We must protect our libraries 📚

Join us in fighting for libraries by protecting the digital commons

View this email in your browser Hi concerns2me, Right now, knowledge-sharing institutions and digital collections around the world are facing a new kind of threat. A recent report from GLAM-E Lab found that AI bots are flooding online repositories and archives, scraping data so fast they're crashing websites and knocking digital collections and research offline. Meanwhile, museums and libraries are being pushed to consider removing or paywalling content to prevent AI bots from scraping their collections. It's getting harder and harder to keep knowledge open and accessible to everyone. That's where we come in. Libraries are strained. At CC, we're most worried that they'll stop sharing openly. We unfortunately can't solve every problem. But we can help with what we've done best – developing nuanced solutions that enable sharing and account for the varied preferences of users. With CC signals, we're creating a clear way for content platforms to indicate how they wish for their content to be used in the development of AI models. We want checks and balances on AI so libraries keep sharing and so that everyone has access to knowledge.   But we can't do this work without your support. Would you be willing to make a donation? Even a small amount makes a difference.  Thank you! CC Team  Donate to Creative Commons This email is licensed under CC BY 4.0. You are receiving this email because you opted in to receive communications from Creative Commons either directly from our website, through our newsletter sign-up portal, or via one of our initiatives. Our mailing address is: Creative Commons 211 Hope St # 1866 Mountain View, CA 94042-8817 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.