What is Creative Commons, and what is Creative Commons in the United Kingdom?
Creative Commons (CC) is a worldwide organisation that offers copyright alternatives (beyond the traditional all rights reserved ) to teachers, scholars, scientists, writers, photographers, filmmakers, musicians, graphic designers, Web hobbyists, artists, and other content developers for use anywhere in the world (further details; website) There are at present two Creative Commons projects in the United Kingdom; one for each of the two mainland legal jurisdictions, England & Wales, and Scotland. (So far, unfortunately, nobody has set up a project for Northern Ireland). Together they manage this website. Most European jurisdictions have their own CC projects, and there are many others through the world; see the drop-down menu at the top of this page.
