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This article describes the Creative Commons search tool, which you can use to look for pictures, videos, music etc that are available for other people to use under a Creative Commons license. What is Creative Commons Previously I've described how copyright applies to bloggers , how you can protect your blog-content from copyright theives , and what you can do if they take you work anyway . The focus in that series was looking after your own rights. But rights always come with responsibilities. The details vary by country, but in general you cannot just copy other people's recent work without their permission - in the same way that they cannot copy yours. Some people, though, are happy to give other people permission to use their work , often with certain conditions (eg you must including an attribution link to the creator). Creative Commons is an easy, legal way for creators to give permission for things they create to be used by other people. It is a framework which offer...