List of major Creative Commons licensed works#Red Eclipse

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This is a list of notable works available under a Creative Commons license. Works available under a Creative Commons license are becoming more common. Note that there are multiple Creative Commons licenses with important differences.

Number of Creative Commons works

An analysis in November 2014 revealed that the amount of CC-licensed works in major databases and searchable via Google sums up to 882 million works. Nine million webpages linking to one of the CC licenses.[https://github.com/creativecommons/stateofthe/blob/master/data/notes.md State of the Commons: Notes and additional resources - Number of Creative Commons--licensed works] on github.com (November 2014)

Platform name	Number of works (rounded down by millions, November 2014)	Source
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Flickr	307 million	https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
Wikipedia (all pages in all languages)	111 million	http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias
MusicBrainz	39 million	https://musicbrainz.org/statistics https://musicbrainz.org/doc/About/Data_License
Freebase	39 million	https://developers.google.com/freebase/faq#how_big_is_freebase
DeviantArt	15 million	https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/35540
GeoNames	10 million	http://www.geonames.org/about.html
YouTube	10 million	https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797468
Google Search	301 million	[https://github.com/creativecommons/stateofthe/blob/master/data/google-currenttools.csv google-currenttools.csv], [https://github.com/creativecommons/stateofthe/blob/master/data/google-retiredtools.csv google-retiredtools.csv]

Creative Commons offers also a search engine for major databases as: Europeana, Open Clip Art Library, Pixabay, ccMixter and more.[https://search.creativecommons.org/ CC search] on creativecommons.org

Governments and intergovernmental organizations

{{As of|January 2016}}, 31 governments and 7 intergovernmental organizations have made their information available per CC according to creativecommons.org;[https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Government_use_of_Creative_Commons Government use of Creative Commons] on creativecommons.org (January 2016) similarly dozens of organizations from the GLAM sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums).[https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/GLAM GLAM] on creativevommons.org (January 2016)

Books

Creative Commons maintains a [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Category:Book book list themselves].

\| Name	Original release	CC Release	Description	License	Refs
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The Art of Unix Programming	2003	2005{{cite web\|url=http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317014053/http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=17 March 2005\|title=The Art of Unix Programming\|date=17 March 2005\|publisher=\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}	book about the history and culture of Unix programming by Eric S. Raymond (with added proviso)	CC BY-ND 1.0	{{cite web\|url=http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ \|title=The Art of Unix Programming \|accessdate=12 October 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317014053/http://www.faqs.org/docs/artu/ \|archivedate=17 March 2005 }}
A Briefer History of Time	1999	2004[https://web.archive.org/web/20041130085714/http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3fs8i/bhtes/ A Briefer History of Time] "CC BY-ND-NC 1.0" (archived 2004)	science humor book by Eric Schulman	CC BY-ND-NC 1.0
Archimedes Palimpsest	3rd century BC	2008	reconstructed and released by OPenn as Free Cultural Works	CC BY	{{cite web\|url=http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0014/ArchimedesPalimpsest/ \|title=The Archimedes Palimpsest \|date= \|accessdate=2016-08-01 \|quote="All materials on OPenn are in the public domain or released under Creative Commons licenses as Free Cultural Works" \|publisher=University of Pennsylvania Libraries}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/archimedes.html\|title=Reading Between the Lines, Smithsonian Magazine\|accessdate=2009-03-31\|archive-date=2008-01-19\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080119024939/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/archimedes.html\|url-status=dead}}{{cite web \|title=archimedespalimpsest \|url=http://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/digitalproduct1.html \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221153000/http://www.archimedespalimpsest.org/digitalproduct1.html \|archivedate=21 February 2009 \|url-status=dead \|quote="This data is released for use under a Creative Commons license, with attribution" }}
Free Culture	2004		by Lawrence Lessig (the first CC licensed book released by a major mainstream publisher, Penguin Books)	CC BY-NC 1.0[http://www.lessig.org/2008/01/the-future-of-ideas-is-now-fre-1/ the-future-of-ideas-is-now-fre-1] on lessig.org
Freesouls	2008	2010 (digital ebook)	book with essays and photos of key people of the free movement by Joi Ito	CC BY[http://freesouls.cc/ Free souls captured and released] "This is an celebration of all people who are willing to share" on freesouls.org
The Future of Ideas	2001	2001	by Lawrence Lessig (originally published by Random House)	CC BY-NC
The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It	2008		book by Jonathan Zittrain which discusses several legal issues regarding the Internet	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
The Honour of the Knights	2009	2009	A science fiction novel by Stephen J Sweeney	CC BY-NC-SA
Meat Atlas	2014	2014	A collection of graphs and 27 essays on meat consumption and production by Friends of the Earth and Heinrich Böll Foundation	CC BY-SA	{{cite web\|url=https://www.foeeurope.org/meat-atlas\|title=Meat Atlas: facts and figures about the animals we eat\|website=Friends of the Earth Europe\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Move Under Ground	2004		A horror novel mashup by Nick Mamatas	CC BY-NC-ND	{{cite web\|url=http://manybooks.net/titles/mamatasnother07mug.html\|title=Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas\|publisher=\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
The New Hacker's Dictionary	2003 (v4.4.7 by ESR)	2005	by Eric S. Raymond (with added proviso)	{{Which\|date=September 2024}}
Warbreaker	2004	2004	by Brandon Sanderson	CC BY-NC-ND	{{cite web\|url=http://brandonsanderson.com/books/warbreaker/warbreaker/warbreaker-rights-and-downloads/\|title=Warbreaker Rights and Downloads - Brandon Sanderson\|website=brandonsanderson.com\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Little Brother	2008	2008	by Cory Doctorow	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0	{{cite web\|url=http://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/\|title=Download Little Brother For Free - Cory Doctorow's craphound.com\|website=craphound.com\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Open Access	2012	2012	by Peter Suber (published by MIT Press)	CC BY
Blindsight	2006		by Peter Watts	CC BY-NC-SA 2.5	{{cite web\|url=http://www.rifters.com/real/Blindsight.htm#CC\|title=Blindsight by Peter Watts\|first=Peter\|last=Watts\|website=www.rifters.com\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Code: Version 2.0	2006		by Lawrence Lessig dedicated to Wikipedia: "the one surprise that teaches us more than everything here."Code Version 2.0, at http://codev2.cc/download+remix/Lessig-Codev2.pdf "the one surprise that teaches us more than everything here."	CC BY-SA 2.5	Code Version 2.0, at http://codev2.cc/download+remix/Lessig-Codev2.pdf
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy	2008		by Lawrence Lessig in describing the remix culture	CC BY-NC	[http://remix.lessig.org/remix.php Remix] on lessig.org{{cite web\|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/47089238/Remix\|title=Remix\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402060619/https://www.scribd.com/doc/47089238/Remix \|archive-date=2016-04-02 \|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
The Wealth of Networks	2006	2006	by Yochai Benkler	CC BY-NC-SA	[http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/wealth_of_networks/Main_Page Wealth of Networks wiki]. Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. Last accessed 16 Feb 2012.
Stranger Things Happen	2001	2005	short horror stories by Kelly Link, Salon Book of the Year	CC BY-NC-SA	{{cite web\|url=https://creativecommons.org/2008/11/10/kelly-link-on-creative-commons/\|title=Kelly Link on Creative Commons\|date=10 November 2008 \|accessdate=20 August 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/07/14/135703690/tales-that-cast-spells-stranger-things-happen?t=1534791663766\|title=Stranger Things Happen\|website=NPR \|accessdate=20 August 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-931520-00-3\|title=Fiction Book Review: STRANGER THINGS HAPPEN\|accessdate=20 August 2018}}

