The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act will be discussed at a key trilogue meeting on 24 October 2023 — a trilogue is a meeting bringing together the three bodies of the European Union for the last phase of negotiations: the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament. CC collaborated with Communia to summarize our views emphasizing the importance of a balanced and tailored approach to regulating foundation models and of transparency in general. Additional organizations that support public interest AI policy have also signed to support these positions.

Statement on Transparency in the AI Act

The undersigned are civil society organizations advocating in the public interest, and representing knowledge users and creative communities.

We are encouraged that the Spanish Presidency is considering how to tailor its approach to foundation models more carefully, including an emphasis on transparency. We reiterate that copyright is not the only prism through which reporting and transparency requirements should be seen in the AI Act.

General transparency responsibilities for training data

Greater openness and transparency in the development of AI models can serve the public interest and facilitate better sharing by building trust among creators and users. As such, we generally support more transparency around the training data for regulated AI systems, and not only on training data that is protected by copyright.

Copyright balance

We also believe that the existing copyright flexibilities for the use of copyrighted materials as training data must be upheld. The 2019 Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and specifically its provisions on text-and-data mining exceptions for scientific research purposes and for general purposes provide a suitable framework for AI training. They offer legal certainty and strike the right balance between the rights of rightsholders and the freedoms necessary to stimulate scientific research and further creativity and innovation.

Proportionate approach

We support a proportionate, realistic, and practical approach to meeting the transparency obligation, which would put less onerous burdens on smaller players including non-commercial players and SMEs, as well as models developed using FOSS, in order not to stifle innovation in AI development. Too burdensome an obligation on such players may create significant barriers to innovation and drive market concentration, leading the development of AI to only occur within a small number of large, well-resourced commercial operators.

Lack of clarity on copyright transparency obligation

We welcome the proposal to require AI developers to disclose the copyright compliance policies followed during the training of regulated AI systems. We are still concerned with the lack of clarity on the scope and content of the obligation to provide a detailed summary of the training data. AI developers should not be expected to literally list out every item in the training content. We maintain that such level of detail is not practical, nor is it necessary for implementing opt-outs and assessing compliance with the general purpose text-and-data mining exception. We would welcome further clarification by the co-legislators on this obligation. In addition, an independent and accountable entity, such as the foreseen AI Office, should develop processes to implement it.

Signatories

• Creative Commons
• Communia Association
• Wikimedia Europe

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If we are going to solve climate change, the knowledge about it must be open. Only 47% of research papers on climate change are open. That means less than half of all climate research can be read by the public, researchers, journalists, educators, policy makers, students and others seeking to mobilize this knowledge in mitigations and solutions for climate change. One year ago, Creative Commons and our partners — SPARC & EIFL with the guidance of the Steering Committee — launched the Open Climate Campaign to address the lack of access to climate change research. Comprising 11 goals, the Open Climate Campaign’s mission is to make the open sharing of research the norm in climate science.

The Campaign was successfully launched on 30 August 2022 and was covered by the International Science Council, Infodocket, Research Information, Nature, and Axios Brief. We began by developing campaign materials — for our target audiences — to advertise the Campaign and to persuade researchers, librarians, national governments, environmental organizations and funders the free and open sharing of the research they create and fund is key to addressing climate change. We leveraged these materials to organize and present at 39 events to connect with our target audiences. We partnered with the Curtin Open Knowledge Initiative to secure open access benchmark data for climate change publications, and drafted a report on the legal and policy barriers to open access; both activities helped the Campaign understand the landscape of open access in climate change research.

In Year One, the Campaign began working with National Governments and partnered with the Open Research Funder’s Group to offer a policy development program for funders of climate change research. The Campaign secured endorsements from several organizations including, but not limited to, PLOS, Wildlife Conservation Society, and the Digital Public Goods Alliance.

In keeping with the global focus of the Campaign, we also began recruiting for a working group of open access and climate change experts — in the global south — to ensure inclusive outcomes throughout the campaign. Finally, we made progress on the Campaign’s unbinding work by beginning to form relationships with publishers and open access tools to facilitate the opening of past climate change publications.

The Open Climate Campaign is looking forward to leveraging this success and progress into Year 2 as the Campaign continues to work on developing open access policies with national governments, funders, and environmental organizations in service of changing the culture of sharing in climate change research.

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The CC Global Summit is now just one week away! As we make the final preparations for this first opportunity to gather in person at a Summit in several years, we are excited to unveil the program that will take place 3–6 October in Mexico City. Since 2006, the CC Global Summit has brought together thousands of CC community members, activists, creators, advocates, librarians, educators, lawyers, and technologists from around the world to discuss, collaborate, and take action to make our global culture more open and collaborative.

