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Filter images by license type

When you need to find images that you can use, share, or modify for either personal or commercial use, use the license filter. This filter is based on the Creative Commons licensing system. Select a filter option to see image results that match your intended use.

About filtering by license

These are the options you can filter by and how you can use them:

• Public domain: The image creator has waived their exclusive rights, to the fullest extent allowed by law. Learn more about this.
• Free to share and use: You can share and use them. Changing or editing might not be allowed. Also, modifying, sharing and using them for commercial purposes might not be allowed. This option typically has the most results.
• Free to share and use commercially: You can share and use them for personal or commercial purposes. Changing or editing for personal or commercial purposes might not be allowed.
• Free to modify, share, and use: You can modify, share, and use them. Modifying, sharing, and using them for commercial purposes might not be allowed.
• Free to modify, share, and use commercially: You can modify, share, and use them for personal or commercial purposes. This option typically has the fewest results.

After you find an image

When you find an image that you want, go to the originating website for the image and determine the actual license for the image. Next, go to the Creative Commons website 

These FAQs are designed to provide a better understanding of Creative Commons, our licenses, and our other legal and technical tools. They provide basic information, sometimes about fairly complex topics, and will often link to more detailed information.

• Other CC FAQs: CC0 Public Domain Dedication and Public Domain Mark.
• "Licensor", "rights holder", "owner", and "creator" may be used interchangeably to refer to the person or entity applying a CC license.
• Information about the licenses is primarily made with reference to the 4.0 suite, but earlier license versions are mentioned where they differ.
• Have a question that isn't answered here? Contact info@creativecommons.org.

Creative Commons does not provide legal advice. This FAQ is for informational purposes and is not a substitute for legal advice. It may not cover important issues that affect you. You should consult with your own lawyer if you have questions.

Questions

Most Frequently Asked Questions

1. Can Creative Commons give legal advice about its licenses or other tools, or help with CC license enforcement?
2. Who gives permission to use material offered under Creative Commons licenses?
3. How do I properly attribute material offered under a Creative Commons license?
4. What if CC licenses have not been ported to my jurisdiction (country)?
5. When is my use considered an adaptation?
6. Does my use violate the NonCommercial clause of the licenses?
7. Can I apply a Creative Commons license to software?
8. How can I change or remove the Creative Commons search option built into the Firefox browser?
9. Can I change the license terms or conditions?

About CC

1. What is Creative Commons and what do you do?
2. Is Creative Commons against copyright?
3. What does "Some Rights Reserved" mean?
4. Can Creative Commons give legal advice about its licenses or other tools, or help with CC license enforcement?
5. Does Creative Commons collect or track material licensed under a CC license?
6. What do the Creative Commons buttons do?
7. May I use the Creative Commons logo and buttons?
8. I love Creative Commons. How can I help?
9. Why does Creative Commons run an annual fundraising campaign? What is the money used for and where does it go?

General License Information

1. What are Creative Commons licenses?
2. How do CC licenses operate?
3. Which is the latest version of the licenses offered by Creative Commons?
4. Do Creative Commons licenses affect exceptions and limitations to copyright, such as fair dealing and fair use?
5. Who gives permission to use material offered under Creative Commons licenses?
6. Are Creative Commons licenses enforceable in a court of law?
7. What happens if someone applies a CC license to my work without my knowledge or authorization?
8. What are the international (“unported”) Creative Commons licenses, and why does CC offer “ported” licenses?
9. Can I include a work licensed with CC BY in a Wikipedia article even though they use a CC BY-SA license?
10. Can governments and intergovernmental organizations ("IGOs") use CC licenses?
11. What are the official translations of the CC licenses?
12. What is a BY-SA Compatible License?

For Licensors

NB: You should never apply a CC license to a work unless you have all the permissions you need to do so.

Choosing a license

1. What things should I think about before I apply a Creative Commons license?
2. How should I decide which license to choose?
3. Why should I use the latest version of the Creative Commons licenses?
4. What if CC licenses have not been ported to my jurisdiction?
5. Should I choose an international license or a ported license?
6. Why should I use the license chooser? What if I don’t?
7. How do I apply a Creative Commons license to my material?
8. Do I need to register with Creative Commons before I obtain a license?

What can I license?