Comics

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Bunny	by Huw Davies	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Diesel Sweeties	by Richard Stevens III	CC BY-NC 2.5
Erfworld		CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Gaia	by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0	{{cite web\|url=http://www.sandraandwoo.com/gaia/about/#legal-stuff\|title=Gaia » About / FAQ\|access-date=15 February 2023}}
Homem-Grilo	by Cadu Simões (pt)	CC BY-SA-4.0	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.visaooeste.com.br/homem-grilo-super-heroi-de-osasco-celebra-20-anos/\|title=Homem-Grilo, super-herói de Osasco, celebra 20 anos\|language=pt-br\|date=2020-10-14\|access-date=2021-03-23\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018184038/https://www.visaooeste.com.br/homem-grilo-super-heroi-de-osasco-celebra-20-anos/\|archive-date=2020-10-18\|url-status=live}}{{Cite web\|url=https://homemgrilo.com/comemorando-os-20-anos-do-homem-grilo-com-o-copyleft-e-a-cultura-livre/\|title=Comemorando os 20 anos do Homem-Grilo com o Copyleft e a Cultura Livre\|language=pt-br\|date=2020-01-02\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930084500/https://homemgrilo.com/comemorando-os-20-anos-do-homem-grilo-com-o-copyleft-e-a-cultura-livre/\|archive-date=2020-09-30\|url-status=live}}
Jesus and Mo	religious satire webcomic by Mohammed Jones	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
Johnny Wander	(the book publication form)	{{Which\|date=September 2024}}	{{cite web\|last=Kale \|first=Arun \|title=Of Fretting Cats and Wandering Rooks \|url=http://helterskelter.in/2010/10/of-fretting-cats-and-wandering-rooks/ \|work=Helter Skelter \|publisher=Square One Media \|access-date=15 December 2010 \|date=21 October 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101228225403/http://helterskelter.in/2010/10/of-fretting-cats-and-wandering-rooks/ \|archive-date=28 December 2010 \|url-status=dead }}
Mimi & Eunice	by Nina Paley	CC BY-SA 3.0
Overcompensating		CC BY-NC 3.0
Pepper&Carrot	by David Revoy	CC BY 4.0
Sandra and Woo	by Oliver Knörzer and Puri Andini	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0	{{cite web\|url=http://www.sandraandwoo.com/about/#legal-stuff\|title=Sandra and Woo » About / FAQ\|access-date=15 February 2023}}
Seedfeeder's works for Wikipedia	by Seedfeeder	CC BY-SA 3.0, public domain
xkcd	by Randall Munroe	CC BY-NC 2.5	{{cite web \| url=https://xkcd.com/license.html \| title=XKCD - A Webcomic - License }}

