{"id":77737,"date":"2026-04-07T17:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=77737"},"modified":"2026-05-01T20:03:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T20:03:06","slug":"creative-commons-101-a-brief-history","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/event\/creative-commons-101-a-brief-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Commons 101: A Brief History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CC101: A Brief History\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AzFgLYHc-oc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>This session is the first in a series of webinars celebrating our 25th anniversary.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Right on the heels of launching Creative Commons\u2019 25th anniversary celebrations, we\u2019re kicking things off by looking back at where it all began. You use and love CC licenses but have you ever wondered how they came to be?<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Understanding CC\u2019s origin story adds deeper context to our licenses, our mission, and the tension, spirit, and drama of a pivotal moment in copyright history that\u2019s often overlooked.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Join CC\u2019s own Shanna Hollich, Learning and Training Manager, for a walk down memory lane. Together, we\u2019ll explore early internet culture, key copyright concepts, the birth of the CC licenses, and their impact over the past 25 years.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Were you there? Spill the tea\u2014we want to hear your CC origin story!New to the CC community? Come for the stories of Winnie-the-Pooh, Sonny Bono, and Mickey Mouse and discover the surprisingly rebellious history of \u201chacking\u201d the copyright system.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Note: This is a pay-what-you-can event. All contributions support our ambitious $5 million fundraising goal, helping to build the found<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":77688,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/77737"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}