An organization that has defined an alternative to copyrights by filling in the gap between full copyright, in which no use is permitted without permission, and public domain, where permission is not ...

Have you heard of Creative Commons? If not, you may soon. Creative Commons consists of a U.S. charitable corporation and a not-for-profit company in the United Kingdom. It believes that all-out ...

A court in the Netherlands has ruled that a Creative Commons license is binding, in a case brought against a Dutch gossip magazine by an ex-MTV star. This is one of the first times that the ...

Most people who regularly use or create images, videos or music available online are familiar with Creative Commons, the California-based nonprofit organization that provides licensing options for ...

The rise in user-generated content is extending beyond written text in blogs. As the availability of professional-quality photographic gear broadens with advances in technology and lowering prices, a ...

As of October 2011, 200 million images bore the CC-licensed photo mark. Flickr keeps tabs of which of the six CC licences its photographers are opting for and, at last glance, it was one demanding ...

When Creative Commons appeared to tacitly endorse the NFT boom, it set off a conversation about the future of ownership and techno-utopian ideals. Reading time 6 minutes Beeple set off a buying frenzy ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Creative Commons–an incredibly powerful legal tool that many media outlets take for granted, and without which the internet ...

I recently received a fundraising appeal email from the Creative Commons. I’m a big fan of the Creative Commons and have been blessed with great richness in my life. The richness in my life is not ...

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several ...

If data is the fundamental currency of the Information Age, then the concept of intellectual property is the wallet that protects it from theft or misappropriation. Ensuring that protection — ...