Educational resources

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Connexions	academic course modules, hosted by Rice University	CC BY
Khan Academy		CC BY-NC-SA
OpenLearn	Short articles, videos and extracts of courses maintained by The Open University	CC BY-NC-SA
OpenCourseWare		CC BY-NC-SA
Saylor Academy	Peer-reviewed college courses and textbooks	CC BY
WikiEducator		CC BY-SA (default), CC BY, and CC0
Project Euler	Site hosting computer programming problems	CC BY-NC-SA

Games

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Cards Against Humanity	An adult party game using custom-printed cards	CC BY-NC-SA	{{cite web\|url=http://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com/\|title=Cards Against Humanity\|website=Cards Against Humanity\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Dungeons & Dragons System Reference Document 5.1 & 5.2	The core rules of a popular fantasy role-playing game	CC BY 4.0	{{Cite web \|title=Systems Reference Document (SRD) \|url=https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220402060031/https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=April 2, 2022 \|access-date=2023-03-05 \|language=en-US}}
Eclipse Phase	A transhuman science fiction role-playing game	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0	{{Cite web \|title=Creative Commons License – Eclipse Phase \|date=23 June 2009 \|url=https://eclipsephase.com/cclicense/ \|access-date=2022-08-23 \|language=en-US}}
{{interlanguage link\|Tagmar\|pt}}	The first Brazilian fantasy role-playing game fully developed in Brazil	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Brasil	{{Cite web \|title=Tagmar - Licenciamento \|url=https://www.tagmar.com.br/LicenciamentoUsado.aspx \|access-date=2022-08-23 \|website=www.tagmar.com.br}}
Violence	A heavily satirical role-playing game inspired by excessive violence in other role-playing games and video games	CC BY-NC-SA 2.5	{{Cite web \|title=Violence -- the RPG of egregious and repulsive bloodshed \|url=http://www.costik.com/Violence%20RPG1.pdf \|access-date=2024-09-18 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051227092614/http://www.costik.com/Violence%20RPG1.pdf \|archive-date= 2005-12-27}}
Secret Hitler	A social deduction party game set in the Weimar Republic	CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Video games

{{See also|Category:Creative Commons-licensed video games|List of open-source video games}}

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Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead	ASCII graphic rogue like	Artwork and code under CC BY-SA
Castle Crashers	One of the soundtracks of a proprietary game released under Creative Commons	CC BY-NC-SA	[https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/9632 Castle Crashers Soundtrack Released Under CC License] (2008)
Glest / MegaGlest	A real-time strategy computer game in a fantasy setup.	Artwork under CC BY-SA
Glitch	An MMO. In 2013, most of the artwork and parts of the code were released under a Creative Commons license.	CC0	{{cite web\|url=http://www.glitchthegame.com/public-domain-game-art/ \|title=Glitch is Dead, Long Live Glitch! - Art & Code from the Game Released into Public Domain \|quote=The entire library of art assets from the game, has been made freely available, dedicated to the public domain. Code from the game client is included to help developers work with the assets. All of it can be downloaded and used by anyone, for any purpose. \|author=tinyspeck \|date=2013-11-18 \|accessdate=2013-12-11 \|publisher=glitchthegame.com}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2064273/afterlife-of-an-mmo-glitchs-offbeat-art-enters-public-domain.html \|title=Afterlife of an MMO: Glitch's offbeat art enters public domain \|first=Laura \|last=Blackwell \|date=2013-11-18 \|accessdate=2013-12-11 \|publisher=pcworld.com}}
Mari0	Super Mario clone mashup with Portal	CC BY-NC-SA
OpenClonk (formerly Clonk)	A computer game originally developed by RedWolf Design, later opened to the community.	Artwork under CC BY / CC BY-NC
Ryzom	Ryzom is a free and open source software PC MMORPG. Originally developed and released 2004 by Nevrax, since 2010 the source code is under the AGPL{{cite web\|url=http://dev.ryzom.com/news/13 \|title=Breakthrough for Free Software Gaming--Ryzom Announces Full Release of Source Code and Artwork, and a Partnership with the Free Software Foundation to Host a Repository of the Game's Artistic Assets \|publisher=ryzom.com \|date= \|accessdate=2010-05-06}} and the artistic work is under CC BY-SA.[https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/21906 Massively Multiplayer Game Ryzom Released as Free Culture and Free Software] on creativecommons.org (2010)	Artwork under CC BY-SA.
Sintel The Game	A game based on the Blender Foundation movie, Sintel.	CC BY
The Adventures of Fatman	point and click adventure game	CC-SA-NC-ND
Tyrian (now OpenTyrian)	Scrolling shooter	graphic assets under CC BY 3.0 US[http://www.lostgarden.com/2007/04/free-game-graphics-tyrian-ships-and.html Free game graphics: Tyrian ships and tiles] on lostgarden.com by Daniel Cook (2007-04-04)[http://www.lostgarden.com/2007/03/lost-garden-license.html Lost garden license] on lostgarden.com "All licensed items use the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License" (2007)
The Ur-Quan Masters (formerly Star Control II)	Action RPG	Artwork under CC BY-NC-SA	{{cite web\|url=http://wiki.uqm.stack.nl/The_Ur-Quan_Masters_Project_FAQ#Under_what_license_is_the_game_released.3F\|title=The Ur-Quan Masters Project FAQ - Ultronomicon\|website=wiki.uqm.stack.nl\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Yo Frankie!	A game resulting from a cooperation between the Blender Foundation and the Crystal Space community	Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution	{{cite web\|url=http://www.yofrankie.org/about-apricot/\|title=Yo Frankie! license page\|accessdate=2010-01-26}}

