This is a
list of notable works available under a Creative Commons license
. Works available under a
Creative Commons license
are becoming more common. Note that there are multiple
Creative Commons
licenses with important differences.
Number of Creative Commons works
[
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]
An analysis in November 2014 revealed that the amount of CC-licensed works in major databases and searchable via google sums up to 882 million works. Nine million webpages linking to one of the CC licenses.
[1]
The Creative Commons offers also a
search engine
for major databases as:
Europeana
,
Open Clip Art Library
,
Pixabay
,
ccMixter
and more.
[2]
Governments and intergovernmental organizations
[
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]
As of January 2016
[update]
, 31 governments and 7 intergovernmental organizations have made their information available per CC according to creativecommons.org,
[3]
similarly dozens of organizations from the
GLAM
sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums).
[4]
Books
[
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]
The
Creative Commons
maintain a
book list themselves
.
Comics
[
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]
Educational resources
[
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]
Games
[
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]
Video games
[
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]
Images and photos
[
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]
Name
Description
License
Refs
deviantART
image artwork sharing website
various (15 million CC licensed)
[42]
Flickr
user photo uploading and sharing service
various CC licenses (350 million CC images of 6+ billion images
[43]
[44]
)
Mapillary
Over 30 million free photos
CC BY-SA
Metropolitan Museum of Art
paintings and artworks
CC0 (375.000)
[45]
Mushroom Observer
collaborative amateur mycology database with approx. 600,000 observational photos
[46]
[47]
CC BY-SA or CC BY-NC-SA
[48]
Open Game Art
Media repository for software / game projects
CC BY, CC-BY-SA, CC0, others
[49]
Panoramio
Over 100 million photos
Various
[50]
Fortepan
archival photographs, and family snapshots of everyday life
CC-BY-SA (100.000 images)
Unsplash
user photo uploading and sharing service
CC0
[51]
[52]
Wikimedia Commons
free image and data repository, stores Wikipedia images
various free CC licenses (40+ million images in 2018
[53]
)
Music
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]
News
[
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]
Name
Description
License
Refs
20minutos
Spanish
free newspaper
and news website
CC-BY-SA
/
CC BY-NC-SA
[62]
Al Jazeera
's broadcasting footage
On January 13, 2009, some broadcasting content from Al Jazeera on the
2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict
was released.
CC BY 3.0
[63]
[64]
[65]
[66]
[67]
[68]
Agência Pública
Online Investigative Journalism outlet with texts in
Portuguese
,
English
and
Spanish
.
CC BY-ND 4.0
[69]
[70]
Corbeau News Centrafrique
French-language news site from the Central African Republic
CC BY-SA 4.0
[71]
Democracy Now!
Internationally syndicated radio and TV news program. All transcripts from broadcasts are republished online and released under a Creative Commons license.
CC-BY-NC-ND
4.0 US
[72]
The Conversation
Online news outlet written by academics and researchers. Localised editions exist for Australia, Africa, Canada, France, Indonesia, the UK and the US.
CC-BY-ND
4.0
[72]
Deshabhimani
Malayalam
language newspaper
CC-BY
4.0
[73]
Global Voices
International journalism organisation publishing in over 40 languages.
CC-BY
3.0
[74]
Haitian Times
Online newspaper for the Haitian diaspora in the United States.
CC BY-ND
4.0
Iran Daily
Iran's third English newspaper published by
Islamic Republic News Agency
.
CC-BY
4.0
[75]
La Stampa
3rd biggest newspaper of Italy.
CC-BY-NC-ND
3.0
[76]
NBT News
Thai state-run news television channel.
CC-BY
[77]
OpenDemocracy
International online news website. Specific articles are released under a Creative Commons license.
CC-BY-NC
4.0
[78]
ProPublica
US news website.
CC-BY-NC-ND
3.0
[79]
Seychelles News Agency
Government-funded news organisation from
Seychelles
publishing in
English
and
French
.
CC-BY
4.0
[80]
Tasnim News Agency
Iranian news agency publishing in
Persian
,
English
,
Arabic
,
Turkish
and
Urdu
.
CC-BY
4.0
[81]
TorrentFreak
News blog. Text licensed under a Creative Commons license.
CC BY-NC
3.0
[82]
WikiTribune
News website with crowdsourced fact-checking, proofreading and editing. Published in
English
and
Spanish
.
CC-BY
or
CC-BY-SA
4.0
[83]
Knowledge, research and science
[
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]
Databases and data
[
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]
Technology, blueprints and recipes
[
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]
Video and film
[
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]
The
Creative Commons
maintain a
film list themselves
.
