Research Guides: Creative Commons: Creative Commons Websites

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Hillary Ostermiller

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Important Websites

Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright.

We provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the
Science Commons
Science Commons was launched with the goal of bringing the openness and sharing that have made Creative Commons licenses a success in the arts and cultural fields to the world of science.
International Commons
Creative Commons International (CCi) works to "port" the core Creative Commons Licenses to different copyright legislations around the world. The porting process involves both linguistically translating the licenses and legally adapting them to particular
ccLearn
ccLearn is a division of Creative Commons dedicated to realizing the full potential of the internet to support open learning and open educational resources.

The mission is to minimize legal, technical, and social barriers to sharing and reuse of
ccMixter
ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
freesoundproject.org
Flickr Creative Commons
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license.
30+ places to find Creative Commons Media
SitePoint rounds up 30+ Places To Find Creative Commons Media for those seeking audio, video, images, and text files that can be re-used free of charge under a CC license.
Flickr Commons
Not Creative Commons but many of the photographs have no known copyright restrictions or are in the public domain. Check for copyright information for each photograph.

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