Images and photos

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deviantART	image artwork sharing website	various (15 million CC licensed)	{{cite web\|url=https://blog.creativecommons.org/2012/12/07/cc10-featured-platform-deviantart/\|title=#cc10 Featured Platform: deviantART - Creative Commons\|date=7 December 2012\|publisher=\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Flickr	user photo uploading and sharing service	various CC licenses (350 million CC images of 6+ billion images[https://www.flickr.com/creativecommons creativecommons] on flickr.com{{cite web \| url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Flickr-Boasts-6-Billion-Photo-Uploads-215380.shtml \| title=Flickr Boasts 6 Billion Photo Uploads \| publisher=Softpedia \| date=2011-08-05\| accessdate=2012-03-01 \| first=Lucian\| last=Parfeni}})
Mapillary	Over 30 million free photos	CC BY-SA
Metropolitan Museum of Art	paintings and artworks	CC0 (375.000)	[http://metmuseum.org/blogs/digital-underground/2017/open-access-at-the-met open-access-at-the-met] on metmuseum.org
Mushroom Observer	collaborative amateur mycology database with approx. 600,000 observational photos{{cite web\|title=Site Statistics\|url=https://mushroomobserver.org/observer/show_site_stats\|work=Mushroom Observer \|accessdate=26 March 2016 \|quote=Images 599669, Observations 208462, Listed Taxa 51072, Observed Taxa 13184, Authored Name Descriptions 4312, Defined Locations 12812, Authored Location Descriptions 847, Species Lists 685, Species List Entries 89263, Proposed IDs 299937, Comments 113454, Votes 418612, Members 6558}}{{cite journal\|last=Wood\|first=Michael\|title=WebWatch: Observing Mushrooms\|journal=Fungi Magazine\|date=Summer 2008\|volume=1\|issue=2\|url=http://www.mykoweb.com/articles/Web%20Watch--Mushroom%20Observer.pdf\|accessdate=8 October 2010}} Reproduced on the [http://www.mykoweb.com/blog/2009/webwatch-observing-mushrooms/ MykoWeb] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810135000/http://www.mykoweb.com/blog/2009/webwatch-observing-mushrooms/ \|date=2011-08-10 }} website.	CC BY-SA or CC BY-NC-SA {{cite web\|title=Introduction\|url=https://mushroomobserver.org/observer/intro\|work=Mushroom Observer\|accessdate=8 October 2010}} \|
Open Game Art	Media repository for software / game projects	CC BY, CC BY-SA, CC0, others	{{cite web\|title=16 Sites Featuring Free Game Graphics for Game Developers\|url=https://felgo.com/game-resources/16-sites-featuring-free-game-graphics#_OpenGameArt.org\|work=Felgo\|accessdate=22 February 2019}}
Panoramio	Over 100 million photos	Various	{{cite web\|url=http://archiveteam.org/index.php?title=Panoramio&oldid=23723\|title=Panoramio - Archiveteam\|website=archiveteam.org\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Fortepan	archival photographs, and family snapshots of everyday life	CC BY-SA (100.000 images)
Unsplash \|user photo uploading and sharing service \|CC0 prior to 5 June 2017 \|{{cite web\|title = Unsplash is a site full of free images for your next splash page\|url = https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2013/08/14/unsplash-is-a-site-full-of-images-you-can-use-freely-for-your-next-startups-splash-page/\|website = The Next Web \| date=14 August 2013 \|accessdate = 2015-11-13\|language = en-US}}{{Cite web\|url=https://unsplash.com/license\|title=License {{!}} Unsplash\|last=Crew\|website=unsplash.com\|access-date=2017-02-20}}
Wikimedia Commons	free image and data repository, stores Wikipedia images	various free CC licenses (40+ million images in 2018{{cite web\|url=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Free_Creative_Commons_licenses\|title=Category:Free Creative Commons licenses - Wikimedia Commons\|website=commons.wikimedia.org\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}) \|