Websites
[
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]
References
[
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]
^
State of the Commons: Notes and additional resources - Number of Creative Commons--licensed works
on
github.com
(November 2014)
^
CC search
on creativecommons.org
^
Government use of Creative Commons
on creativecommons.org (January 2016)
^
GLAM
on creativevommons.org (January 2016)
^
"The Art of Unix Programming"
. 17 March 2005. Archived from
the original
on 17 March 2005
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"The Art of Unix Programming"
. Archived from
the original
on 17 March 2005
. Retrieved
12 October
2013
.
^
A Briefer History of Time
"CC BY-ND-NC 1.0" (archived 2004)
^
"The Archimedes Palimpsest"
.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries
. Retrieved
2016-08-01
.
All materials on OPenn are in the
public domain
or released under
Creative Commons licenses
as
Free Cultural Works
^
"Reading Between the Lines,
Smithsonian Magazine
"
. Retrieved
2009-03-31
.
^
"archimedespalimpsest"
. Archived from
the original
on 21 February 2009.
This data is released for use under a Creative Commons license, with attribution
^
a
b
the-future-of-ideas-is-now-fre-1
on lessig.org
^
Free souls captured and released
"This is an celebration of all people who are willing to share" on freesouls.org
^
"Meat Atlas: facts and figures about the animals we eat"
.
Friends of the Earth Europe
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas"
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Warbreaker Rights and Downloads - Brandon Sanderson"
.
brandonsanderson.com
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Download Little Brother For Free - Cory Doctorow's craphound.com"
.
craphound.com
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
Watts, Peter.
"Blindsight by Peter Watts"
.
www.rifters.com
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
Code Version 2.0
, at
http://codev2.cc/download+remix/Lessig-Codev2.pdf
"
the one surprise that teaches us more than everything here.
"
^
Code Version 2.0
, at
http://codev2.cc/download+remix/Lessig-Codev2.pdf
^
Remix
on lessig.org
^
"Remix"
. Archived from
the original
on 2016-04-02
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
Wealth of Networks wiki
.
Berkman Center for Internet & Society
at
Harvard University
. Last accessed 16 Feb 2012.
^
"Kelly Link on Creative Commons"
. Retrieved
20 August
2018
.
^
"Stranger Things Happen"
. Retrieved
20 August
2018
.
^
"Fiction Book Review: STRANGER THINGS HAPPEN"
. Retrieved
20 August
2018
.
^
Kale, Arun (21 October 2010).
"Of Fretting Cats and Wandering Rooks"
.
Helter Skelter
. Square One Media. Archived from
the original
on 28 December 2010
. Retrieved
15 December
2010
.
^
"Homem-Grilo, super-herói de Osasco, celebra 20 anos"
(in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-10-14.
Archived
from the original on 2020-10-18
. Retrieved
2021-03-23
.
^
"Comemorando os 20 anos do Homem-Grilo com o Copyleft e a Cultura Livre"
(in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-01-02.
Archived
from the original on 2020-09-30.
^
"Cards Against Humanity"
.
Cards Against Humanity
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Creative Commons License – Eclipse Phase"
. Retrieved
2022-08-23
.
^
"Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-NC-SA 3.0"
.
creativecommons.org
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Tagmar - Licenciamento"
.
www.tagmar.com.br
. Retrieved
2022-08-23
.
^
Castle Crashers Soundtrack Released Under CC License
(2008)
^
tinyspeck (2013-11-18).
"Glitch is Dead, Long Live Glitch! - Art & Code from the Game Released into Public Domain"
. glitchthegame.com
. Retrieved
2013-12-11
.
The entire library of art assets from the game, has been made freely available, dedicated to the public domain. Code from the game client is included to help developers work with the assets. All of it can be downloaded and used by anyone, for any purpose.
^
Blackwell, Laura (2013-11-18).
"Afterlife of an MMO: Glitch's offbeat art enters public domain"
. pcworld.com
. Retrieved
2013-12-11
.
^
"Breakthrough for Free Software Gaming--Ryzom Announces Full Release of Source Code and Artwork, and a Partnership with the Free Software Foundation to Host a Repository of the Game's Artistic Assets"
. ryzom.com
. Retrieved
2010-05-06
.
