Creative Commons Releases “State of the Commons” Report, 882 Million CC-licensed Works Now on Net
From a Creative Commons Blog Entry by CC CEO, Ryan Merkley:
State of the Commons covers the impact and success of free and open content worldwide, and it contains the most revealing account we’ve ever published, including new data on what’s shared with a CC license.
We found nearly 900 million Creative Commons-licensed works, dramatically up from our last report of 400 million in 2010 [and 50 million in 2006]. Creators are now choosing less restrictive CC licenses more than ever before — over half allow both commercial use and adaptations.
We’re also celebrating the success of open policy worldwide. Fourteen countries have now adopted national open education policies, and open textbooks have saved students more than 100 million dollars. These are big moves making big impacts.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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