Fiction platform Wattpad includes Creative Commons licensing as an option for its writers. Several other sites, like Wikipedia, have also incorporated the Creative Commons framework.

Creative Commons licenses can be used for works made and distributed offline as well. For instance, a work created in the physical world might have a physical license attached that reads: "This work ...

CC signals will allow dataset holders to detail how their content can or cannot be reused by machines, as in the case of ...

2. For editors: You really need to check with your publisher's legal department on this question, because putting noncommercial Creative Commons images in your articles is a real gray area.Some IP ...

While Creative Commons announced the development of CC Signals on June 25, the format isn’t yet ready for launch. Instead, the organization is looking for public feedback ahead of a proposed ...

Correction, 6:08 PM ET: Added better explanation of CC’s stance, and removed conflation between fair use (as a copyright exemption) and permitted uses under a Creative Commons license. We regret ...

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 ...

Authors sell their rights to Creative Commons for $1, which grants full rights back to them for either 14 or 28 years, the duration of copyrights in the first copyright law in the U.S. in 1790.