Creative Commons Launch!

Creative Commons has released version 1.0 of its Licensing Project, and the first release of content under its Founders' Copyright. These are the first two projects in a series that Creative Commons will launch, all designed to help build the public domain. Creative Commons has developed a Web application that helps people dedicate their creative works to the public domain -- or retain their copyright while licensing them as free for certain uses, on certain conditions. Professor Lessig, founder of the Center for Internet & Society, is the chair of the Creative Commons project.