You can't copyright a fact. But that doesn't mean that data and databases are exempt from legal discussions and licensing requirements, even if the intention is to share the data openly. Such is the ...

If you have searched for free images then you have probably come across the Creative Commons licenses (CC Licenses). According to Wikipedia, a Creative Commons (CC) license is "one of several public ...

Creative Commons licensing can be a good way for businesses and artists alike to protect their creative works while enabling productive sharing, but figuring out which of the six Creative Commons ...

Starting today Creative Commons licenses are available to all Vimeo users, giving creators a means to let fellow-creators know if it’s okay to share, remix or reuse their videos. Creative Commons, ...

The Creative Commons has released version 3.0 of its licensing schemes. The new version includes several changes that make the licenses better for international users and those who want derivative ...

Companies love to use third-party content for free. In this era of belt-tightening and slashed marketing budgets, why pay to create photos and videos for advertising and other commercial uses when ...

Creative Commons (CC) has released the long-awaited 4.0 version of its suite of licenses for artistic and creative works. The revisions are intended to fix specific issues that users had encountered ...

Your business revolves around producing creative works, and you use the Internet to market those works. Considering how quickly and easily such material can be disseminated around the world without ...

Nearly five years after Google purchased YouTube, the web titan continues to add features to the world's largest video website. In a bid to put more power into users' hands, Google is rolling out ...

But it seems that Great Minds can’t make up its mind on whether it truly wants its materials to be a part of free culture. Or, in the alternative, it’s reading the CC license a little too literally.