What Why & How to Creative Commons

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What 

Watch the About and  How It Works videos

Read about the different Licenses

Why

Watch the Building On The Past video
Read about Copyright 2.0 or Copyleft

How

Use the Make Your Own License maker to create a badge you can embed with code or an image you can insert

See Also:

7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons (2 page PDF report from Educause)

The Educator's Guide to the Creative Commons

http://www.numly.com

http://myfreecopyright.com/
Creative Commons Licenses: Pros and Cons of Each