We must begin by honoring the very special Summit venue, the Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, next to the Plaza de las Tres Culturas. As we gather to collaborate on the future of the open commons, we will be surrounded by rich culture from Mexico’s history. Bringing these cultural themes together is “We Are the Commons,” the illustration commissioned specially for the Summit by Mexican artist Eréndira Derbez.

You can now explore the 100s of panels, community sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities scheduled in the program, all of which connect to the Summit’s main theme, AI & the commons, and/or one of the general topics on which the CC community often collaborates: better internet, contemporary creativity, culture & heritage, education, journalism, and scholarship & science.

We are especially honored to welcome the Summit’s three keynote speakers, who have been invited to challenge us with new and reborn perspectives about open knowledge and culture, and to honor both the Summit’s location in Mexico and our community’s global scope.

• Marina Núñez Bespalova, Mexico’s Undersecretary of Cultural Development, who will open the Summit speaking on global culture from the deeply rooted perspective of Mexico and Latin America.
• Peter-Lucas Jones, whose keynote on day two draws from his work as a leading figure in Māori media and his collaborations to honor local and traditional knowledge and culture in a global context.
• Anya Kamenetz, who will close the Summit with a keynote that grows out of her work as a journalist, writer, and now, activist focused on climate education for children.

Register now for the CC Global Summit in Mexico City >

Virtual participation

If you can’t make it to Mexico City, there are several opportunities to engage with the Summit virtually. First, take a moment to register for free virtual access to make sure you get all the information about how you can participate in the Summit at a distance and at different times, including:

• the sessions that will be livestreamed
• the pre-recorded video sessions you can watch on demand
• the informal connection sessions CC is organizing with Virtually Connecting
• the opportunity to connect with participants in Mexico and around the world in the CC community slack
• and the opportunity to meet Summit presenters and participants in virtual gatherings after the Summit in Mexico is over

Register now for virtual Summit participation >

Thanks to all those who made the Summit possible

Bringing hundreds of people together for a rich program in a world capital like Mexico City is a challenge CC could not have undertaken without a lot of support from many sources.

We are deeply grateful to the team at CC Mexico — especially Irene Soria, Iván Martínez, and the team of volunteers they brought together — for their dedicated assistance large and small to make the Summit happen in their city.

We also thank the volunteers around the world who gave their time and energy on the Summit program and scholarship committees. The overwhelming interest in this year’s Summit generated big challenges for these people who stepped up to help shape a Summit that we hope is diverse, enriching, and practical. Another heartfelt thank you goes out to our friends at Wikimedia Mexico who are sponsoring a group of volunteers to help out during the event. We are grateful for this partnership and looking forward to meeting everyone next week!

Beyond all the essential community effort powering the Summit, we especially thank the sponsors who contributed financial support to make it possible to offer the scholarships that enable people from all over the world to attend the Summit and to ensure this ambitious gathering will be rewarding and successful.

CC Global Summit 2023 Sponsors: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft Corporation, Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, Akin, Anthropic, Mozilla Foundation, The Michelson 20MM Foundation, MHz Curationist, Frontiers Media, Arnold & Porter, Crowell, Centro Cultural de España.

Are you interested in sponsoring CC Global Summit 2023? Please contact us at development@creativecommons.org.

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¡Falta solo una semana para la Cumbre Mundial CC! Mientras hacemos los preparativos finales para esta primera oportunidad de reunirnos en persona en una Cumbre en varios años, estamos entusiasmados de presentar el programa que se llevará a cabo del 3 al 6 de octubre en la Ciudad de México. Desde 2006, la Cumbre Global CC ha reunido a miles de miembros de la comunidad CC, activistas, creadores, defensores, bibliotecarios, educadores, abogados y tecnólogos de todo el mundo para discutir, colaborar y tomar medidas para hacer que nuestra cultura global sea más abierta y colaborativa.

Debemos comenzar honrando la sede tan especial de la Cumbre, el Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco, junto a la Plaza de las Tres Culturas. Mientras nos reunimos para colaborar en el futuro de los bienes comunes abiertos, estaremos rodeados de la rica cultura de la historia de México. Uniendo estos temas culturales es “Somos Los Comunes”, la ilustración encargada especialmente para la Cumbre por la artista mexicana Eréndira Derbez.

Ahora puede explorar los cientos de paneles, sesiones comunitarias, talleres y oportunidades de networking en el programa, todos los cuales se conectan con el tema principal de la Cumbre, IA y los bienes comunes, y/o uno de los temas generales en los que la comunidad CC colabora a menudo: mejor internet, creatividad contemporánea, cultura y patrimonio, educación, periodismo, investigación y ciencia.

