From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 21:21:52 -0500

Worth a detour:

The creators of more than a billion photos, videos, songs and other
works are giving them away on the internet for others to use for free
forever — a big milestone for Creative Commons, the non-profit
organization behind the copyright licences allowing that use.

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The report shows that Creative Commons licences have nearly tripled in
the last five years to 1.1 billion. The first Creative Commons
licences were released in December 2002.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/creative-commons-ryan-merkley-1.3354538

391 million photos and artworks
46.9 million articles, stories and documents
1.4 million research journal articles
18.4 million videos
4 million audio tracks
76,000 open educational resources