Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a clear, standardized way to grant permission to others to use their creative work. From the reuser’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license answers the question, “What can I do with this?” and provides freedom to reuse, subject to clearly…

Regent Street Looking Towards the Duke of York’s Column, plate twelve from Original Views of London as It Is by Thomas Shotter Boys is marked with CC 1.0 In case you missed it, we recently published our 2025-2028 Strategy which sets the stage for our goals and activities over the next few years. This updated strategy…

Katrina (Kat) Daley is the Executive Assistant at Creative Commons, primarily supporting CEO Anna Tumadóttir and assisting the Board of Directors. Kat pursued an education in Great Britain, Italy, East Africa, and the United States. While her studies emphasized visual arts and animal science, her love of travel and devotion to customer service led her…

Meet the New CC Board Members We’re pleased to introduce four new members to our Board: Alwaleed Alkhaja, Melissa Hagemann, Melissa Omino, and Colin Sullivan.  Familiar faces within the CC community, Alwaleed, Melissa, Melissa,  and Colin bring prior experience within our organization, having previously partnered with us as community advocates with a history of dedicated…

Colin Sullivan is the General Counsel at Patreon, where he oversees the operations teams that ensure the platform remains a safe and stable home for creators. His responsibilities include leading the legal, trust & safety, payment operations, fraud and compliance teams. With a focus on protecting creators and maintaining a trustworthy environment, Colin plays a…