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Creative Commons

Creative Commons (CC) is an American nonprofit organization and international network devoted to educational access and expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright licenses, known as Creative Commons licenses (CC licenses), free of charge to the public, to a…

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Founded
January 15, 2001; 25 years ago (2001-01-15)
Headquarters
Mountain View, California, U.S.
Focus
Expansion of "reasonable", flexible copyright
Founder
Lawrence Lessig
Key people
Anna Tumadóttir, CEO
Method
Creative Commons license

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Creative Commons

Nodes83
Edges82
Triples183
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.024096
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Creative Commons

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related to Japan · 33
Creative Commons → America, Apple, Audio Visual Mixer, CC, CC Japan, CC Japan/CCJP, CCJP, ClipLife, CM, Creative Commons Japan, GLOCOM University, ICC, In, In February, In July, In June, In March, International University GLOCOM, INTO INFINITY, Japan
related to history · 21
Creative Commons → Aaron Swartz, Ben Adida, Center, David, December, Eric Eldred, February, Glenn Otis Brown, Hal Abelson, Hal Plotkin, In, Lawrence Lessig, Matthew Haughey, Molly Shaffer Van Houweling, Neeru Paharia, Open Content License, Open Content Project, Open Publication License, Public Domain, The
related to South Korea · 20
Creative Commons → Asia Conference, CC Korea, Creative Common, Creative Commons Korea, Creative Commons Korea Association, Creative Commons KoreaCreative Commons, Daum, In January, In March, Incheon District Court, Infomedia Law, Jongsoo Yoon, KAFIL, Korea Association, Korean, Naver, Presiding Judge, Since, South Korea, The
related to Personality rights · 16
Creative Commons → Alison Chang, Attribution, Chang, Chang's, Dump Your Pen Friend, Flickr, However, In, Justin Ho-Wee Wong, On November, The, URL, Users, Virgin, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Mobile Australia
related to Bassel Khartabil · 14
Creative Commons → Adra Prison, Bassel, Bassel Khartabil, Bassel Khartabil's, Bassel's, Creative Commons Board, Creative Commons Syria, Damascus, Directors, In, On March, On October, Palestinian Syrian, Syrian
related to Evolution of CC licenses · 14
Creative Commons → All, CC, CC0 Public Domain Dedication, Creative Commons Attribution License, Critics, Debian, Debian Free Software Guidelines, DFSG, DRM, Lawrence Lessig, Linux, Rather, The, Version
related to CC license proliferation · 11
Creative Commons → According, By, CC, Free Software Foundation, He, Mako Hill, Richard Stallman, Since, The Creative Commons, Those, Works
related to External links · 10
Creative Commons → Brazilian Copyright Reform, Creative CommonsCreative Commons, Creative CommonsCreative Commonsː Copyright, Creative Commonsː Copyright Reform, English, Flash, Internal Revenue Service, ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer, Week, What
related to License uses · 9
Creative Commons → All, Although Creative Commons, CC, Lessig, No, Office, The, The United States Copyright, This
related to Purpose and goal · 7
Creative Commons → According, December, In, Information Age, Lawrence Lessig, Lessig, Their

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commons creative licenses cc copyright rights works license japan network content use lessig ccjp held one organization korea also flickr

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Creative CommonsFocusExpansion of "reasonable", flexible copyright1.00infobox
Creative CommonsFoundedJanuary 15, 2001; 25 years ago (2001-01-15)1.00infobox
Creative CommonsFounderLawrence Lessig1.00infobox
Creative CommonsHeadquartersMountain View, California, U.S.1.00infobox
Creative CommonsKey peopleAnna Tumadóttir, CEO1.00infobox
Creative CommonsMethodCreative Commons license1.00infobox
Creative CommonsRevenueUS$9.8 million (2021)1.00infobox
Creative CommonsTax ID no.04-35853011.00infobox
Creative CommonsType501(c)(3)1.00infobox
Creative CommonsWebsitecreativecommons.org1.00infobox
popular musicinstance ofLessig maintains that modern culture is dominated by traditional content distributors in order to maintain and strengthen their monopolies on cultural products0.80text
popular cinemainstance ofLessig maintains that modern culture is dominated by traditional content distributors in order to maintain and strengthen their monopolies on cultural products0.80text

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