Copyright is the exclusive legal right given to authors and creators for a certain period of time to control the publication, distribution and sale of copies of their original work. Creative Commons licenses enable free distribution of copyrighted works, allowing authors to specify how others can share, use and build upon their creations. There are different types of Creative Commons licenses that give others varying levels of permissions.

1. Copyright
The exclusive right given by law for a
certain term of years to an author,
composer etc to print, publish and sell
copies of his original work

2. Creative common licence
• A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of
several public copy right licences that enable
the free distribution of an
otherwise copyrighted "work". A CC license is
used when an author wants to give other
people the right to share, use, and build upon
a work that they (the author) have created.

3. Types of CC Licence