1. CREATIVE COMMONS

2. ABOUT/ HISTORY CREATIVE COMMONS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ENLARGING THE VARIOUS RANGE OF CREATIVE WORKS THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR OTHERS TO CONSTRUCT UPON LEGALLY AND TO SHARE. CREATIVE COMMONS RELEASES FREE COPYRIGHT LICENSES TO THE PUBLIC, NO THE ORGANIZATION DO NOT REPLACE COPYRIGHT BUT WORKS ALONG SIDE OF COPYRIGHT TO NEGOTIATE FOR INDIVIDUALS SPECIFIC RIGHTS. CREATIVE COMMONS IS DESCRIBED AS BEING VIEWED AS THE “COPY LEFT” MOVEMENT.  FOUNDED 2001  FOUNDERS LAWRENCE LESSIG, HAL ABELSON, AND ERIC ELDRED  WEBSITE CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG  FOCUS EXPANSION OF “REASONABLE”, FLEXIBLE COPYRIGHT

3. AIM/GOALS THE FOUNDERS AIM IS TO ALLOW CREATORS THE ABILITY TO GET A CHANCE TO CREATE WITH PERMISSION ONLY OF THE CREATORS PAST. CREATIVE COMMONS UPHOLDS A CONTENT DIRECTORY WIKI OF ORGANIZATIONS AND PROJECTS USING CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES. CONSIDER PUBLISHING UNDER CREATIVE IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO SHARE THE WORK YOU CREATED AND BE WORRY FREE ABOUT COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. CREATIVE COMMONS ALLOWS CREATIONS TO USE YOUR WORK LEGALLY UNDER THE TERMS OF COPYRIGHT LICENSES AND ABIDE BY YOUR CONDITIONS NOTATED WHILE GIVING YOU CREDIT.

4. MISSION CREATIVE COMMONS SUPPORT AND DEVELOPS TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALLOWS DIGITAL CREATIVITY INNOVATION AND SHARING. UTILIZING THE FULL POTENTIAL OF THE INTERNET LEGALLY TO ACCESS RESEARCH AND DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY. “CC’’, BELIEVES IN GLOBAL COMMONS AS OPEN LICENSE AND PROVIDES THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT CONSISTS OF COPYRIGHT LICENSES AND TOOLS.

5. TRENDING TOPICS OF CC USERS  READERS RE-PUBLISHING BLOG POST  REMIX MUSIC, ROYALTY-FREE  ACCESS COURSE MATERIALS FROM AROUND THE WORLD  SHARE PHOTOGRAPHS WITHOUT ALLOWING PERMISSION OF SALES  VIDEO SHARING

6. CONNECTION TO EDUCATION CREATIVE COMMONS ALLOWS WORKS TO BE MINIMIZE THROUGH COPYRIGHT BARRIERS. UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION THROUGH “CC”, CAN BE SHARED WITH EVERYONE THROUGH TEXTBOOKS, COURSES, LESSON PLANS AND ALL ARE FREE TO THE LEARNERS. TEACHERS CAN INCORPORATE REPORTS, PRESENTATIONS, CUSTOMIZE TEXTBOOKS, VIDEO LECTURES AND LESSON PLANS GLOBALLY THROUGH CREATIVE COMMONS ALLOWING YOUR WORK TO BE LICENSED.

7. WORKS CITED LESSIG, LAWRENCE (2006). “LAWRENCE LESSIG ON CREATIVE COMMONS AND THE REMIX CULTURE” “LICENSES-CREATIVE COMMONS”(HTTP://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/). RETREIVED 2009-07-20HTTP://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/ LESSIG, LAWRENCE(2004). “THE CREATIVE COMMONS”. 65 MONT.L.REV.1 OFFICIAL WEBSITE (HTTP://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/)HTTP://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/ CREATIVE COMMONS WIKI (HTTP://WIKI.CREATIVIECOMMONS.ORG/)

8. CREATIVE COMMONS IMAGE