This document provides an overview of Creative Commons and its worldwide affiliate network. Creative Commons enables sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools without losing attribution. The worldwide affiliate network is made up of volunteers from legal and other backgrounds managed by regional coordinators. Affiliates help design and translate licenses, promote Creative Commons, and offer policy support. CC Europe currently has almost 40 active teams with several more in development.

1. A rough guide to
Creative Commons
Gwen Franck
CC Regional Coordinator Europe
gwen@creativecommons.org
@g_fra
Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
All image attributions and their licenses can be found on the final slide.

2. “Creative Commons enables the sharing and use of creativity and
knowledge through free legal tools”
On your own terms - and without losing attribution

8. Worldwide Affiliate Network
Volunteers
managed by regional
coordinators
Legal + other
backgrounds
Help design the licenses
Translate the licenses
promote and inform
‘young’ and ‘mature’
teams
different areas of
expertise
offer policy support +
guidance (no legal advice)
national and
international policy
rooted locally

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CC Europe:
almost 40 teams active, and
several in the making

12. Links & Contact
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gwen@creativecommons.org
www.creativecommons.org
European Open Edu Policy Project oerpolicy.eu
Toolkits project cctoolkits.com
School of Open p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-open
Team Open donate.creativecommons.org
Open Policy Network http://openpolicynetwork.org

13. Attributions
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“Some rights reserved” by Ddraig Lucifer on http://hungryjoker.wikia.com CC BY-SA
All icons from The Noun Project
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Archive by Iconathon (Public Domain)
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Camera by Carol Santos (CC BY 3.0)
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Document by Rob Gill (CC BY 3.0)
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Music by Ryan Oksenhorn (Public Domain)
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Paint Brush by Björn Andersson (CC BY 3.0)
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Museum by Saman Bemel-Benrud (Public Domain)
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Microscope (Public Domain)
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Advocacy by OCHA Visual Information Unit (Public Domain)
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Education by Patrick Trouvé (CC BY 3.0)
Europe by Milo Miloezger (Public Domain)
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Information by Tommy Kuntze (CC BY 3.0)
“Team Open” by Luke Surl (CC0 Public Domain Dedication)