{"id":77011,"date":"2025-09-03T16:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-03T16:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/?p=77011"},"modified":"2025-09-03T18:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T18:34:41","slug":"ai-and-the-commons-a-reading-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/2025\/09\/03\/ai-and-the-commons-a-reading-list\/","title":{"rendered":"AI and the Commons: A Reading List"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"post-77012 media-77012\" class=\"align-center\">\n<figure id=\"post-77012 media-77012\" class=\"align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Blog-Image-Size.png\" alt=\"\" \/><figcaption class=\"attribution\"><a href=\"https:\/\/betterimagesofai.org\/images?artist=LoneThomasky&amp;title=DistortedForestPath\">Distorted Forest Path<\/a> \u00a9 by <a href=\"https:\/\/lone-thomasky.de\/\">Lone Thomasky &amp; Bits&amp;B\u00e4ume<\/a> is licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY 4.0<\/a><img \/><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here at CC, we have the goal of defending and sustaining the digital commons in the face of developments in artificial intelligence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve recently introduced a new framework, <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ai-and-the-commons\/cc-signals\/\">CC signals<\/a>, to offer a new way for stewards of large collections of content to indicate their preferences for how machines (and the humans controlling them) should contribute back to the commons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we develop our approach, we\u2019re taking inspiration from the work of our partners, community, and other stakeholders. We\u2019re particularly interested in efforts to understand:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How AI scrapers are reshaping the web\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copyright, labor, surveillance, and resistance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The effects of a new economy of data licensing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emerging ideas for more ethical AI and consensual data governance\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019re reading (a lot!) on these topics, to help ensure that CC signals become part of a diverse set of solutions for protecting the commons in the unfolding AI future. Here\u2019s some of the writing that\u2019s shaping our thinking:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cloudflare launches a marketplace that lets websites charge AI bots for scraping<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Maxwell Zeff, TechCrunch <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/01\/cloudflare-launches-a-marketplace-that-lets-websites-charge-ai-bots-for-scraping\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/07\/01\/cloudflare-launches-a-marketplace-that-lets-websites-charge-ai-bots-for-scraping\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Legal frictions for data openness: Reflections from a case-study on re-use of the open web for AI training<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Ramya Chandrasekhar <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/hal.science\/hal-05009616v1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/hal.science\/hal-05009616v1<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI Training, the Licensing Mirage, and Effective Alternatives to Support Creative Workers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Derek Slater, Tech Policy Press <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techpolicy.press\/ai-training-the-licensing-mirage-and-effective-alternatives-to-support-creative-workers\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.techpolicy.press\/ai-training-the-licensing-mirage-and-effective-alternatives-to-support-creative-workers\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWait, not like that\u201d: Free and open access in the age of generative AI<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Molly White, Citation Needed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citationneeded.news\/free-and-open-access-in-the-age-of-generative-ai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.citationneeded.news\/free-and-open-access-in-the-age-of-generative-ai\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Telling AI to go away (but politely)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Nick Jackson, dxw <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dxw.com\/2025\/04\/telling-ai-to-go-away-but-politely\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.dxw.com\/2025\/04\/telling-ai-to-go-away-but-politely\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can AI Be Consentful? Rethinking Permission in the Age of Synthetic Everything<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Giada Pistilli, Hugging Face <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/blog\/giadap\/consentful-ai\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/huggingface.co\/blog\/giadap\/consentful-ai<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI Should Help Fund Creative Labor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; Mariana Mazzucato, Project Syndicate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/onpoint\/how-ai-profits-can-help-fund-cultural-production-by-mariana-mazzucato-and-fausto-gernone-2025-07\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.project-syndicate.org\/onpoint\/how-ai-profits-can-help-fund-cultural-production-by-mariana-mazzucato-and-fausto-gernone-2025-07<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Licensing, Levies, and the Limits of Copyright <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; Paul Keller, OpenFuture <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/openfuture.eu\/blog\/licensing-levies-and-the-limits-of-copyright\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/openfuture.eu\/blog\/licensing-levies-and-the-limits-of-copyright\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019d love for you to read and learn alongside us, share your thoughts, and contribute other articles and resources to this list! Connect with us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/creative-commons\">LinkedIn<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/creativecommons.bsky.social\">Bluesky<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@creativecommons\">Mastodon<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distorted Forest Path \u00a9 by Lone Thomasky &amp; Bits&amp;B\u00e4ume is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Here at CC, we have the goal of defending and sustaining the digital commons in the face of developments in artificial intelligence. 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