1. What do the terms and conditions of a CC license apply to?
2. Can I apply a Creative Commons license to software?
3. Can I apply a Creative Commons license to databases?
4. Could I use a CC license to share my logo or trademark?
5. May I apply a Creative Commons license to a work in the public domain?
6. If I take a photograph of another work that is out of copyright and in the public domain, can I apply a CC license to my photo?
7. May I apply a CC license to my work if it incorporates material used under fair use or another exception or limitation to copyright?

Rights other than copyright

1. Can I use CC licenses to license rights other than copyright?
2. How do Creative Commons licenses affect my moral rights, if at all?
3. Can I place a trademark on a work and offer the work under a CC license without also licensing or affecting rights in the trademark?
4. How are publicity, privacy, and personality rights affected when I apply a CC license?

Business models

1. Can I apply a CC license to low-resolution copies of a licensed work and reserve more rights in high-resolution copies?
2. Can I use a Creative Commons license if I am a member of a collecting society?
3. Can I still make money from a work I make available under a Creative Commons license?

Alterations and additions to the license

1. Can I insist on the exact placement of the attribution credit?
2. Can I change the license terms or conditions?
3. Can I waive license terms or conditions?
4. Can I enter into separate or supplemental agreements with users of my work?

After licensing

1. What happens if I offer my materials under a Creative Commons license and someone misuses them?
2. What can I do if I offer my material under a Creative Commons license and I do not like the way someone uses it?
3. What do I do if someone tries to place effective technological measures (such as DRM) on my CC-licensed material?
4. When I release my work under a CC license in one format (e.g., .pdf), can I restrict licensees from changing it to or using it in other formats?
5. What if I change my mind about using a CC license?

For Licensees

Before using CC-licensed material

1. What should I think about before using material offered under a Creative Commons license?
2. Does a Creative Commons license give me all the rights I need to use the work?
3. What if there are sui generis database rights that apply to my use of a CC-licensed database?
4. Where can I find material offered under a CC license?
5. Are Creative Commons works really free to use?
6. What should I know about differences between the international licenses and the ported licenses?

General license compliance

1. What happens if I want to use the material in a way that is not permitted by the license?
2. Do I always have to comply with the license terms? If not, what are the exceptions?

Attribution

1. How do I properly attribute material offered under a Creative Commons license?
2. Do I need to be aware of anything else when providing attribution?
3. Do I always have to attribute the creator of the licensed material?

Using licensed material

1. Does my use violate the NonCommercial clause of the licenses?
2. Can I take a CC-licensed work and use it in a different format?
3. How do I know if a low-resolution photo and a high-resolution photo are the same work?
4. Can I use effective technological measures (such as DRM) when I share CC-licensed material?
5. Can I share CC-licensed material on password-protected sites?
6. Can I share CC-licensed material on file-sharing networks?

Additional restrictions on licensed material

1. What if I received CC-licensed material encumbered with effective technological measures (such as DRM)?
2. What if I have received CC-licensed material with additional restrictions?

Combining and adapting CC material

1. When is my use considered an adaptation?
2. Can I combine material that uses different Creative Commons licenses into my work?
3. If I derive or adapt material offered under a Creative Commons license, which CC license(s) can I use?
4. If I create a collection that includes a work offered under a CC license, which license(s) may I choose for the collection?

License termination

1. When do Creative Commons licenses expire?
2. What happens if the author decides to revoke the CC license to material I am using?
3. How can I lose my rights under a Creative Commons license? If that happens, how do I get them back?

Technical Questions

1. How do Creative Commons licenses and public domain tools work technically?
2. What does it mean that Creative Commons licenses are "machine-readable"?
3. What is RDFa?
4. What is CC REL and why does Creative Commons recommend it?
5. What does it mean for a search engine to be CC-enabled?
6. How do I give users of my site the option to use CC licensing like Flickr does?
7. How do I change/remove the Creative Commons search options built into the Firefox browser?
8. Is Creative Commons involved in digital rights management (DRM)?

Legal Background

1. What is copyright and why does it matter?
2. What is the public domain?
3. What do I need to do to get a copyright?
4. What is an adaptation?
5. What are moral rights?
6. What are neighboring rights?
7. What are sui generis database rights?
8. What are collecting societies?
9. What are publicity, personality, and privacy rights?

