About Creative Commons
With the Internet, universal access to education is possible, but its potential is hindered by outdated copyright laws and incompatible technologies. Creative Commons works to minimize these barriers, by providing licenses and tools that anyone, from individual creators to large companies and institutions, can use to share their educational materials with the world. CC licenses are a simple, standardized way to keep your copyright while allowing certain uses of your work — a “some rights reserved” approach that builds upon the “all rights reserved” concept of traditional copyright. CC licenses make textbooks and lesson plans easy to find, easy to share, and easy to customize and combine — helping to realize the full benefits of digitally enabled education.
Creative Commons will provide the expert knowledge and leadership in developing and stewarding critical legal and technology infrastructure to the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative, ensuring interoperability of openly licensed educational materials.