Yahoo Search And Creative Commons Announce Partnership

Yahoo Inc., a leading global Internet company, today announced the launch of Yahoo! Search for Creative Commons beta (), a service that provides Internet users with access to the largest collection of Creative Commons content on the Web. Creative Commons content is identified with special license information by its owners, indicating that their copyrighted works are available for free through required attribution or non-commercial use. In partnership with Creative Commons, a non-profit organization whose licensing encourages personal use, reuse and repurposing of digital content, Yahoo! Search is the first major search engine to make it easier for users to freely find and share creative works. Available through a dedicated interface that enables users to quickly tap into millions of Web pages with a Creative Commons license, Yahoo! users now have access to this content on a large scale. "Yahoo! has always been about adding human brains to computer algorithms, to create something more than either alone. This innovation is in that line," said Lawrence Lessig, chairman of the board of directors of Creative Commons and a professor of law at Stanford Law School. "By giving users an easy way to find content based on the freedoms the author intends, Yahoo! is encouraging the use and spread of technology that will enable creators to build upon the creativity of others, legally." The launch of