Music

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Airports for Music \|By SheedyJaye \|CC BY 3.0 \|{{Cite web\|title=Airports for Music, by SheedyJaye\|url=https://moderatepotatoe.bandcamp.com/album/airports-for-music\|access-date=2020-10-22\|website=Moderate Potatoe Multimedia}}
ccMixter	Community music website	mostly CC BY-NC
Free Music Archive		Various
Freesound		CC0, CC BY, CC BY-NC and Sampling Plus
Ghosts I–IV	By Nine Inch Nails	CC BY-NC-SA
#hot111 Charts	By starfrosch	CC BY CC BY-SA	{{cite web\|url=https://starfrosch.com/hot-100/\|publisher=starfrosch\|title=#hot11 charts}}
Jamendo		Various
Ninjam	Music files/archive	CC BY-SA
Palm Mall	By Cat System Corp.	CC BY 3.0	{{Cite web \|url=https://catsystemcorp.bandcamp.com/album/palm-mall \|title=Palm Mall \|date=2 October 2014 \|access-date=14 April 2022 \|last=猫シ Corp. \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230121234/https://catsystemcorp.bandcamp.com/album/palm-mall \|archive-date=30 December 2014 \|url-status=live \|via=Bandcamp}}
Pulse of the Earth	By Hungry Lucy	CC BY-SA	{{cite web\|url=http://music.hungrylucy.com/album/pulse-of-the-earth\|publisher=Hungry Lucy\|title=Pulse of the Earth}}
The Slip	By Nine Inch Nails	CC BY-NC-SA	{{cite web \|url=http://www.laweekly.com/music/music/nine-inch-nails-radiohead-free-music-and-creative-competition/18995/ \|title=Nine Inch Nails, Radiohead, Free Music and Creative Competition – Page 1 – Music – Los Angeles – LA Weekly \|last=Carr \|first=Daphne \|date=May 28, 2008 \|website=LA Weekly \|accessdate=July 21, 2013\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081226212248/http://www.laweekly.com/2008-05-29/music/trade-your-heroes-for-ghosts/\|archivedate=2008-12-26}}{{cite web\|url=https://creativecommons.org/2008/05/05/another-nine-inch-nails-album-out-under-a-creative-commons-license/\|publisher=creativecommons.org\|title= Nine Inch Nails' "The Slip" out under a Creative Commons license\|date= May 5, 2008 \|first=Eric \|last=Steuer\|access-date=February 21, 2020}}
Jonathan Coulton	Jonathon Coulton's works	CC BY-NC 3.0	{{cite web\|url=https://www.jonathancoulton.com/faq/#can-i-use-a-song-in-my-student-filmpodcastawesome-dance-remix \| title=Can I use a song in my student film/podcast/awesome dance remix? \| accessdate=December 9, 2017}}
Paul and Storm	Paul and Storm's works	CC 2.5 By Attribution NonCommercial and ShareAlike
Open Goldberg Variations		CC0[http://heise.de/-1585806 "Goldberg Variationen: Johann Sebastian Bach als 'Creative Commons Zero'"], Heise Online, 29 May 2012 \|
Cloudkicker \|By Ben Sharp \|CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 \|

