This year, Creative Commons marks 25 years of powering the world’s sharing—a quarter century of building the legal, technical, and social infrastructure that enables open knowledge, creativity, and collaboration worldwide. Today, as artificial intelligence reshapes how we create, connect, and communicate, a new challenge faces us: how to keep the internet human and reclaim humanity in our digital future.
Through the rest of the year, we will be reflecting on CC’s legacy and envisioning the next 25 years through events, storytelling, community activities, and more. We invite you to celebrate with us—and to help shape the next chapter of the commons.
CC is a nonprofit and relies on the generosity of those who share a passion for equity, reciprocity, and openness. Help power the next 25 years of sharing with a gift today.
While supplies last, donors who give $125 or more will receive a signed copy of Cory Doctorow’s exclusive art book, Canny Valley!
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Creative Commons 101: An Intro to the CC Licenses
June 17 | 10:00 pm EDT
Dive into the world of CC licenses to learn how they work and why they’ve become a backbone of sharing on the internet.
"Spectrum Dance Theater in Dhaka" from the U.S. Embassy Dhaka, here cropped, is in the public domain.
To commemorate our anniversary, CC is creating a zine featuring submissions from the CC community! The theme is “Remix is resistance,” and it will feature creative works that reflect how remix, reuse, adaptation, and sharing challenge power, build community, preserve culture, and imagine more just futures. Submit your own work, from a poem to a photograph to a comic-style illustration!
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Support CC in style with brand-new CC merch! Wear your love for sharing on your sleeve with a CC hat, t-shirt, tote, and more.
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How did you begin getting involved with Creative Commons? What was your CC origin story? We’ll compile these stories and share some highlights as a part of our anniversary celebrations.
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"Play, Learn, Serve, Work Summer Camp Program - Ecosystem activity" from the Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area is in the public domain.
Over the past 25 years, Creative Commons has helped transform openness from an aspiration into a global practice. Through open licensing, communities around the world have built new models for sharing. The Legacy Of series reflects on four interconnected movements—Open Access, Open Education, Open Science, and Open Culture—and the people who helped shape them.
