The EFF advocates for Creative Commons as a vital tool for sharing culture. By upgrading their website's license to Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, they emphasize open licensing's role in promoting free distribution while allowing creators to retain rights. Copyright often hinders sharing, imposing severe penalties and complicating ownership issues. In contrast, Creative Commons provides clarity and security, enabling millions of works to be shared freely and fostering a more collaborative cultural landscape.
Copyright is ubiquitous, applying automatically to most kinds of creative work from the moment they are "fixed in a tangible medium." Copyright carries draconian penalties, making it risky and expensive to share and re-use creative works.
Open licensing helps culture and learning flourish. With many millions of works now available under Creative Commons licenses, creators and knowledge-seekers have reassurance that these works can be freely shared and built upon without risk.
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