Watch the event recording This session is the first in a series of webinars celebrating our 25th anniversary. Right on the heels of launching Creative Commons’ 25th anniversary celebrations, we’re kicking things off by looking back at where it all began. You use and love CC licenses but have you ever wondered how they came…
Watch the event recording Creative Commons invites you to explore the legacy and history of Open Education—tracing how a set of principled ideas about access, sharing, and collaboration grew into a global movement. This panel brings together leaders who have helped shape and steward this work over time to reflect on the origins of the…
We know that using the CC licenses and public domain tools can, at times, be complex. To provide support and assistance with the CC licenses and public domain tools, we offer office hours open to anyone. Join office hours with members of our team who can share expertise in open licensing and copyright and ask…
Watch the event recording Creative Commons invites you to explore the legacy and history of Open Science—tracing how a belief in open, accessible, and reusable knowledge grew into a global movement to transform the way research is shared and built upon. The promise of open science is that openly available knowledge accelerates discovery, enabling…
Join CC’s Community Manager to ask more questions about the CC community, share ideas for collaborations with the wider community, and learn more about how to get involved.
Creative Commons invites you to explore the legacy and history of copyright and open licensing—examining how new legal and cultural frameworks for sharing creativity helped expand public access to knowledge, culture, and collaboration around the world. This panel will reflect on the origins of open licensing, the development of the Creative Commons licenses, and the…
Twenty-five years ago, Creative Commons gave the world a new vocabulary for sharing through licenses and tools that made openness legible, legal, and actionable. What began as an act of infrastructure became a movement with cultural heritage institutions around the world opening their collections. In the early 2000s, a handful of trailblazing galleries, libraries, archives,…
Six licenses. Two public domain tools. Infinite creative possibilities. As part of Creative Commons’ 25th anniversary celebration, this special CC101 webinar invites you to dive into the world of CC licenses. IANAL? No problem! No legal background required. Whether you’re an artist, educator, researcher, librarian, or just curious, this session is the perfect way to dive…
Join us for a rare and intimate conversation with some of the voices who helped build the commons. To mark 25 years of Creative Commons, this special founders fireside chat brings together Lawrence Lessig, Hal Abelson, and Molly Van Houweling, in conversation with moderator Glenn O. Brown Together, they’ll go beyond the official history to…
We know that using the CC licenses and public domain tools can, at times, be complex. To provide support and assistance with the CC licenses and public domain tools, we offer office hours open to anyone. Join office hours with members of our team who can share expertise in open licensing and copyright and ask…