Creative Commons builds and maintains open tools that help creators and institutions share knowledge and creativity legally and globally.<\/p>\n
Our tools, like the CC licenses<\/a> and public domain marker<\/a>, power how people share knowledge, creativity, and culture across borders, languages, and technologies.<\/p>\n From education and science to art and archives, from open access to AI, we are proud to shape a future where knowledge is treated as a global public good.<\/p>\n We empower people and institutions to contribute to and use the commons through core legal, cultural, and technical infrastructures.<\/p>\n CC licenses<\/a>\u00a0and CC0<\/a>\u00a0give creators clear, legally sound ways to share their work worldwide. They also give users confidence to access, share, and reuse CC-licensed works legally.<\/p>\n Today, tens of billions of CC-licensed works are available online thanks to a global community of creators and reusers.<\/p>\n The Public Domain Mark<\/a>\u00a0helps protect humanity\u2019s shared culture and heritage by clearly identifying works that belong to the public domain.<\/p>\n The public domain is an essential part of the commons. Protecting it ensures that everyone can access and reuse out-of-copyright art, culture, and heritage.<\/p>\n CC signals bring our shared values into machine use of human content and creativity. They are designed to help guide responsible reuse of content by AI, ensuring openness, attribution, and respect for creator communities.<\/p>\n Together, these tools form a commons<\/em> ecosystem: legal, cultural, and technical infrastructure for the digital age. Our tools are built using free and open source software. To learn more, visit our Open Source website<\/a>.<\/p>\n The world’s standard for sharing<\/em><\/p>\n CC Licenses make it possible for anyone to share their work openly while keeping the rights that matter to them.<\/p>\n Used globally and applied to tens of billions of works, CC Licenses are part of the Internet’s essential infrastructure.<\/p>\n Learn more<\/a><\/li> The tools for indicating what belongs to all of us<\/em><\/p>\n CCO and our public domain tools lets creators waive copyright and related rights to the fullest extent possible or identify works that are free of known copyright restrictions.<\/p>\n This confidentially contributes to a growing public domain.<\/p>\nOne Mission. A Multitude of Approaches.<\/h2>\n
Legal Certainty<\/h3>\n
Public Stewardship<\/h3>\n
Data Governance<\/h3>\n
CC Licenses<\/h3>\n
CC Zero & The Public Domain<\/h3>\n