Share your work

Use Creative Commons tools to help share your work. Our free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give your permission to share and use your creative work— on conditions of your choice. You can adopt one of our licenses by sharing on a platform, or choosing a license below.

Choose a license

This chooser helps you determine which Creative Commons License is right for you in a few easy steps. If you are new to Creative Commons, you may also want to read Licensing Considerations before you get started.

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Share your work on a Creative Commons platform

We work with platforms like Wikipedia, Flickr, and Vimeo to provide their users with the option of licensing works with CC licenses. Through these platforms, over 1.4 billion works have been shared and counting!

  • flickr
  • bandcamp
  • wikipedia
  • youtube
  • sketchfab
  • internet_archive
  • vimeo
  • wikimedia
  • fma
  • skills_commons
  • europeana
  • tribe_of_noise
  • jamendo
  • MIT
  • PLoS

 

 


What our licenses do

Our licenses enable collaboration, growth, and generosity in a variety of media.