What does it mean when something is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons (CC) is an internationally active non-profit organisation that provides free licences for creators to use when making their work available to the public. These licences help the creator to give permission for others to use the work in advance under certain conditions.

Can I use Creative Commons for commercial?

Applying a Creative Commons License to Your Work Works with this license can be used in commercial or non-commercial new works.

What is protected under Creative Commons?

Work licensed under a Creative Commons license is governed by applicable copyright law. This allows Creative Commons licenses to be applied to all work falling under copyright, including: books, plays, movies, music, articles, photographs, blogs, and websites.

How do I use Creative Commons?

Insert a copy of the appropriate CC icon from: http://creativecommons.org/about/downloads. Add some text, e.g.: “This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License” Insert a hyperlink from your licensing text to the appropriate license.

Can you profit from Creative Commons?

Can I still make money from a work I make available under a Creative Commons license? Yes. One of our goals is to encourage creators and rights holders to experiment with new ways to promote and market their work.

What does Creative Commons allow you to do?

CC BY: This license allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.

What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons ( CC) is an American non-profit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright licenses, known as Creative Commons licenses, free of charge to the public.

How many works are licensed under the Creative Commons?

This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. 2 billion works and counting. Explore these featured Creative Commons Licensed resources below — from literary works, to videos, photos, audio, open education, scientific research and more! Or you can share your work, and help light up the global commons!

What’s the difference between a Creative Commons license and content copyright?

Content owners still maintain their copyright, but Creative Commons licenses give standard releases that replace the individual negotiations for specific rights between copyright owner (licensor) and licensee, that are necessary under an “all rights reserved” copyright management.

Does Creative Commons nurture the public domain?

“Creative Commons Nurtures the Public Domain”. Information Today. 19 (7): 52, 54. “Delivering Classics Resources with TEI-XML, Open Source, and Creative Commons Licenses”. Cover Pages. April 28, 2004.