What is Creative Commons?

Creative Commons Links to an external site. is an organization that provides legal tools to help you share your creative work without traditional copyright restrictions. Some of the legal tools include the creative Commons license, the CC0 tool, which allows one to put their work in the public domain before the expiration of copyright, the public domain mark, to mark things that are already in the public domain, and the Creative Commons licenses.  

In other words, you can use Creative Commons Links to an external site. images and media without having to worry about copyright restrictions as long as you follow the license terms. On the Creative Commons website Links to an external site. you can learn more about what Creative Commons is Links to an external site.and about the Creative Commons Licenses Links to an external site..

Creative Commons Licenses

"Creative Commons licenses Links to an external site. give everyone from individual creators to large institutions a standardized way to grant the public permission to use their creative work under copyright law. From the reuser’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license on a copyrighted work answers the question, “What can I do with this work?”" - Definition by CreativeCommons.org Links to an external site. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license Links to an external site..

Watch the What is Creative Commons? video to learn more and be inspired with what you can do with Creative Commons licensed content:

The content contained in this video is available under the Creative Commons Attribution- ShareAlike License v 3.0 Links to an external site. unless otherwise stated. The work is attributable to: Victor Grigas, Wikimedia Foundation.