How Does Creative Commons Work?

Creative Commons provides ree, easy-to-use legal tools that giveeveryone rom individual creators to major companies and institutions asimple, standardized way to pre-clear copyrights to their creative work.CC licenses let people easily change their copyright terms rom thedeault o “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.”Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. Theyapply on top o copyright, so you can modiy your copyright terms to bestsuit your needs. We’ve collaborated with intellectual property experts allaround the world to ensure that our licenses work globally.

What Is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons is a nonprot organization that works to increasethe amount o creativity (cultural, educational, and scientic content) in“the commons” — the body o work that is available to the public or reeand legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing.

What Can Creative Commons Do for Me?

I you’ve created something and want people to know that you’re happyto have them share, use, and build upon your work, you should considerpublishing under a Creative Commons license. CC’s legal inrastructuregives you fexibility (or example, you can choose to only pre-clear non-commercial uses) and protects the people who use your work (so thatthey don’t have to worry about copyright inringement, as long as theyabide by the terms you have specied).I you’re an artist, student, educator, scientist, or other creator lookingor content that you can reely and legally use, there is a giant pool oCC-licensed creativity available to you. There are many millions o works— rom songs and videos to scientic and academic content — that youcan use under the terms o our copyright licenses.