News

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Al Jazeera's broadcasting footage	On January 13, 2009, some broadcasting content from Al Jazeera on the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict was released.	CC BY 3.0	{{cite web\|url=https://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/12049 \|title=Al Jazeera Launches Creative Commons Repository \|last=Benenson \|first=Fred \|date=2009-01-13 \|publisher=creativecommons.org\|accessdate=2009-01-19}}{{cite web\|url=https://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/12166\|title=Al Jazeera Announces Launch of Free Footage Under Creative Commons License\|last=Steuer\|first=Eric\|date=2009-01-13\|publisher=creativecommons.org\|accessdate=2009-01-19\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090118071005/http://creativecommons.org/press-releases/entry/12166\|archive-date=2009-01-18\|url-status=dead}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/11/technology/jazeera.php\|title=Al Jazeera provides an inside look at Gaza conflict\|last=Cohen\|first=Noam \|date=2009-01-11 \|publisher=International Herald Tribune\|accessdate=2009-01-19}}{{cite web\|url=http://cc.aljazeera.net/content/launch-press-release \|title=Al Jazeera Announces Launch of Free Footage under Creative Commons License \|publisher=Al Jazeera Creative Commons Repository \|accessdate=2009-01-19 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121191159/http://cc.aljazeera.net/content/launch-press-release \|archivedate=2009-01-21 }}{{cite web\|url=http://www.paidcontent.co.uk/entry/419-al-jazeera-offers-creative-commons-video-lessig-lends-backing/ \|title=Al Jazeera Offers Creative Commons Video, Lessig Lends Backing \|last=Andrews \|first=Robert \|date=2009-11-14 \|publisher=paidcontent.co.uk \|accessdate=2009-01-19 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090627070307/http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-al-jazeera-offers-creative-commons-video-lessig-lends-backing/ \|archivedate=2009-06-27 }}{{cite web\|url=http://joi.ito.com/weblog/2009/01/14/al-jazeera-laun.html\|title=Al Jazeera Launches Creative Commons Repository \|last=Ito \|first=Joi \|date=2009-01-14 \|publisher=joi.ito.com\|accessdate=2009-01-19}}
Agência Pública	Online Investigative Journalism outlet with texts in Portuguese, English and Spanish.	CC BY-ND 4.0	{{Cite web\|url=https://apublica.org/about-us/\|title=About us - Agência Pública\|accessdate=2021-04-02}}{{Cite web\|url=https://br.creativecommons.net/2014/02/07/jornalismo-de-interesse-publico-e-licenciamento-aberto/\|title=Jornalismo de interesse público e licenciamento aberto\|language=pt-br\|date=2014-02-07\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402201514/https://br.creativecommons.net/2014/02/07/jornalismo-de-interesse-publico-e-licenciamento-aberto/\|archivedate=2021-04-02\|accessdate=2021-04-02\|url-status=live}}
Corbeau News Centrafrique	French-language news site from the Central African Republic	CC BY-SA 4.0	[https://corbeaunews-centrafrique.org/qui-sommes-nous/ QUI SOMMES-NOUS?]
Democracy Now!	Internationally syndicated radio and TV news program. All transcripts from broadcasts are republished online and released under a Creative Commons license.	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 US	{{cite web\|url=https://theconversation.com/global/republishing-guidelines\|title=Republishing guidelines — The Conversation\|website=theconversation.com\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
The Conversation	Online news outlet written by academics and researchers. Localised editions exist for Australia, Africa, Canada, France, Indonesia, the UK and the US.	CC BY-ND 4.0
Deshabhimani	Malayalam language newspaper	CC BY 4.0	{{cite web\|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/termsofuse\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602201832/https://www.deshabhimani.com/termsofuse\|archivedate=2 June 2021\|accessdate=2 June 2021\|title=Terms of Use}}
Global Voices	International journalism organisation publishing in over 40 languages.	CC BY 3.0	{{cite web\|url=https://globalvoices.org/about/global-voices-attribution-policy/\|title=Global Voices · Republishing Guidelines\|publisher=\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
The Haitian Times \|Online newspaper for the Haitian diaspora in the United States. \|CC BY-ND 4.0 \|
La Stampa	3rd biggest newspaper of Italy.	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0	{{cite web\|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2015/12/19/cultura/opinioni/editoriali/condividere-gli-articoli-de-la-stampa-s-ecco-come-gmS0fZpMCDcyjd21c2jT6J/pagina.html\|title=La Stampa adotta la licenza Creative Commons per la condivisione degli articoli\|date=19 December 2015 \|publisher=\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
openDemocracy	International online news website. Specific articles are released under a Creative Commons license.	CC BY-NC 4.0	{{cite web\|url=https://www.opendemocracy.net/about/syndication\|title=Licensing\|website=openDemocracy\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
ProPublica	US news website.	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0	{{cite web\|url=https://www.propublica.org/steal-our-stories/\|title=Steal Our Stories — ProPublica\|website=ProPublica\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Tasnim News Agency	Iranian news agency publishing in Persian, English, Arabic, Turkish and Urdu.	CC BY 4.0	{{cite web\|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/about\|title=Tasnim News Agency - Tasnim News Agency\|publisher=\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
TorrentFreak	News blog. Text licensed under a Creative Commons license.	CC BY-NC 3.0	{{cite web \|title=Copyright \|url=https://torrentfreak.com/copyright/ \|website=TorrentFreak \|accessdate=27 October 2018}}
WikiNews	Collaborated news website by the Wikimedia Foundation.	CC BY-SA 3.0	\| WikiTribune	News website with crowdsourced fact-checking, proofreading and editing. Published in English and Spanish.	CC BY or CC BY-SA 4.0	{{cite web\|url=https://www.wikitribune.com/project/copyright/\|title=Copyright\|website=WikiTribune\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}

Knowledge, research and science

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Copernicus Publications		CC BY
Citizendium	a wiki encyclopedia	CC BY-SA
Cliodynamics	Research	CC BY 4.0
Knol	Website for personal essays. Went offline on May 1, 2012, but was archived on the Internet Archive[https://web.archive.org/web/20110902094821/http://knol.google.com/k knol.google.com/k] on the Internet Archive	mostly CC BY-SA or CC BY-NC-SA
PLOS One		CC BY

Databases and data

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OpenSeaMap		CC SA-BY 2.0 / ODbL	{{cite web \| url=http://openseamap.org/index.php?id=faq&L=1 \| title=OpenSeaMap: Frequently Asked Questions \| publisher=OpenSeaMap.org \| accessdate=April 28, 2012}}
OpenStreetMap	Until September 2012; switched to ODbL	CC BY-SA 2.0 for certain content	{{cite web \| url=http://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright \| title=OpenStreetMap: Copyright and License \| publisher=Openstreetmap.org \| accessdate=April 28, 2012}}OpenStreetMap#Licensing terms{{cite web\|url=https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Legal_FAQ\|title=Legal FAQ - OpenStreetMap Wiki\|website=wiki.openstreetmap.org\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
SNPedia	Database of single nucleotide polymorphisms	CC BY-NC-SA	{{cite web\|title=SNPedia:Copyrights\|url=http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/SNPedia:Copyrights\|work=SNPedia\|accessdate=November 15, 2013}}

