Creative Commons licenses enable sharing of and access to creative works, such as images, scholarly literature or music.
Creative Commons in numbers
- The American non-profit organisation providing Creative Commons licenses was founded in 2001
- 1.4 billion works were available under a Creative Commons license in 2017
- 56% of all works available under a Creative Commons license in 2014 didn’t restrict commercial use or adaptation
Where can you find works shared using a Creative Commons license?
Creative Commons symbols, what they mean and what they allow or restrict