What is Creative Commons? |
Creative Commons (CC) is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
Creators of works can use Creative Commons licenses to set conditions of their use, sharing, and derivatives. This is done to share work and make it more widely available to view and use. CC licenses generally do not take away a creator's copyright; instead, the licenses provide and describe conditions to reuse a work so that permission is not required from the copyright holder.
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Creative Commons Essentials |
Wikimedia Foundation (2017, February). What is Creative Commons? [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/dPZTh2NKTm4
Using Creative Commons (CC) Licenses & Works
Copyright and Creative Commons for Artists
Seemel, G. (2013). The new kind of copyright [Video]. Vimeo. https://vimeo.com/86555594
Books in the Library:
Creative Commons Licensing Conditions |
Creative Commons Licensing Types |
Attribution CC BY | ![]() |
Attribution ShareAlike CC BY-SA | ![]() |
Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC | ![]() |
Attribution-NoDerivs CC BY-ND | ![]() |
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA | ![]() |
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND | ![]() |
The following licenses are labels for works that are free of copyright: | |
Public Domain (CC0) | ![]() |
Free Cultural Works | ![]() |
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