Creative Commons

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Organization's slogan: 
Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
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Creative Commons created a license dedicated to sharing information, now in use in over a dozen countries. It pursues legal infrastructure, notably licenses, to promote open culture and the universal spread of information. Based on an idea by law professor and well-known author Lawrence Lessig, it is now a stable organization with supporters around the world, and its licenses appear on countless items in many different types of media.

Organizational engagement: 
Active
Organization's headquarters: 
Mountain View, CA
Organization's geographic focus: 
Global

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Contact information: 
Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, CA 94041, USA, phone: 1-650-294-4732, fax: 1-650-965-1605