Technology, blueprints and recipes

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Arduino		CC BY-SA
DragonBox Pyra	pre-release schematics released in November 2016	CC BY-NC-SA	{{cite web\|url=https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/threads/power-memory-and-schematics.78631/ \|title=Power, Memory and Schematics \|publisher=pyra-handheld.com by \|author=Michael Mrozek \|quote=As promised, the Pyra will be more open than the Pandora and Nikolaus had some time to clean up the schematics! Attached to this post are the schematics for the current revision (5.1.3) of the Pyra. Unless a bug is found, these won't change anymore.[...] License is CC BY-NC-SA \|date=2016-11-20}}
Free Beer	In December 2004 brewing recipe, brand and label artwork released under CC by Superflex and students of the IT University of Copenhagen	CC BY-SA	[http://freebeer.org/blog/faq How can a beer be "free"?] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150802003325/http://freebeer.org/blog/faq \|date=2015-08-02 }} on freebeer.org "The recipe and the FREE BEER brand is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, which basically means that anyone can use our recipe to brew the beer or to create a derivative of our recipe."
Openmoko Neo Freerunner	CAD, schematics etc. files in 2008	CC BY-SA 3.0	[https://web.archive.org/web/20080312054147/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080304.WBcyberia20080304133308/WBStory/WBcyberia/ Linux goes walkabout] by Jack Kapic on theglobeandmail.com (March 4, 2008)[https://web.archive.org/web/20150905183025/http://downloads.openmoko.org/developer/schematics/ schematics] on openmoko.com

Video and film

Creative Commons maintains a [https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Category:Film film list themselves].

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Big Buck Bunny	Product of the second Blender Foundation Open Movie Project, released in 2008.	BY	{{cite web\|url=http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/about/\|title=Big Buck Bunny about page\|accessdate=2010-01-26\|archive-date=2013-04-11\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411012325/http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/about/\|url-status=dead}}
Code Rush	2000 documentary of Netscape's last year as an independent company, focusing on the rush to make Mozilla's source code ready for its release deadline.{{cite web\|author=Project Code Rush \|url=http://clickmovement.org/coderush\|title=Project Code Rush \| publisher=clickmovement.org \|date= \|accessdate=2012-08-17}}	BY-NC-SA 3.0 US	{{cite web\|author=Code Rush in the Creative Commons \|url=http://waxy.org/2009/07/code_rush_in_the_creative_commons/ \|title=Code Rush in the Creative Commons \|publisher=Waxy.org \|date= 31 July 2009\|accessdate=2010-02-02}}
The Yes Men Fix the World	English language documentary film about the culture jamming exploits of The Yes Men.	CC BY-NC-ND	{{cite web\|url=https://theyesmen.org/\|title=The Yes Men\|accessdate=2020-11-30}}
Decay	Zombie film made at CERN	CC BY-NC	{{cite magazine\|last=Wattercutter\|first=Angela\|title=Physics Students Make Zombie Movie Decay Deep Within the Bowels of CERN\|url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/10/cern-zombie-movie-decay/\|magazine=Wired\|date=31 October 2012\|accessdate=22 November 2012}}
Elephants Dream	Product of the first Blender Foundation Open Movie Project, released in 2006	CC BY	{{cite web\|url=http://orange.blender.org/blog/creative-commons-license-2/\|title=Elephants Dream license page\|accessdate=2010-01-26}}
Working Slowly (Radio Alice)	2004 Italian drama directed by Guido Chiesa.	CC BY-NC-SA
"Life Wasted"	by Pearl Jam in 2006, first music video from a major record label to be CC licensed	CC BY-NC-ND 2.5	[https://www.cnet.com/news/pearl-jam-releases-video-under-creative-commons-license/ pearl-jam-releases-video-under-creative-commons-license] on cnet.com (2006)
Nasty Old People	A 2009 film in Swedish by Hanna Sköld	CC BY-NC-SA
RiP!: A Remix Manifesto	a 2008 open-source documentary film about "the changing concept of copyright" and the remix cultureKirsner, Scott. [http://cinematech.blogspot.com/2007/10/cinematech-filmmaker-q-brett-gaylor-of.html "CinemaTech Filmmaker Q&A: Brett Gaylor of Open Source Cinema".]Sinnott, Shane. "[http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/032907/load.html The Load-Down] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630225243/http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/032907/load.html \|date=2007-06-30 }}", Montreal Mirror, 2007-03-29. Accessed 2008-06-30 directed by Brett Gaylor	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0[https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Case_Studies/RIP:_A_Remix_Manifesto IP:_A_Remix_Manifesto] on creativecommons.org
Sita Sings the Blues	feature-length animated film by free culture activist Nina Paley	CC0	{{cite web\|url=http://blog.ninapaley.com/2013/01/18/ahimsa-sita-sings-the-blues-now-cc-0-public-domain/\|title=Ahimsa: Sita Sings the Blues now CC-0 "Public Domain" « Nina Paley's Blog\|website=blog.ninapaley.com\|date=18 January 2013 \|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Sanctuary	A re-mixable Science fiction film	{{Which\|date=September 2024}}
Sintel	Product of the third Blender Foundation Open Movie Project, released in 2010	{{Which\|date=September 2024}}
Star Wreck	Amateur movie parodies of Star Trek and Babylon 5 (in Finnish)	{{Which\|date=September 2024}}
Tears of Steel	The fourth Blender Foundation Open Movie Project, released in September 2012.	CC BY
Where are the Joneses?	online sitcom (series)	CC BY-SA

