSharing, respect for human creators, and support for innovation.

📝 Our AI blog series, with contributions from our team and guest authors, tackles issues surrounding AI, from the source of training data to the impact of AI-created results. Check out our recent blog post for a summary of a recent CC Symposium in NYC that centered around AI, copyright, and creativity.

➤ CC Resources and Updates

Jennie Rose Halperin – Open Culture Voices, Season 2 Episode 25

📺 Jennie Rose Halperin is the Director at the Library Futures project at NYU Engelberg. In this episode we learn about the differences between digital and physical collections and what it means to be open to the public online as well as in real life when the mission of the institution is to serve the public interest and share cultural heritage.

Christy Henshaw — Open Culture VOICES, Season 2 Episode 26

📺 Christy is the Digital Production Manager at the Wellcome Collection which is a museum and library that is part of the Wellcome Trust, one of the largest trusts in the world dedicated to improving health outcomes globally. “Open access means that we’re able to reach more people in a more equitable fashion.”

Stay up-to-date on our work by following @creativecommons or visiting the CC blog. You can also support our work by donating here!

👋 Other updates:

💌 Check out the third edition of CC Open Culture Matters from last month and subscribe to our newest newsletter. Stay connected with the latest updates from the CC Open Culture Program, news, and feature stories on Open GLAM Collections. Sign up now and be part of the conversation!
🏳️‍⚧️ Creative Commons stands in solidarity with the trans community in denouncing the alarming violations of trans rights happening globally. Protecting the rights of all individuals is central to our mission of openness, inclusivity, and access to knowledge & culture.
🌍 Do you know about the impactful Open Climate Campaign partnership between Creative Commons, SPARC, and EIFL? We launched the Open Climate Campaign, an initiative committed to making knowledge and data on climate change solutions freely accessible. Be part of this vital mission.
🔓Unlock your open licensing potential with Creative Commons' array of learning and training opportunities. From workshops and consulting to lectures and CC Certificate courses, we offer something for everyone.
🔍Do you want to learn more about how Creative Commons licenses work? Check out our informative FAQ page.

➤ Eye Candy 🍭

Every month, we change our social media headers to a new CC-licensed image. This year, we are spotlighting a different CC-licensed illustration from our #BetterSharing collection on our social media headers and the CC blog. For August, we’re excited to showcase “Better Sharing, Better Future” by Maria Picassó i Piquer. The piece, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, was inspired by a quote from Cecília Oliveira, Executive Director of Fogo Cruzado.

Learn more about the illustration and the artist.

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