Data

Frequently asked questions about data and CC licenses

1. Can databases be released under CC licenses?
2. When a CC license is applied to a database, what is being licensed?
3. How do I apply a CC legal tool to a database?
4. How do the different CC license elements operate for a CC-licensed database?
5. Can I conduct text/data mining on a CC-licensed database?
6. How does the treatment of sui generis database rights vary in prior versions of CC licenses?
7. What is the difference between the Open Data Commons licenses and the CC 4.0 licenses?

Frequently asked questions about data, generally

1. Which components of databases are protected by copyright?
2. How do I know whether a particular use of a database is restricted by copyright?
3. If my use of a database is restricted by copyright, how do I comply with the license?
4. Which components of a database are protected by sui generis database rights?
5. How do I know whether a particular use of a database is restricted by sui generis database rights?
6. What constitutes a “substantial portion” of a database?
7. If my use of a database is restricted by sui generis database rights, how do I comply with the license?

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About CC

What is Creative Commons and what do you do?

Creative Commons is a global nonprofit organization that enables sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge through the provision of free legal tools. Our legal tools help those who want to encourage reuse of their works by offering them for use under generous, standardized terms; those who want to make creative uses of works; and those who want to benefit from this symbiosis. Our vision is to help others realize the full potential of the internet. CC has affiliates all over the world who help ensure our licenses work internationally and who raise awareness of our work.

Although Creative Commons is best known for its licenses, our work extends beyond just providing copyright licenses. CC offers other legal and technical tools that also facilitate sharing and discovery of creative works, such as CC0, a public domain dedication for rights holders who wish to put their work into the public domain before the expiration of copyright, and the Public Domain Mark, a tool for marking a work that is in the worldwide public domain. Creative Commons licenses and tools were designed specifically to work with the web, which makes content that is offered under their terms easy to search for, discover, and use.

For more information about CC, our main website contains in-depth information about the organization, its staff and board of directors, its history, and its supporters. You can also read CC case studies to learn about some of the inspiring ways CC licenses and tools have been used to share works and support innovative business models. You can find regularly updated information about CC by visiting the blog.

Is Creative Commons against copyright?

Absolutely not. CC has responded to claims to the contrary. CC licenses are copyright licenses, and depend on the existence of copyright to work. CC licenses are legal tools that creators and other rights holders can use to offer certain usage rights to the public, while reserving other rights. Those who want to make their work available to the public for limited kinds of uses while preserving their copyright may want to consider using CC licenses. Others who want to reserve all of their rights under copyright law should not use CC licenses.

That said, Creative Commons recognizes the need for change in copyright law, and many members of the Creative Commons community are active participants in the copyright reform movement. For more information, see our statement in support of copyright reform.

What does "Some Rights Reserved" mean?

Copyright grants to creators a bundle of exclusive rights over their creative works, which generally include, at a minimum, the right to reproduce, distribute, display, and make adaptations. The phrase "All Rights Reserved" is often used by owners to indicate that they reserve all of the rights granted to them under the law. When copyright expires, the work enters the public domain, and the rights holder can no longer stop others from engaging in those activities under copyright, with the exception of moral rights reserved to creators in some jurisdictions. Creative Commons licenses offer creators a spectrum of choices between retaining all rights and relinquishing all rights (public domain), an approach we call "Some Rights Reserved."

Can Creative Commons give legal advice about its licenses or other tools, or help with CC license enforcement?

No. Creative Commons is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice or legal services. CC is similar to a self-help service that offers free, form-based legal documents for others to use. These FAQ answers many of the most common questions. There is also specialized information available on the following pages:

• Marking practices for creators
• Marking practices for reusers
• Data FAQ
• Differences between CC license versions
• Differences between jurisdiction ports of earlier license versions
• Public domain mark FAQ
• CC0 FAQ

While CC does provide this informational guidance about its licenses and other tools, this information may not apply to your particular situation, and should never be taken as legal advice.

If you're looking for legal advice about using CC licenses and other tools, we recommend contacting the Creative Commons affiliate in your jurisdiction. CC affiliates are highly connected to the communities of copyright lawyers in their countries. We also offer a list of lawyers and organizations who have identified themselves as willing to provide information to others about CC licensing issues. However, please note that CC does not provide referral services, and does not endorse or recommend any person on that list.