Nos sentimos especialmente honrados de dar la bienvenida a los tres oradores principales de la Cumbre, quienes han sido invitados a desafiarnos con perspectivas nuevas y renacidas sobre el conocimiento y la cultura abiertos, y a honrar tanto la ubicación de la Cumbre en México como el alcance global de nuestra comunidad.

• Marina Núñez Bespalova, Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Cultural de México, quien abrirá la Cumbre hablando sobre la cultura global desde la perspectiva profundamente arraigada de México y América Latina.
• Peter-Lucas Jones, cuyo discurso de apertura del segundo día se basa en su trabajo como figura destacada en los medios Māori y sus colaboraciones para honrar el conocimiento y la cultura local y tradicional en un contexto global.
• Anya Kamenetz, quien cerrará la Cumbre con un discurso que surge de su trabajo como periodista, escritora y ahora activista centrada en la educación climática para los niños.

Regístrese ahora para la Cumbre Global CC en la Ciudad de México >

Participación virtual

Si no puede asistir a la Ciudad de México, existen varias oportunidades para participar virtualmente en la Cumbre. Primero, tómate un momento para registrarse para obtener acceso virtual gratuito y asegurarte de obtener toda la información sobre cómo puedes participar en la Cumbre a distancia y en diferentes horarios, incluyendo:

• las sesiones que serán transmitidas en vivo
• las sesiones de vídeo pregrabadas que puedes ver cuando quiera
• las sesiones informales de conexión que CC está organizando con Virtually Connecting
• la oportunidad de conectarse con participantes en México y alrededor del mundo en el slack de la comunidad CC
• y la oportunidad de conocer a los presentadores y participantes de la Cumbre en reuniones virtuales una vez finalizada la Cumbre en México

Regístrese ahora para participar en la Cumbre virtual >

Gracias a todos los que hicieron posible la Cumbre

Reunir a cientos de personas para un rico programa en una capital mundial como la Ciudad de México es un desafío que CC no podría haber emprendido sin mucho apoyo de muchas fuentes.

Estamos profundamente agradecidos al equipo de CC México, especialmente a Irene Soria, Iván Martínez y el equipo de voluntarios que reunieron, por su dedicada ayuda, grandes y pequeñas, para que la Cumbre se llevará a cabo en su ciudad.

También agradecemos a los voluntarios de todo el mundo que brindaron su tiempo y energía en los comités de programa y de becas de la Cumbre. El interés abrumador en la Cumbre de este año generó grandes desafíos para estas personas que dieron un paso al frente para ayudar a dar forma a una Cumbre que esperamos sea diversa, enriquecedora y práctica. Otro aprecio de todo corazón para nuestros amigos de Wikimedia México que patrocinan a un grupo de voluntarios para ayudar durante el evento. ¡Estamos agradecidos por esta asociación y esperamos conocerlos a todos la próxima semana!

Más allá de todo el esfuerzo comunitario esencial que impulsó la Cumbre, agradecemos especialmente a los patrocinadores que contribuyeron con apoyo financiero para hacer posible ofrecer becas que permitan a personas de todo el mundo asistir a la Cumbre y garantizar que esta ambiciosa reunión sea gratificante y exitosa.

Patrocinadores de la Cumbre Global CC 2023: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Microsoft Corporation, Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web, Akin, Anthropic, Mozilla Foundation, The Michelson 20MM Foundation, MHz Curationist, Frontiers Media, Arnold & Porter, Crowell, Centro Cultural de España.

¿Está interesado en patrocinar la CC Global Summit 2023? Por favor contáctenos en development@creativecommons.org.

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“Open access means that we’re able to reach more people in a more equitable fashion.” Christy explains how the Wellcome Collection has been using Open Access to increase the engagement and shared value of an art and culture collection in a private foundation. Christy also shares some insight about the benefits of leveraging existing tools, such as CC Licenses and platforms like Wikicommons, to have a greater positive impact on society.

Open Culture VOICES is a series of short videos that highlight the benefits and barriers of open culture as well as inspiration and advice on the subject of opening up cultural heritage. 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. The Wellcome Collection has made 300,000 pieces from the collection available online, including procedures and software through Github repositories.

Christy responds to the following questions:

1. What are the main benefits of open GLAM?
2. What are the barriers?
3. Could you share something someone else told you that opened up your eyes and mind about open GLAM?
4. Do you have a personal message to those hesitating to open up collections?

Closed captions are available for this video, you can turn them on by clicking the CC icon at the bottom of the video. A red line will appear under the icon when closed captions have been enabled. Closed captions may be affected by Internet connectivity — if you experience a lag, we recommend watching the videos directly on YouTube.

Want to hear more insights from Open Culture experts from around the world? Watch more episodes of Open Culture VOICES here >>

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