Kristina Alexanderson
“I love Creative Commons because it makes it possible for me to share my creativity and for me to borrow and remix others creativity freely—and that is huge.” — Kristina Alexanderson, Project Lead for CC Sweden
Kristina Alexanderson by DTKindler Photo / CC BY
Maximillian Kaizen
"Creative Commons allows intelligence to flow into unexpected places, and revives the creativity in all human beings. That’s an epic quest worth joining!" — Max Kaizen, Project Lead for CC South Africa
Max Kaizen by paulscott56 / CC BY-SA
Jay Yoon
"I've learned how to see the world from Creative Commons. The vision of CC for openness, diversity, interoperability and freedom, always affects me. The CC community is awesome and I appreciate that I can be a part of it." — Jay Yoon, Project Lead for CC South Korea
Takahito Iguchi & Jay Yoon by Joi Ito / CC BY
Renata Avila
“Creative Commons is showing us the magic of sharing. By helping projects like Global Voices to break down borders both linguistic and cultural, CC is helping connect ideas, build bridges, increase diversity, narrow differences and enrich global heritage through the remix of images, text and ideas.” — Renata Avila, Project Lead for CC Guatemala
Self portrait by Renata Avila / CC BY
Mission
What is Creative Commons?
Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world.Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical
infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and
innovation.
License
How can I license my work?
There is no registration to use the Creative Commons licenses. Licensing a work is as simple as selecting which of the six licenses best meets your goals, and then marking your work in some way so that others know that you have chosen to release the work under the terms of that license.Our license-choosing tool can help you select the right license.
Explore
Looking for Creative Works?
Looking for music, video, writing, code, or other creative works?Creative Commons has got you covered. Search for creative work through sources like Google and Flickr right here.
Global Network
CC Affiliate Network
Promoting CC Around the WorldThe CC Affiliate Network consists of 100+ affiliates working working in over 70 jurisdictions to support and promote CC activities around the world.
The teams engage in public outreach, community building, translation, research, publicity, and in general, promoting sharing and our mission.