Human-Content-to-Machine-Data_Final - Flipbook - Page 2
Table of Contents
About Creative Commons
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Acknowledgements
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Summary
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A Note on Terminology
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Background
How AI Models Use Data
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Governing Machine Use of Web Data, To Date
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The Future of the Commons Is under Threat
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Advances in AI and a Ruptured Social Contract
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Evidence of the Broken Social Contract Is All Around Us
The Breakdown of the Social Contract Is Resulting in Enclosure
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A Collaborative Intervention
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We Need a New Social Contract for Machine Reuse
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A Thriving Commons Requires Reciprocity
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More Copyright Is Not the Answer
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Licenses Have Limitations
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The Need for a Nuanced Way to Express Preferences
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Our Strength Lies in the Collective
Introducing CC Signals
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The Suite of CC Signals
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Scope of Machine Reuse Addressed by CC Signals
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Declaring a Preference Using CC Signals
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Who Applies the Preference Signal
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The Relationship between CC Signals, Copyright, and CC Licenses
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Incentivizing Adherence by AI Developers
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Working in Tandem and in Partnership
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Safeguarding What Matters
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Now, over to you!
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