Wednesday, 9th December 2015

Creative Commons Releases State of the Commons Report

By Africa S. Hands

From the Creative Commons blog:

Creative Commons, the global nonprofit that makes it easier for creators to share their work under simple copyright terms, announced a major milestone in the release of its 2015 State of the Commons Report today: over 1 billion works have been licensed using Creative Commons since the organization was founded.

The State of the Commons report can be found online in various formats for sharing at stateof.creativecommons.org/2015.

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Africa S. Hands is an independent librarian with a focus on helping professionals understand and utilise social media and search engines through one-on-one tutorials and small group workshops. Africa tweets (@africahands) on resources of interest to information and higher education professionals.

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