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One of the best ways to learn about Creative Commons is to watch one of our videos.
Twenty Years of Creative Commons (in Sixty Seconds)
“Twenty Years of Creative Commons (in Sixty Seconds)” by Ryan Junell and Glenn Otis Brown for Creative Commons is licensed via CC BY 4.0 and includes adaptations of many open and public domain works. See the same video shared on Flickr for a complete list of attributions.
What is Creative Commons?
From our friends at Wikimedia, a short video describing Creative Commons licenses.
What is Better Sharing?
Learn more about how better sharing can lead to a brighter future.
Made with CC
Our newest video describes our work with open business models and Creative Commons for makers on the Web.
Creative Commons Kiwi
This short and fun animation video by Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand explains the CC licenses.
A Shared Culture
A high-level overview of the goals of Creative Commons and how we are “saving the world from failed sharing.” Created by Jesse Dylan, director of the “Yes We Can” video.
Get Creative
This short film covers the basics of why we formed, what we do, and how we do it.
Wanna Work Together?
Wanna Work Together? explains in practical details how creators expose, share, and remix their works using our free public licenses.
Building on the Past
The winner of our Moving Images Contest, Justin Cone created a short, succinct “commercial” that demonstrates what Creative Commons is, and how it works, in a slick package.
CC Pukeko
Imagine if every teacher in New Zealand – all fifty thousand of them – shared their resources openly. Everyone would have the best educational content for free, without needing to ask permission. No more building resources from scratch, or reinventing the wheel.
CC:Rewire
A video from our big CC:Rewire event in San Francisco in June, 2016