If you’ve ever attended a demonstration in North America, chances are you’ve seen the work of the 30 person artist collective Just Seeds

What does open access look like for the law? Through free access to primary legal sources, the Free Law Project provides an important service to advocates, journalists, researchers, and the public. Joining with an international movement for Free Access to Law, the US-based organization helps people know their rights in an increasingly uncertain and rapidly…

Test what you’ve learned by explaining CC to your friends. Exercise You’ve had some time to explore Creative Commons licensing and see what it’s all about. Now for the real test: pick one lucky friend, family member or colleague and try explaining CC licenses to them. Think about how that particular person might relate as…

Learn to recognize factors that may affect the choice of license. Overview Choosing the right CC license for a work can be a deliberative and thought-provoking process, but it doesn’t have to be. We describe license-choosing in more detail below, but if you want to pick one quickly, Creative Commons has a simple tool for…

Distinguish between the different parts of a CC license and what they mean. Overview Creative Commons licenses are made up of four conditions that can be mixed and matched to create six different license combinations. The licenses also come in three formats: human-readable, lawyer-readable, and machine-readable. The following video from CC New Zealand is a…

summit

Today we’re announcing our last two keynotes and accepted sessions and speakers for this year’s CC Global Summit in Toronto, just two months away.

Understand the connection between CC and copyright law. Overview Copyright law gives creators certain kinds of control over their creative work. If people want to use copyrighted work, they often have to ask for permission from the creator. Creative Commons works within copyright law. It allows creators to grant permission to everyone in the world…

Learn about Creative Commons licenses and how they work You: Are an awesome citizen of the web. Want to share your work with others. Want to use stuff that people have shared with you. This course Will familiarize you with the range of Creative Commons licenses, which grant permission to the world to use creative work in specific ways.…

“Empty Classroom” by Wen Shi is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Earlier this week, Judge Hurley issued an order denying our motion for leave to file an amicus brief at this stage in the litigation between Great Minds and FedEx Office.

Via a milestone translation effort, we are happy to announce the official translation of the Creative Commons 4.0 licenses into Arabic. The Croatian translation is also notable and expected to have significant impact.