Creative Commons is an alternative to traditional copyright rules. Commonly, most original works are protected by copyright, which reflects specific rights regarding the use and the distribution of work. Creative Commons allows copyright owners to release some of those rights while keeping others, with the goal of allowing access to and sharing of intellectual and creative property. Copyright has been an all-or-nothing plan: a work is either in the public domain, or its owner states “all rights reserved”. The term or period of copyright protection for most has increased significantly, from 14 years to 70 years past the death of the work’s creator. The creators of Creative Commons wanted to start a central ground of “some rights reserved” that respects intellectual property while growing the acceptable uses of protected material. All licenses need acknowledgement, and the slightest limiting only needs attribution.

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