To kick off Creative Commons’ 25th anniversary celebrations, we’re taking a look back at where it all began. Join CC’s own Shanna Hollich for an exploration of early internet culture, key copyright concepts, the birth of the CC licenses, and their impact over the past 25 years. buff.ly/rah7ZuD

It's only March, but our ins and outs for the year are clear 📈

You still have time to submit to the CC 25th Anniversary zine! What does the theme "Remix is Resistance" mean to you, your life, your work? This is your chance to get creative and contribute your self-expression to a community-created work! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

When AI systems create outputs without attribution, it is difficult to trust the information, check its accuracy, and credit the people whose work made it possible. Read our issue brief for more on the challenges and opportunities of incorporating attribution into AI outputs. bit.ly/Attribution-...

This Friday, we are holding our first Community Office Hours! Stop by to hear a brief presentation from Jocelyn Miyara, CC's Community Engagement & Strategy Manager, about what we're up to, and then we'll open the floor for questions and conversation. We hope to see you there! buff.ly/8p9HYOC

At a time of geopolitical uncertainty and tightening resources, digital public goods showed what is possible through shared, open approaches. The 2025 State of the Digital Public Goods Ecosystem Report captures a year of real-world impact and renewed collective action.

New approaches to governing machine access are emerging, but they all rely on being able to distinguish between different forms of machine use. Our newest issue brief describes why categorizing machine use of the web is proving difficult to achieve, and where we stand now. bit.ly/categorizing...

If you're headed to SXSW, we'd love to see you! Catch us at two events in Austin: AI & Creative Capital: Consent, Governance, and the Future of the Open Web March 13 | 2-6 CT buff.ly/feHE4d1 The Knowledge Paradox: When Does Sharing Become Theft? March 14 | 2:30-3:30 CT lnkd.in/gmxFApXG

Do you want to be more involved with CC? Connect with others who share your passion for sharing? Stay up to date on conversations in the open movement? Join the CC community by filling out this form to be added to our community platform, Zulip, and subscribe to CC's newsletter.

Another week, another #PublicDomainFriday! "Leonid Meteor Shower over Niagara Falls" by Anonymous, 1892, National Digital Library of Poland.

CC and Internet Archive Europe, with the support of Open Nederland, hosted an event entitled “Ensuring equitable access to heritage in the digital environment: A leading role for the Netherlands on the global stage.” In our blog post, we recap the event and share the impact for CC. buff.ly/hswr6YE

CC is heading to SXSW, and we'd love to see you at these events! AI & Creative Capital: Consent, Governance, and the Future of the Open Web March 13 | 2:00-6:00 CT buff.ly/feHE4d1 The Knowledge Paradox: When Does Sharing Become Theft? March 14 | 2:30-3:30 CT buff.ly/pQHCQHg

Recently, CC attended the AI Impact Summit in Delhi, and what became clear is that AI governance is shifting from high-level principles and into harder, more structural questions about infrastructure, stewardship, and power. Read our reflection on the biggest takeaways from Delhi. buff.ly/uBvAnCV

Did you know that less than 1% of the world’s institutions share heritage in open access? In this article, our Open Culture team makes the case for openness as a key principle in the preservation and dissemination of documentary heritage. www.ijodh.org/0201-09/

Be a part of our commemorative 25th Aanniversary CC zine! We're looking for personal, political, playful, critical, messy, poetic, or practical works that explore the theme "Remix is Resistance." Submissions are open until the end of the month: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Upcoming Events in March! AI & Creative Capital: Consent, Governance and the Future of the Open Web | March 3 | 16:00 EST www.pillsburylaw.com/en/news-and-... Open Education Week Live: Open Conversation on Online Communities | March 5 | 11:00 EST oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/oew... Con't below

For this #PublicDomainFriday, we're sharing an ink painting on silk of a horse and willow tree by an unidentified Chinese artist, created during the Ming Dynasty. This work is on view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 210 and in their digital archives: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Over the past year, we've engaged in a series of conversations about what CC licensing means in African contexts today. Our newest blog post discusses the themes that emerged from those conversations and asks: how must "open" evolve to remain just, relevant, and community centered? buff.ly/tw9a76c

This week, CC’s Brigitte Vézina, Dee Harris and Beverley Francis are at UNESCO in Paris attending a meeting of the 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions to raise awareness about the #OpenHeritageStatement. Learn more: openheritagestatement.org

In 2026, we want to deepen our community engagement, strengthening connections and creating more meaningful ways for everyone to engage. Read our new blog post for a peek at some of our community plans for the coming year: creativecommons.org/2026/02/17/b...

For our anniversary this year, we're creating a special zine to commemorate our community's contributions, achievements, and memories from 25 years of CC. Our theme? Remix is resistance! Submit your work (art, photography, stories, poems, comics, and more!) by March 31. buff.ly/WjuAB2T

Use this free to remix template to create a valentine for your forever crush: open education! www.canva.com/design/DAHA1...

If you are at the AI Impact Summit, catch CC's CEO, Anna Tumadóttir, during these upcoming sessions!

In our newest blog post, Sarah Hinchliff Pearson discusses the new stories we must imagine to keep the internet human and how to rethink our must fundamental assumptions about open knowledge in order to meet the current moment. buff.ly/BslX4pw

In November 2025, we had the privilege of supporting and participating in Semana de la Cultura Libre in Montevideo, Uruguay: a week-long celebration of open culture organized by CC Uruguay. Read our full recap on the event and some of our biggest takeaways in our new blog post! buff.ly/6Fs2EMk

🎉We had a great time co-hosting this year's Public Domain Day in Brussels. In case you couldn't join us or if you simpy want to reminisce, an overview of the day as well as the recordings are now available on our blog. 👀Have a look: communia-association.org/2026/02/05/l...

