Creative Commons
San Francisco, CA
About
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that works to increase the amount of creativity (cultural, educational, and scientific content) available in "the commons" -- the body of work that is available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing.
Creative Commons provides free, easy-to-use legal tools that give everyone from individual "user generated content" creators to major companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to pre-clear usage rights to creative work they own the copyright to. CC licenses let people easily change their copyright terms from the default of "all rights reserved" to "some rights reserved."
Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They apply on top of copyright, so you can modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs. We've collaborated with copyright experts all around the world to ensure that our licenses work globally.
If you've created something and want people to know that you're happy to have them share, use, and build upon your work, you should consider publishing under a Creative Commons license. CC's legal infrastructure gives you flexibility (for example, you can choose to only pre-clear noncommercial uses) and protects the people who use your work (so that they don't have to worry about copyright infringement, as long as they abide by the terms you have specified).
If you're an artist, student, educator, scientist, or other creator looking for content that you can freely and legally use, there is a giant pool of CC-licensed creativity available to you. There are many millions of works -- from songs and videos to scientific and academic content -- that you can use under the terms of our copyright licenses.
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Feb 12, 2009
YouTube Tests Download and Creative Commons License
YouTube just made an incredibly exciting announcement: it's testing an option that gives video owners the ability to allow downloads and share their work under Creative Commons licenses. The test is being launched with a handful of partners, including Stanford, Duke, UC …
Feb 11, 2009
Reminder: CC Salon SF tomorrow
We hope you'll join us tomorrow evening at our CC Salon SF from 7-9pm at PariSoMa, located at 1436 Howard Street, San Francisco (map and directions). You'll get the chance to meet the entire CC staff and hear about our latest projects on the international scene and in …
Feb 10, 2009
Miro 2.0 Launches
Miro, the free and open source video player launched their 2.0 version today. The update has tons of new features that will help you explore video on the web, including YouTube HD, Hulu and the like. Dean writes on the Miro blog about the new chrome on 2.0:
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Feb 10, 2009
GreenXchange - a project of Creative Commons, Nike and Best
Today, Creative Commons, in collaboration with Nike and Best Buy, announces a new project - GreenXchange - exploring how the digital commons can help holders of patents collaborate for sustainability. GreenXchange will be hosted inside the Science Commons wing of …
Feb 10, 2009
Announcing February's CC Salon
Creative Commons Salons in NYC have been building momentum and it is now time for our February salon. Come out to have some beers with the CC community (don't worry, we'll open it up early this time) watch some cool presentations, and meet some new faces in the free …
Gagosian Liga, Aug 05, 2007:
"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov)
Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany!
Feel free to download my music!