A Creative Commons (CC) license is a type of copyright license that grants permission for others to use copyrighted works without obtaining prior approval from the copyright owner. However, the usage ...

Here at Ars we’re big fans of Creative Commons, both the idea behind it and the work that gets produced. As publishers, we benefit from Creative Commons in a number of ways—we look things up in ...

This piece was commissioned by Nieman Lab for the tenth anniversary of Creative Commons, and was published initially by them. Happy birthday, Creative Commons.

Busted! You copied an image on your blog that you saw on the internet. You didn’t think you were doing anything wrong but it turns out you were. The image was copyrighted and now the copyright holder ...