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This is a quick video that explains what Creative Commons provides. Copy right is a controversial topic on the web and creative commons provides an outlet for like-minded creative types to share their stuff. I think it is a good topic to address with students.

Joyce Valenza's LibGuide to Copyright-Friendly resources, such as Creative Commons images, free music, info about fair use, etc..

This page describes a company that has released some textbooks under Creative Commons, and descibes how these open resources are used.

An interesting example of a creative common

Larry Lessig is a lawyer and activist for sensible intellectual property law for the digital age. He was a founding board member of Creative Commons, an organization that builds better copyright practices through principles established first by the open-source software community.

This page links to a large number of open educational resources for educators.

This wiki provides information about what Open Educational Resources are, where to find them, and some case studies.

Creative commons is where an individual can go to create a copyright friendly license for their social media tools. For example i have create one for my classroom website