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Discover, explore and share Creative Commons videos. Learn how Creative Commons licenses can help you avoid the problems current copyright laws create for the sharing of information. Quickly access useful CC resources, news and developments for your own media projects.

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What is Creative Commons? 

Wikipedia Entry

Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share.(Creative Commons FAQ) The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses for free to the public. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators. Wikipedia is one of the notable web-based project using one of its license.

The organization was founded in 2001 with the generous support of the Center for the Public Domain, however first set of copyright licenses were released in December 2002.

A Shared Culture 

Director: Jesse Dylan

An explanation of Creative Commons using work licensed under Creative Commons licenses
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Video: Wanna Work Together? 

Wanna Work Together?

Our latest video pays tribute to the people around the world using CC licenses to build a better, more vibrant creative culture.

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news & developments

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Tracking blog posts about videos and Creative Commons content.
IssueLab Launches Research Remix Video Contest - Creative Commons
IssueLab, "an open source archive of research produced by nonprofit organizations, university-based research centers, and foundations," launches their Research Remix Video Contest this week. The contest "aims to engage working artists ...
Yahoo Creative Commons Music Search
We can change that. We really don't need them anymore. We can get music for our videos, discover new talent and move forward in creativity. Yahoo Creative Commons Music Search There are musicians who want you to use their music. ...
Helping Writers Get Paid » Blog Archive » Copyright and Creative ...
As a result of YouTube and the Internet, a movement that increases sharing and improves collaboration has emerged: Creative Commons founded by Eric Saltzman. In the following video, he explains more about these licenses, which provide a ...
What Is A Creative Commons License?
Creative Commons is very cool. The Internet community can help expose an artist's work to more people. It can help web video creators that need music they can use in their videos. It expands the opportunity for creative exchanges and ...

CC Social Networking 

Various social network sites, news and useful links.
CC Wiki
Community Wiki and portal to all main CC hubs, documents and knowledge-bases.
Contact - Creative Commons
You can use this simple form to send information to the main site.
Creative Commons Video Sharing Sites and Social Media Tools
A roundup of online video hosting services and related tools that support publishing under Creative Commons. These are services for sharing documentaries, movies and short video clips that can be legally downloaded and freely distributed under the terms of license.
Facebook Creative Commons
Donations to the cause.
Flickr: The Creative Commons Pool
CC group pool for photo sharing.
Identi.ca - creativecommons
microblogging service with short updates from Creative Commons.
MySpace Creative Commons
MySpace music profile with featured CC-licensed music via the music player.
Planet Creative Commons
This page aggregates blogs from Creative Commons, CC jurisdiction projects, and the CC community.
Twitter / creativecommons
Status updates from Creative Commons via Twitter.
Virb Creative Commons
Friends, Music and Video... we're helping you stay connected.

CC Video Showcase

Creative Commons on YouTube 

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What is Creative Commons? Wanna Work Together RG Remix

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Prof. Lawrence Lessig Explains Creative Commons Licensing

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Wanna Work Together?

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A Fair(y) Use Tale

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The Corruptibles

The Corruptibles 1 point

Creative Commons España "Se Creativo"

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Creative Commons Italia "Diventa Creativo"

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hugnation, creative commons, make beats online

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Bistec y mamada (el anuncio)

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Que son las licencias Creative Commons

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Lessig Remix

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Free Culture Remix

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Gimme the Mermaid

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Net Neutrality

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Creative Commons Cinema 2.0

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Mayer and Bettle ccAustralia

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Seesmic du Jour 124: Joi Ito explains Creative Commons

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visionOntv is a Creative Commons based project

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visionOntv is a Creative Commons based project

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A Shared Culture

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Joi Ito Creative Commons Pt 2

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Joi Ito Creative Commons PT1

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Something for nothing by redmagma

A brief introduction to Creative Commons and the benefits of sharing content online.
 

Further Resources

Freetail Therapy 

Free Culture and The Long Tail

Freetail Therapy is an open video resource focusing on Free Culture and The Long Tail. It has a growing collection of CC related content - Launch Movie Player

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CC Lenses 

Squidoo lenses with Creative Commons media and resources.

CC Images 

Fresh media on Flickr tagged Creative Commons.

VII by korona-pl (looking for inspiration...)

VII

Hut by Ivy Dawned

Hut

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forms by telmo32

forms

Milky chimney by Sergio Tudela

Milky chimney

Bare Metal by t3rmin4t0r

Bare Metal

Sweet Ride by t3rmin4t0r

Sweet Ride

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Colors

Crust by sigmaman

Crust

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Rainbow

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Cornered

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clearanceandcopyright wrote...

Great lens! You've put together a lot of helpful information here. I'd love for you to visit my lens and say hello when you have the chance.

ReplyPosted February 08, 2009

BFuniv.com wrote...

Great to see CC getting some exposure. It's good to see creativity that has been freed from obtuse regulations.

ReplyPosted March 19, 2008

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