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Browse through and access a curated collection of resources created by the CC team and community contributors. These resources are designed to provide recommendations, best practices, and other information to support you in contributing to the commons and in reusing CC-licensed content.
CC Platform Toolkit: This toolkit is for platforms where users upload content.
Open Licensing Resources for Foundations: This toolkit is for foundations interested in adopting an open license policy.
Open Education
- CC Organization Flyer for UNESCO – Print
- CC Organization Flyer for UNESCO – Digital
- CC Licenses Flyer for UNESCO – Print
- CC Licenses Flyer for UNESCO – Digital
- Open Education Resources UNESCO Recommendation Video
- Recommendation on Open Educational Resources (OER)
- OER Declaration World Open Educational Resources Congress, Paris, 2012
- 7 Things You Should Know About Open Education: Policies
- 7 Things You Should Know About Open Education: Practices
- 7 Things You Should Know About Open Education: Content
Legal
- Returning Authors’ Rights: The Authors Alliance/Creative Commons Termination of Transfer Tool
- Creative Commons Rights Back Resource
- Reversionary Rights
- Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine
- Author Addenda
- Springing Licenses
Open Culture
- Open Culture Resources
- Europeana Whitepaper 2: The Yellow Milkmaid
- CC Needs Assessment Report on Public Domain Tools in Cultural Heritage Sector
- Creative Commons & Cultural Heritage Slideshow
- OpenGLAM
Copyright
- WIPO Adopts Open Access Policy for its Publications
- Open Licensing Resources for Foundations
- Copyright Reform
Artificial Intelligence
- Human Content to Machine Data
- Pay-to-Crawl Issue Brief
- Copyright and Generative AI Issue Brief
- Categorizing Machine Use of the Web Issue Brief
Open Science
- How the CC BY license for preprints impacts journal publication: A guide for researchers
- How to Choose a License to Amplify the Impact of your Preprint
- Open Licensing for Research with Creative Commons
- Preprint Policy Framework
- Surveying the Open Climate Data Landscape
- Recommended Best Practices for Better Sharing of Climate Data
- Summary: Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data
- Licensing Best Practices for Sharing Scientific Data
- (Webinar Recording) Preprints x Journal Publication: A Conversation with Researchers and Creative Commons
- (Slides) Preprints x Journal Publication: A Conversation with Researchers and Creative Commons
- (Q&A Recording) Preprints x AI: A Conversation with Researchers and Creative Commons
- (Slides) Preprints x AI: A Conversation with Researchers and Creative Commons
- How the CC BY license for preprints impacts generative AI training: A guide for researchers
- Attributions: Use TASL
- Why use the CC BY license? A guide for researchers
- (Presentation Slides) Open Licenses for Science Research – A Webinar with Creative Commons and OGSL
- (Webinar Recording) Open Licenses for Science Research – A Webinar with Creative Commons and OGSL
- Cómo la licencia CC BY para preimpresiones afecta el entrenamiento de IA generativa: Una guía para investigadores
- How the CC BY License for Preprints Impacts Journal Publication A Guide for Researchers (Arabic version)
- Attributions: Use TASL (Arabic version)
- How the CC BY License for Preprints Impacts Generative AI Training: A Guide For Researchers (Arabic version)
- Why use the CC BY license for preprints? A guide for researchers (Arabic version)
- 署名方式: 使用TASL
- 预印本采用 CC BY 许可后会如何影响后续的期刊发表 研究人员指南
- 预印本采用 CC BY 许可后会如何影响生成式 AI 的训练 : 研究人员指南
- 为什么要为预印本采用 CC BY 许可证?研究人员指南
- Attributions: Utiliser TALL
- Comment la licence CC BY pour les prépublications impacte-t-elle la formation à l’Intelligence Artificielle générative: Un guide pour les chercheurs
- Comment la licence CC BY pour les prépublications affecte-t-elle la publication dans les revues: Un guide pour les chercheurs
- Pourquoi utiliser la licence CC BY pour les prépublications?: Un guide pour les chercheurs
- Atribuciones: Utilice TAFL
- Atribuições: Use TALL
- Como a licença CC BY para preprints impacta o treino de IA generativa: Um guia para pesquisadores
- Como a licença CC BY para Preprints impacta a publicação em periódicos Um guia para pesquisadores
- Cómo la licencia CC BY para preimpresiones afecta la publicación de artículos en revistas Una guía para investigadores
- Por que usar a licença CC BY para preprints? Um guia para pesquisadores
- ¿Por qué utilizar la licencia CC BY para preimpresiones? Una guía para investigadores
- Como a licença CC BY para preprints impacta o treinamento de IA generativa Um guia para pesquisadores
- Como a licença CC BY para preprints impacta a publicação em revistas científicas Um guia para pesquisadores
- Por que usar a licença CC BY para preprints? Um guia para pesquisadores