Title: History - Creative Commons
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Open Graph Description: Creative Commons (CC) was born from a simple idea: access to knowledge is a human right, and sharing that knowledge is fundamental to the growth and progress of humanity. Copyright, particularly as it is written into the U.S. Constitution, was created to incentivize authors to share their works by granting them a limited monopoly over…
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