Websites

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Anatomography		CC BY-SA \|
Association for Progressive Communications		CC BY-SA \|
Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home		CC BY-NC-ND \|	{{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfish.org\|title=BdFISH - Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home\|website=www.bdfish.org\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Boing Boing	Popular blog	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (most) \|
Devopedia	An open community platform for developers by developers to explain technology in a simple, clear and unopinionated way.	CC BY-SA 4.0 (non-code content) \|	{{cite web\|url=https://devopedia.org/site-map/about-devopedia\|title=About Devopedia\|website=www.devopedia.org\|accessdate=3 September 2018}}
Fandom	Since June 2009	CC BY-SA \|
Identi.ca		CC BY \|
Internet Archive		Various \| 170
gnu.org		Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License \|
Mozilla website	Home of the Mozilla Project	CC BY-SA \| 166
RationalWiki		CC BY-SA \|	{{cite web \|title=RationalWiki:Copyrights \|url=https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Copyrights \|website=RationalWiki \|accessdate=5 November 2018}}
SCP Foundation	The SCP Wiki is a collaborative urban fantasy writing website about the fictional SCP Foundation, a secretive organization that contains anomalous or supernatural items and entities away from the eyes of the public.{{Cite web\|title=The SCP Foundation\|url=https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/about-the-scp-foundation\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=The SCP Foundation\|language=en}}	CC BY-SA \|
Stack Overflow		CC BY-SA \| 57
The Public Domain Review	Online journal showcasing public domain works.	CC BY-SA (unquoted text in collection posts and articles only) \|	{{cite web \|title=Using Material from Our Site \|url=https://publicdomainreview.org/legal/ \|website=The Public Domain Review \|accessdate=4 November 2018}}
Uncyclopedia	Satirical online encyclopedia.	CC BY-NC-SA \|	Uncyclopedia:Copyrights. Uncyclopedia. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
Wikimedia projects including Wikipedia	Since June 2009; over 80 million items	Text CC BY-SA (plus GFDL in most cases); some in CC BY and CC-0; hosted content also in public domain and various licenses. \|	{{cite web\|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use\|title=Terms of use - Meta\|website=meta.wikimedia.org\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikimedia_projects_by_size#footer\|title=List of Wikimedia projects by size - Meta\|website=meta.wikimedia.org\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Wikitravel		CC BY-SA \|

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Anatomography		CC BY-SA \|
Association for Progressive Communications		CC BY-SA \|
Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home		CC BY-NC-ND \|	{{cite web\|url=http://www.bdfish.org\|title=BdFISH - Bangladesh Fisheries Information Share Home\|website=www.bdfish.org\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Boing Boing	Popular blog	CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (most) \|
Devopedia	An open community platform for developers by developers to explain technology in a simple, clear and unopinionated way.	CC BY-SA 4.0 (non-code content) \|	{{cite web\|url=https://devopedia.org/site-map/about-devopedia\|title=About Devopedia\|website=www.devopedia.org\|accessdate=3 September 2018}}
Fandom	Since June 2009	CC BY-SA \|
Identi.ca		CC BY \|
Internet Archive		Various \| 170
gnu.org		Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License \|
Mozilla website	Home of the Mozilla Project	CC BY-SA \| 166
RationalWiki		CC BY-SA \|	{{cite web \|title=RationalWiki:Copyrights \|url=https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Copyrights \|website=RationalWiki \|accessdate=5 November 2018}}
SCP Foundation	The SCP Wiki is a collaborative urban fantasy writing website about the fictional SCP Foundation, a secretive organization that contains anomalous or supernatural items and entities away from the eyes of the public.{{Cite web\|title=The SCP Foundation\|url=https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/about-the-scp-foundation\|access-date=2021-09-03\|website=The SCP Foundation\|language=en}}	CC BY-SA \|
Stack Overflow		CC BY-SA \| 57
The Public Domain Review	Online journal showcasing public domain works.	CC BY-SA (unquoted text in collection posts and articles only) \|	{{cite web \|title=Using Material from Our Site \|url=https://publicdomainreview.org/legal/ \|website=The Public Domain Review \|accessdate=4 November 2018}}
Uncyclopedia	Satirical online encyclopedia.	CC BY-NC-SA \|	Uncyclopedia:Copyrights. Uncyclopedia. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
Wikimedia projects including Wikipedia	Since June 2009; over 80 million items	Text CC BY-SA (plus GFDL in most cases); some in CC BY and CC-0; hosted content also in public domain and various licenses. \|	{{cite web\|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use\|title=Terms of use - Meta\|website=meta.wikimedia.org\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}{{cite web\|url=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikimedia_projects_by_size#footer\|title=List of Wikimedia projects by size - Meta\|website=meta.wikimedia.org\|accessdate=7 July 2018}}
Wikitravel		CC BY-SA \|