Authors and artists seeking to release works under a Creative Commons license now have more flexibility and choice when they want to share their works, Creative Commons said Thursday.
Creative Commons licenses allow copyright holders to easily grant permission to use their works in certain manners. Version 4.0 of the licenses were introduced Tuesday after a two-year development period in which legal experts around the world collaborated to renew and refine the license, the organization announced in a blog post.
While most of the dozens of improvements will go unnoticed by Creative Commons licensors and licensees, the new licenses are more user-friendly and more internationally robust than ever before, the organization said.
Copyright management
Creative Commons offers six standard licenses with which authors, artists, scientists, teachers and other creatives can manage their copyrights flexibly. With the standard licenses the users decide to what extent their work is allowed to be spread and edited, and under which conditions. The user does not entirely give up the copyright but rather grants certain user rights in advance so third parties do not explicitly need to ask for permission for using or adapting the work.
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