Does Creative Commons collect or track material licensed under a CC license?

No, CC does not collect content or track licensed material. However, CC builds technical tools that help the public search for and use works licensed under our licenses and other legal tools, and many others have built such tools as well. CC Searchis one tool developed by CC to help the public discover works offered under Creative Commons licenses on the internet via CC-aware search engines and repositories.

What do the Creative Commons buttons do?

The CC buttons are a shorthand way to convey the basic permissions associated with material offered under CC licenses. Creators and owners who apply CC licenses to their material can download and apply those buttons to communicate to users the permissions granted in advance. When the material is offered online, the buttons should usually link out to the human-readable license deeds (which, in turn, link to the license itself).

May I use the Creative Commons logo and buttons?

You may download high resolution versions of the Creative Commons logos and use them in connection with your work or your website, provided you comply with our policies. Among other things, if you use the logos on a website or on your work, you may not alter the logos in any respect—such as by changing the font, the proportions, or the colors. CC's buttons, name, and corporate logo (the “CC” in a circle) are trademarks of Creative Commons. You cannot use them in ways not permitted by our policies unless you first receive express, written permission. This means, for example, that you cannot (without our permission) print your own buttons and t-shirts using CC logos, although you can purchase them in CC’s store.

I love Creative Commons. How can I help?

Please support CC by making a donation through our support page. If you give $50 or more, you can get a special-edition t-shirt only available to CC supporters. Donations and shipping information can be handled through PayPal or by credit card. You can also support CC by visiting our store.

CC always welcomes your feedback, which you can provide by emailing info@creativecommons.org. You can also participate in CC's email discussion lists and share feedback and ideas in one of those forums.

If you are a software developer, sysadmin, or have other technical expertise, please join our developer community and help build the tools that build the commons.

Finally, one of the best ways to support CC is by supporting our causes yourself. Follow our blog to find out about current issues where you can help get involved and spread the word, and advocate for free and open licensing in your own communities.

Why does Creative Commons run an annual fundraising campaign? What is the money used for and where does it go?

Creative Commons is a global nonprofit organization that enables sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools, with affiliates all over the world who help ensure our licenses work internationally and raise awareness about our work. Our tools are free, and our reach is wide.

In order to...

• continue developing our licenses and public domain tools to make sure they are legally and technically up-to-date around the world,
• help creators implement these tools on websites through best practices and individual assistance,
• enable CC licensing on major content-sharing platforms,
• enhance CC-licensed resource search and discovery,
• advocate for CC licensing and open policies in education, science, and culture, and
• myriad other activities we're forgetting to mention, such as all the everyday boring but essential operations that go into running an organization

...we need $ to make it all happen! For more information, please take a look at our Annual Report.

Creative Commons has always relied on the generosity of both individuals and organizations to fund its ongoing operations. It is essential we have the public's support because it is the creators and users of CC material who make our tools relevant in this digital age. They depend on the tools and services CC provides through their reuse and remix of the rich, open resources available on Wikipedia, Flickr, SoundCloud, Vimeo, ‎Europeana, MIT OpenCourseWare, the Library of Science, Al Jazeera, and YouTube—just to name a few. Many of these people donate $10, $25, or $50 to CC, to help keep it up and running so we can continue to provide our tools and services for free, as a nonprofit organization. The more people whodonate to CC, the more independent it will remain.

General License Information

What are Creative Commons licenses?

Creative Commons licenses provide an easy way to manage the copyright terms that attach automatically to all creative material under copyright. Our licenses allow that material to be shared and reused under terms that are flexible and legally sound. Creative Commons offers a core suite of six copyright licenses. Because there is no single "Creative Commons license," it is important to identify which of the six licenses you are applying to your material, which of the six licenses has been applied to material that you intend to use, and in both cases the specific version.

All of our licenses require that users provide attribution (BY) to the creator when the material is used and shared. Some licensors choose the BY license, which requires attribution to the creator as the only condition to reuse of the material. The other five licenses combine BY with one or more of three additional license elements: NonCommercial (NC), which prohibits commercial use of the material; NoDerivatives (ND), which prohibits the sharing of adaptations of the material; and ShareAlike (SA), which requires adaptations of the material be released under the same license.