^
a
b
Massively Multiplayer Game Ryzom Released as Free Culture and Free Software
on creativecommons.org (2010)
^
Free game graphics: Tyrian ships and tiles
on lostgarden.com by Daniel Cook (2007-04-04)
^
Lost garden license
on lostgarden.com
"All licensed items use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License"
(2007)
^
"The Ur-Quan Masters Project FAQ - Ultronomicon"
.
wiki.uqm.stack.nl
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Yo Frankie! license page"
. Retrieved
2010-01-26
.
^
"#cc10 Featured Platform: deviantART - Creative Commons"
. 7 December 2012
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
creativecommons
on flickr.com
^
Parfeni, Lucian (2011-08-05).
"Flickr Boasts 6 Billion Photo Uploads"
. Softpedia
. Retrieved
2012-03-01
.
^
open-access-at-the-met
on metmuseum.org
^
"Site Statistics"
.
Mushroom Observer
. Retrieved
26 March
2016
.
Images 599669, Observations 208462, Listed Taxa 51072, Observed Taxa 13184, Authored Name Descriptions 4312, Defined Locations 12812, Authored Location Descriptions 847, Species Lists 685, Species List Entries 89263, Proposed IDs 299937, Comments 113454, Votes 418612, Members 6558
^
Wood, Michael (Summer 2008).
"WebWatch: Observing Mushrooms"
(PDF)
.
Fungi Magazine
.
1
(2)
. Retrieved
8 October
2010
.
Reproduced on the
MykoWeb
Archived
2011-08-10 at the
Wayback Machine
website.
^
"Introduction"
.
Mushroom Observer
. Retrieved
8 October
2010
.
^
"16 Sites Featuring Free Game Graphics for Game Developers"
.
Felgo
. Retrieved
22 February
2019
.
^
"Panoramio - Archiveteam"
.
archiveteam.org
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Unsplash is a site full of free images for your next splash page"
.
The Next Web
. Retrieved
2015-11-13
.
^
Crew.
"License | Unsplash"
.
unsplash.com
. Retrieved
2017-02-20
.
^
"Category:Free Creative Commons licenses - Wikimedia Commons"
.
commons.wikimedia.org
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Airports for Music, by SheedyJaye"
.
Moderate Potatoe Multimedia
. Retrieved
2020-10-22
.
^
a
b
Steuer, Eric (May 5, 2008).
"Nine Inch Nails' "The Slip" out under a Creative Commons license"
. creativecommons.org
. Retrieved
February 21,
2020
.
^
"#hot11 charts"
. starfrosch.
^
猫 シ Corp. (2 October 2014).
"
Palm Mall
"
.
Archived
from the original on 30 December 2014
. Retrieved
14 April
2022
– via
Bandcamp
.
^
"Pulse of the Earth"
. Hungry Lucy.
^
Carr, Daphne (May 28, 2008).
"Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Free Music and Creative Competition – Page 1 – Music – Los Angeles –
LA Weekly
"
.
LA Weekly
. Archived from
the original
on 2008-12-26
. Retrieved
July 21,
2013
.
^
"Can I use a song in my student film/podcast/awesome dance remix?"
. Retrieved
December 9,
2017
.
^
"Goldberg Variationen: Johann Sebastian Bach als 'Creative Commons Zero'"
,
Heise Online
, 29 May 2012
^
creative-commons
Archived
2018-01-02 at the
Wayback Machine
on 20minutos.es
^
Benenson, Fred (2009-01-13).
"Al Jazeera Launches Creative Commons Repository"
. creativecommons.org
. Retrieved
2009-01-19
.
^
Steuer, Eric (2009-01-13).
"Al Jazeera Announces Launch of Free Footage Under Creative Commons License"
. creativecommons.org. Archived from
the original
on 2009-01-18
. Retrieved
2009-01-19
.
^
Cohen, Noam (2009-01-11).
"Al Jazeera provides an inside look at Gaza conflict"
.
International Herald Tribune
. Retrieved
2009-01-19
.
^
"Al Jazeera Announces Launch of Free Footage under Creative Commons License"
. Al Jazeera Creative Commons Repository. Archived from
the original
on 2009-01-21
. Retrieved
2009-01-19
.
^
Andrews, Robert (2009-11-14).
"Al Jazeera Offers Creative Commons Video, Lessig Lends Backing"
. paidcontent.co.uk. Archived from
the original
on 2009-06-27
. Retrieved
2009-01-19
.
^
Ito, Joi (2009-01-14).
"Al Jazeera Launches Creative Commons Repository"
. joi.ito.com
. Retrieved
2009-01-19
.
^
"About us - Agência Pública"
. Retrieved
2021-04-02
.
^
"Jornalismo de interesse público e licenciamento aberto"
(in Brazilian Portuguese). 2014-02-07.
