Creative Commons

Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world.

We're helping to realize the full potential of the Internet—universal access to research and education, full participation in culture—to drive a new era of development growth, and productivity.

We are proud to share with you Creative Commons 2016-2020 Organizational Strategy

This strategy reflects over a year of intensive collaboration by CC’s global community. The insights and approaches contained within it have been influenced by hundreds of valuable discussions with our stakeholders, ranging from creators and open community leaders, to foundations and government officials.

Time and time again, the need for a more vibrant, usable, collaborative commons has been an issue of concern. This is a critical moment for the commons, for the open Web, and for Creative Commons. We are incredibly enthusiastic about this new direction for the organization, and we are all deeply motivated to bring it to life. Thank you to everyone who has given their time and energy to help shape this strategy.

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There is no registration to use the Creative Commons licenses.

Licensing a work is as simple as selecting which of the six licenses best meets your goals, and then marking your work in some way so that others know that you have chosen to release the work under the terms of that license.

Our license-choosing tool can help you select the right license.

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