Creative Commons is an internationally active non-profit organisation that provides free licences for creators to use when making their work available to the public. These licences help the creator to give permission for others to use the work in advance under certain conditions. (smartcopying.edu.au)

Every time you create an article or take a photograph this is protected by copyright. Copyright protect the work from being reproduced and shared online.

Creative Commons (CC) allows the creator of the work to decide how they want other people to use their creations. A CC license allows you to adapt the work to suit your purpose. It still requires referencing the creator of the work you are using.