Creative Commons (CC) is an internationally active non-profit organisation that provides free licences for creators to use when making their work available to the public. These licences help the creator to give permission for others to use the work in advance under certain conditions.

What are examples of Creative Commons?

• Number of Creative Commons works.
• Governments and intergovernmental organizations.
• Books.
• Comics.
• Educational resources.
• Games.
• Video games.
• Images and photos.

Why is it called Creative Commons?

The idea behind CC licensing was to create an easy way for creators who wanted to share their works in ways that were consistent with copyright law. From the start, Creative Commons licenses were intended to be used by creators all over the world.