Creative Commons USA is a chapter of the Creative Commons Global Network operating within the jurisdiction of the United States. We focus on furthering progress toward open culture, open education, open data, and open access to research. We provide legal expertise around the Creative Commons licenses, support to organizations and institutions that use (or could use) open licensing, and advice for decision-makers on copyright issues and policies that impact our trend toward a more open society. With the advent of the Internet, we’ve entered an era of untold potential for innovation and development – but one that is increasingly hindered by restrictive copyright laws and incompatible technologies. Starting in 2001, Creative Commons has worked to make intellectual property and copyright laws better serve the public good – drafting full legal licenses and tools to allow authors and creators to share their work with the public. Today, the Creative Commons Global Network includes over 500 researchers, activists, legal experts, and volunteers around the world, and has catalyzed a global commons of more than 1.2 billion works in 34 different languages. Find out more via: Twitter - @cc_unitedstates Email - info@creativecommonsusa.org Online - www.creativecommonsusa.org Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/CreativeCommonsUSA/