Open Education Week

Join your colleagues around the world to increase understanding about open education! Open Education Week will take place from 5-10 March 2012 online and in locally hosted events around the world. The objective is to raise awareness of the open education movement and open educational resources.

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Open Education Week
Open Education Week is March 5-10, 2012! Learn more at openeducationweek.org.
Vimeo adds CC browse and search

Vimeo has revamped their platform for video creators and users, including the creation of a Creative Commons landing page where you can browse and search for videos by CC license!

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Vimeo adds CC browse and search
Upgrade your account to the new Vimeo to access http://vimeo.com/creativecommons
A Culture of Sharing

Creative Commons is building a culture of sharing.

By allowing your work to be available to millions of other creators on the web, you might be responsible for the next big thing.

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A Culture of Sharing
A Shared Culture is a short video about CC by renowned filmmaker Jesse Dylan. Watch it now.
The Power of Open

Stories of creators sharing knowledge, art, & data.

The stories in The Power of Open demonstrate the breadth and creativity of the individuals and organizations using CC.

Learn more by reading the book!

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The Power of Open
The Power of Open: Stories of creators sharing knowledge, art, & data using CC. Read it now.

Mission

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

Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical
infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and
innovation.
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License

How can I license my work?
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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Explore

Looking for Creative Works?
Looking for music, video, writing, code, or other creative works?

Creative Commons has got you covered. Search for creative work through sources like Google and Flickr right here.
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Global Network

CC Affiliate Network
Promoting CC Around the World

The CC Affiliate Network consists of 100+ affiliates working working in over 70 jurisdictions to support and promote CC activities around the world.

The teams engage in public outreach, community building, translation, research, publicity, and in general, promoting sharing and our mission.
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Case Studies

Whitehouse.gov
Whitehouse.gov
The official website of the President of the United States
The official website of the Obama-Biden Administration incorporates a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. Read our case study for Whitehouse.gov
Flickr
Flickr
Photo-sharing platform
Flickr was one of the first major online communities to incorporate Creative Commons licensing options into its user interface, giving photographers around the world the easy ability to share photos on terms of their choosing. As the Flickr community grew, so did the number of CC-licensed images — currently there are well over 200 million on the site — establishing Flickr as the Web’s single largest source of CC-licensed content. Read our Case Study for Flickr
GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline
Leading pharmaceutical company
One of the leading pharmaceutical companies in the world, GlaxoSmithKline has surrendered all copyrights in its malarial data set, which includes more than 13,500 compounds known to be active against malaria. GlaxoSmithKline has surrendered all copyright in its malaria data set under the CC0 public domain dedication. Read our Case Study for GlaxoSmithKline
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