You may already be familiar with Creative Commons licenses. Creative Commons is also a nonprofit organization and worldwide movement. In this podcast, I tell about the origins of Creative Commons, and then I give an overview of what Creative Commons has become today.

Listen, and then check out the links below for more information.

This podcast is licensed CC BY-NC 4.0. A transcript is also available.

Get Involved!

See the Get Involved page at the Creative Commons website for information on CC mailing lists and social media, among other resources.

See the website of the CC Global Network for more information on worldwide advocacy for copyright reform and open access.

And see the Creative Commons page of the Office of Library Services’ OA / OER Toolkit for resources collected for the CUNY community.

Attributions and References

The narrative in this podcast is based on “The Story of Creative Commons” and “Creative Commons Today” by Creative Commons, licensed CC BY 4.0.

For more information, see the articles “Creative Commons,” “Eldred v. Ashcroft,” and “Copyright Clause” at Wikipedia.

The music is “Molly Molly” by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

See the Creative Commons Trademark Policy for information about the use of the CC logo.