CREATIVE COMMONS

ABOUT/ HISTORY

CREATIVE COMMONS IS A NON-PROFIT

ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENLARGING

THE VARIOUS RANGE OF CREATIVE WORKS

THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR OTHERS TO

CONSTRUCT UPON LEGALLY AND TO SHARE.

CREATIVE COMMONS RELEASES FREE

COPYRIGHT LICENSES TO THE PUBLIC, NO

THE ORGANIZATION DO NOT REPLACE

COPYRIGHT BUT WORKS ALONG SIDE OF

COPYRIGHT TO NEGOTIATE FOR INDIVIDUALS

SPECIFIC RIGHTS. CREATIVE COMMONS IS

DESCRIBED AS BEING VIEWED AS THE “COPY

LEFT” MOVEMENT.

FOUNDED 2001

FOUNDERS LAWRENCE LESSIG, HAL ABELSON, AND ERIC ELDRED

WEBSITE CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG

FOCUS EXPANSION OF “REASONABLE”, FLEXIBLE

COPYRIGHT

AIM/GOALS

THE FOUNDERS AIM IS TO ALLOW CREATORS THE ABILITY TO GET A CHANCE TO

CREATE WITH PERMISSION ONLY OF THE CREATORS PAST. CREATIVE COMMONS

UPHOLDS A CONTENT DIRECTORY WIKI OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS USING

CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES. CONSIDER PUBLISHING UNDER CREATIVE IF YOU

WANT PEOPLE TO SHARE THE WORK YOU CREATED AND BE WORRY FREE ABOUT

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. CREATIVE COMMONS ALLOWS CREATIONS TO USE

YOUR WORK LEGALLY UNDER THE TERMS OF COPYRIGHT LICENSES AND ABIDE BY

YOUR CONDITIONS NOTATED WHILE GIVING YOU CREDIT.

MISSION

• CREATIVE COMMONS SUPPORT AND DEVELOPS TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS DIGITAL CREATIVITY INNOVATION AND SHARING. UTILIZING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THE INTERNET LEGALLY TO ACCESS RESEARCH AND DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY. “CC’’, BELIEVES IN GLOBAL COMMONS AS OPEN LICENSE AND PROVIDES THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CONSISTS OF COPYRIGHT LICENSES AND TOOLS.

TRENDING TOPICS OF CC USERS

READERS RE-PUBLISHING BLOG POST

REMIX MUSIC, ROYALTY-FREE

ACCESS COURSE MATERIALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SHARE PHOTOGRAPHS WITHOUT ALLOWING PERMISSION OF SALES

VIDEO SHARING

CONNECTION TO EDUCATION

CREATIVE COMMONS ALLOWS WORKS TO BE MINIMIZE THROUGH COPYRIGHT BARRIERS. UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION THROUGH “CC”, CAN BE SHARED WITH EVERYONE THROUGH TEXTBOOKS, COURSES, LESSON PLANS AND ALL ARE FREE TO THE LEARNERS. TEACHERS CAN INCORPORATE REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS, CUSTOMIZE TEXTBOOKS, VIDEO LECTURES AND LESSON PLANS GLOBALLY THROUGH CREATIVE COMMONS ALLOWING YOUR WORK TO BE LICENSED.

WORKS CITED

LESSIG, LAWRENCE (2006). “LAWRENCE LESSIG ON CREATIVE COMMONS AND THE REMIX CULTURE”

“LICENSES-CREATIVE COMMONS”(HTTP://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/). RETREIVED 2009-07-20

LESSIG, LAWRENCE(2004). “THE CREATIVE COMMONS”. 65 MONT.L.REV.1

OFFICIAL WEBSITE (HTTP://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/)

CREATIVE COMMONS WIKI (HTTP://WIKI.CREATIVIECOMMONS.ORG/)

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