Creative Commons began providing licenses for the open sharing of content only a decade ago. Now more than 400 million CC-licensed
works are available on the Internet, from music and photos, to research findings and entire college courses. Creative Commons
created the legal and technical infrastructure that allows effective sharing of knowledge, art and data by individuals, organizations
and governments. More importantly, millions of creators took advantage of that infrastructure to share work that enriches
the global commons for all humanity.
The Power of Open collects the stories of those creators. Some are like ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative
news organization that uses CC while partnering with the world’s largest media companies. Others like nomadic filmmaker Vincent
Moon use CC licensing as an essential element of a lifestyle of openness in pursuit of creativity. The breadth of uses is
as great as the creativity of the individuals and organizations choosing to open their content, art and ideas to the rest
of the world.
Published 2011 by Creative Commons