For #PublicDomainFriday, we're sharing this banner used by the Oklahoma Federation of Colored Women's Clubs, founded 1910. This image is part of the Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture: nmaahc.si.edu/explore/init...

This month, CC will be represented at the AI Impact Summit in Delhi to discuss the future of AI policy and practice. CC will be focused on areas where our experience, infrastructure, and global community position us to make a contribution to AI governance in the public interest. buff.ly/MG6j7pn

The National Library of Finland has signed the #OpenHeritageStatement ✍️ 🔓 OHS aims to promote openness in cultural heritage and seeks to influence UNESCO to recommend that cultural heritage that is no longer protected by copyright be shared under open licenses. @creativecommons.bsky.social

🔓 Open practices for preprints, including open licensing, are crucial for rapid and equitable sharing of scientific research. ASAPbio, in partnership with @creativecommons.bsky.social, has engaged with research funders to further policy alignment toward a standard Preprint Policy Framework.

💡@npr.org shares how the public domain allows people to create new and inspiring works and highlights the Internet Archive's 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest. This year's contest winner shared how she is licensing her work with @creativecommons.bsky.social to allow others to build upon it:

with everything being so Bad, I am so excited to be part of the current Creative Commons certificate cohort! feeling some hope and optimism amongst other info professionals working to make the world more open. thanks, @creativecommons.bsky.social !

Another #PublicDomainFriday, another gem! This piece, from "The Blood Collages of John Bingley Garland (ca. 1850–60)" is available from the Harry Ransom Center! Share your own favorite work at the end of each week with us using #PublicDomainFriday! hrc.contentdm.oclc.org

We're starting #PublicDomainFriday where we share one gem from the public domain each week. And how could we not start with this one? Share your own favorite public domain image or remix this one and share with the hashtag! I Know a Secret by Eulalie Osgood Grover, 1911. buff.ly/6xypGGQ

Happy Birthday, Wikipedia! A quarter-century of keeping knowledge free and human for everyone—we'll toast to that! Join us in celebrating by sharing your favorite random Wiki article! 🗞️ #Wikipedia25 @wikimediafoundation.org Image: Adam Jenkins licensed with CC BY 2.0

CC Certificate alum Professor Gregory Beyrer shares how using CC licenses supports his anti-racist teaching practices. Register for an upcoming Cert Course to deepen your understanding of open licensing while connecting it directly to your current work! buff.ly/JAvA8Cp Register: buff.ly/OKFO1BN

Read our latest issue brief, which explains how the generative AI training process works, why it raises copyright questions, and the factors that courts and policymakers are considering. bit.ly/49RzfYA Image by Miguel Discart & Kiri Karma, CC BY-SA 4.0, remixed by Creative Commons, CC BY 4.0.

What does Tanya Richard from the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum think about the importance of open heritage? "This sometimes messy and boisterous and chaotic work can be challenging, but it's always worth it." What is your story about the importance of open heritage?

We recently reflected on our work in 2025, which reaffirmed our purpose and sharpened our priorities in this age of AI. Read our newest blog post for more info on our three strategic goals and how we're working toward them in 2026: creativecommons.org/2026/01/08/b...

In Q4, CC continued our work in international fora that shape cultural rights and copyright, as well as our advocacy for AI policies that serve the public interest. Read the full policy review: buff.ly/hBal5Z2 "Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building," Carol M Highsmith, 2007, CC0, Flickr.

We’ve built the commons together, and we must protect it together. There’s still time! You can make a gift to Creative Commons before the new year and help us protect the commons from new threats brought by the advent of mainstream, commercial AI. Make a gift today! www.classy.org/give/313412/...

Research that was once freely available is being removed or locked behind paywalls, hindering scientific advancement. Today over a million scientific preprints are accessible through CC licenses, and we’re working to grow that number. Join us with a gift today. www.classy.org/give/313412/...

CC has big things coming in 2026! Stay up to date with all the news, events, and updates to come by signing up for our newsletter. mail.creativecommons.org/subscribe

2025 was a big year for CC's efforts to expand the accessibility and interoperability of climate data globally. This Open Climate Data project, generously funded by the McGovern Foundation, focused on building the tools and guidance needed to ensure that knowledge flows freely and openly. 🧵

This year, Creative Commons became a UNESCO NGO partner and launched its Open Heritage Statement, two huge steps forward in our work to make culture accessible to everyone and preserve it for future generations. This momentum shows what’s possible, but we need you to keep it going. buff.ly/hHt9R7h

Creative Commons is joining @archive.org to celebrate new works entering the public domain! Registration is open for events on January 21: Virtual event, The Case of the Disappearing Copyright: buff.ly/U6N6Wrl In-person celebration, 2026 Public Domain Film Remix Contest & Party: buff.ly/HNldaNi

The end of the year always marks an opportunity to reflect on all that we've achieved this past year. Read our wrap-up blog post for more on this big year: buff.ly/0kpZKbj Thank you to everyone who has supported us and been an invaluable part of this work. What do you want to see from CC in 2026?

Proud to partner with @creativecommons.bsky.social on some incredible work with @mozdatacollective.bsky.social 👏 datacollective.mozillafoundation.org

New blog post! What have we been working on with CC signals in 2025? Get involved: 📝 Read the blog post: buff.ly/GC0ZkYn 🙋‍♀️ Express interest in participating in the Mozilla Data Collective pilot project: buff.ly/MGCl1b3 🎁 Support CC signals with a gift: buff.ly/tEg1IkU

With AI bots flooding their online repositories, it’s getting harder for libraries to keep knowledge open and accessible to everyone. We want to help them have a say in how their collections are used in AI training. Join us in this work with a donation today. www.classy.org/give/313412/...