Archived
from the original on 2021-04-02
. Retrieved
2021-04-02
.
^
QUI SOMMES-NOUS?
^
a
b
"Republishing guidelines — The Conversation"
.
theconversation.com
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Terms of Use"
. Archived from
the original
on 2 June 2021
. Retrieved
2 June
2021
.
^
"Global Voices · Republishing Guidelines"
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Iran Daily"
. Islamic Republic News Agency
. Retrieved
16 October
2019
.
^
"La Stampa adotta la licenza Creative Commons per la condivisione degli articoli"
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
NBT 2HD - YouTube
^
"Licensing"
.
openDemocracy
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Steal Our Stories — ProPublica"
.
ProPublica
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Copyright & Disclaimer - Seychelles News Agency"
.
www.seychellesnewsagency.com
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Tasnim News Agency - Tasnim News Agency"
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Copyright"
.
TorrentFreak
. Retrieved
27 October
2018
.
^
"Copyright"
.
WikiTribune
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
knol.google.com/k
on the Internet Archive
^
"OpenSeaMap: Frequently Asked Questions"
.
OpenSeaMap
.org
. Retrieved
April 28,
2012
.
^
"OpenStreetMap: Copyright and License"
.
Openstreetmap.org
. Retrieved
April 28,
2012
.
^
OpenStreetMap#Licensing terms
^
"Legal FAQ - OpenStreetMap Wiki"
.
wiki.openstreetmap.org
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"SNPedia:Copyrights"
.
SNPedia
. Retrieved
November 15,
2013
.
^
Michael Mrozek (2016-11-20).
"Power, Memory and Schematics"
. pyra-handheld.com by.
As promised, the Pyra will be more open than the Pandora and Nikolaus had some time to clean up the schematics! Attached to this post are the schematics for the current revision (5.1.3) of the Pyra. Unless a bug is found, these won't change anymore.[...] License is CC-BY-NC-SA
^
How can a beer be "free"?
Archived
2015-08-02 at the
Wayback Machine
on freebeer.org "The recipe and the FREE BEER brand is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, which basically means that anyone can use our recipe to brew the beer or to create a derivative of our recipe."
^
Linux goes walkabout
by Jack Kapic on theglobeandmail.com (March 4, 2008)
^
schematics
on openmoko.com
^
"Big Buck Bunny about page"
. Retrieved
2010-01-26
.
^
Project Code Rush.
"Project Code Rush"
. clickmovement.org
. Retrieved
2012-08-17
.
^
Code Rush in the Creative Commons.
"Code Rush in the Creative Commons"
. Waxy.org
. Retrieved
2010-02-02
.
^
"The Yes Men"
. Retrieved
2020-11-30
.
^
Wattercutter, Angela (31 October 2012).
"Physics Students Make Zombie Movie Decay Deep Within the Bowels of CERN"
.
Wired
. Retrieved
22 November
2012
.
^
"Elephants Dream license page"
. Retrieved
2010-01-26
.
^
pearl-jam-releases-video-under-creative-commons-license
on cnet.com (2006)
^
Kirsner, Scott.
"CinemaTech Filmmaker Q&A: Brett Gaylor of Open Source Cinema".
^
Sinnott, Shane. "
The Load-Down
Archived
2007-06-30 at the
Wayback Machine
",
Montreal Mirror
, 2007-03-29. Accessed 2008-06-30
^
IP:_A_Remix_Manifesto
on creativecommons.org
^
"Ahimsa: Sita Sings the Blues now CC-0 "Public Domain" « Nina Paley's Blog"
.
blog.ninapaley.com
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"Alexa - Competitive Analysis, Marketing Mix, and Website Traffic"
.
www.alexa.com
. Retrieved
2022-01-01
.
^
"BdFISH - Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home"
.
www.bdfish.org
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"About Devopedia"
.
www.devopedia.org
. Retrieved
3 September
2018
.
^
"RationalWiki:Copyrights"
.
RationalWiki
. Retrieved
5 November
2018
.
^
a
b
"The SCP Foundation"
.
The SCP Foundation
. Retrieved
2021-09-03
.
^
"Using Material from Our Site"
.
The Public Domain Review
. Retrieved
4 November
2018
.
^
Uncyclopedia:Copyrights
.
Uncyclopedia
. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
^
"Terms of use - Meta"
.
meta.wikimedia.org
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
^
"List of Wikimedia projects by size - Meta"
.
meta.wikimedia.org
. Retrieved
7 July
2018
.
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