CC licenses may be applied to any type of work, including educational resources, music, photographs, databases,government and public sector information, and many other types of material. The only categories of works for which CC does not recommend its licenses are computer software and hardware. You should also not apply Creative Commons licenses to works that are no longer protected by copyright or are otherwise in the public domain. Instead, for those works in the worldwide public domain, we recommend that you mark them with the Public Domain Mark.

How do CC licenses operate?

CC licenses are operative only when applied to material in which a copyright exists, and even then only when a particular use would otherwise not be permitted by copyright. Note that the latest version of CC licenses also applies to rights similar to copyright, such as neighboring rights and sui generis database rights. Learn more about the scope of the licenses. This means that CC license terms and conditions are not triggered by uses permitted under any applicable exceptions and limitations to copyright, nor do license terms and conditions apply to elements of a licensed work that are in the public domain. This also means that CC licenses do not contractually impose restrictions on uses of a work where there is no underlying copyright. This feature (and others) distinguish CC licenses from some other open licenses like the ODbL andODC-BY, both of which are intended to impose contractual conditions and restrictions on the reuse of databases in jurisdictions where there is no underlying copyright or sui generis database right.

All CC licenses are non-exclusive: creators and owners can enter into additional, different licensing arrangements for the same material at any time (often referred to as “dual-licensing” or “multi-licensing”). However, CC licenses are not revocableonce granted unless there has been a breach, and even then the license is terminated only for the breaching licensee.

There are also videos and comics that offer visual descriptions of how CC licenses work.

Which is the latest version of the licenses offered by Creative Commons?

In November 2013, Creative Commons published the version 4.0 license suite. These licenses are the most up-to-date licenses offered by CC, and are recommended over all prior versions. You can see how the licenses have been improved over time on the license versions page. 4.0 has been drafted to be internationally valid, and will have official translations becoming available after publication.

Do Creative Commons licenses affect exceptions and limitations to copyright, such as fair dealing and fair use?

No. By design, CC licenses do not reduce, limit, or restrict any rights under exceptions and limitations to copyright, such asfair use or fair dealing. If your use of CC-licensed material would otherwise be allowed because of an applicable exception or limitation, you do not need to rely on the CC license or comply with its terms and conditions. This is a fundamental principle of CC licensing.

Who gives permission to use material offered under Creative Commons licenses?

Our licenses and legal tools are intended for use by anyone who holds copyright in the material. This is often, but not always, the creator.

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About CC0 — “No Rights Reserved”

CC0 enables scientists, educators, artists and other creators and owners of copyright- or database-protected content to waive those interests in their works and thereby place them as completely as possible in the public domain, so that others may freely build upon, enhance and reuse the works for any purposes without restriction under copyright or database law.

In contrast to CC’s licenses that allow copyright holders to choose from a range of permissions while retaining their copyright, CC0 empowers yet another choice altogether – the choice to opt out of copyright and database protection, and the exclusive rights automatically granted to creators – the “no rights reserved” alternative to our licenses.

The Problem

Dedicating works to the public domain is difficult if not impossible for those wanting to contribute their works for public use before applicable copyright or database protection terms expire. Few if any jurisdictions have a process for doing so easily and reliably. Laws vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction as to what rights are automatically granted and how and when they expire or may be voluntarily relinquished. More challenging yet, many legal systems effectively prohibit any attempt by these owners to surrender rights automatically conferred by law, particularly moral rights, even when the author wishing to do so is well informed and resolute about doing so and contributing their work to the public domain.

A Solution

CC0 helps solve this problem by giving creators a way to waive all their copyright and related rights in their works to the fullest extent allowed by law. CC0 is a universal instrument that is not adapted to the laws of any particular legal jurisdiction, similar to many open source software licenses. And while no tool, not even CC0, can guarantee a complete relinquishment of all copyright and database rights in every jurisdiction, we believe it provides the best and most complete alternative for contributing a work to the public domain given the many complex and diverse copyright and database systems around the world.

Using CC0

Unlike the Public Domain Mark, CC0 should not be used to mark works already free of known copyright and database restrictions and in the public domain throughout the world. However, it can be used to waive copyright and database .

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