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| 1 | +# Quantifying the Commons 2024Q4 |
| 2 | + |
| 3 | +<!-- Google Custom Search (GCS) Start --> |
| 4 | + |
| 5 | + |
| 6 | +## Google Custom Search (GCS) |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +<!-- Overview Start --> |
| 10 | + |
| 11 | +### Overview |
| 12 | + |
| 13 | +Google Custom Search (GCS) data uses the `totalResults` returned by API for search queries of the legal tool URLs (quoted and using `linkSite` for accuracy), countries codes, and language codes. |
| 14 | + |
| 15 | +**The results indicate there are a total of 36,768,736,041 online works in the commons--documents that are licensed or put in the public domain using a Creative Commons (CC) legal tool.** |
| 16 | + |
| 17 | +Thank you Google for providing the Programable Search Engine: Custom Search JSON API! |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | + |
| 20 | +<!-- Overview End --> |
| 21 | + |
| 22 | + |
| 23 | +<!-- Products totals and percentages Start --> |
| 24 | + |
| 25 | +### Products totals and percentages |
| 26 | + |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | + |
| 29 | +Plots showing Creative Commons (CC) legal tool product totals and percentages. |
| 30 | + |
| 31 | +<!-- Products totals and percentages End --> |
| 32 | + |
| 33 | + |
| 34 | +<!-- CC legal tools status Start --> |
| 35 | + |
| 36 | +### CC legal tools status |
| 37 | + |
| 38 | + |
| 39 | + |
| 40 | +Plots showing Creative Commons (CC) legal tool status totals and percentages. |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +<!-- CC legal tools status End --> |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | + |
| 45 | +<!-- Current CC legal tools Start --> |
| 46 | + |
| 47 | +### Current CC legal tools |
| 48 | + |
| 49 | + |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +Plots showing current Creative Commons (CC) legal tool totals and percentages. |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +<!-- Current CC legal tools End --> |
| 54 | + |
| 55 | + |
| 56 | +<!-- Old CC legal tools Start --> |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +### Old CC legal tools |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | + |
| 61 | + |
| 62 | +Plots showing old Creative Commons (CC) legal tool totals and percentages. |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +The unit names have been normalized (~~`CC BY-ND-NC`~~ => `CC BY-NC-ND`). |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +<!-- Old CC legal tools End --> |
| 67 | + |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +<!-- Retired CC legal tools Start --> |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +### Retired CC legal tools |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | + |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +Plots showing retired Creative Commons (CC) legal tools total and percentages. |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +For more information on retired legal tools, see [Retired Legal Tools - Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/retiredlicenses/). |
| 78 | + |
| 79 | +<!-- Retired CC legal tools End --> |
| 80 | + |
| 81 | + |
| 82 | +<!-- Countries with highest usage of current tools Start --> |
| 83 | + |
| 84 | +### Countries with highest usage of current tools |
| 85 | + |
| 86 | + |
| 87 | + |
| 88 | +Plots showing countries with the highest useage of the current Creative Commons (CC) legal tools. |
| 89 | + |
| 90 | +The current tools include Licenses version 4.0 (CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, CC-BY-ND 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0), CC0 1.0, and the Public Domain Mark (PDM 1.0). |
| 91 | + |
| 92 | +The complete data set indicates there are a total of 2,220,330,077 online works using a current CC legal tool. |
| 93 | + |
| 94 | +<!-- Countries with highest usage of current tools End --> |
| 95 | + |
| 96 | + |
| 97 | +<!-- Languages with highest usage of current tools Start --> |
| 98 | + |
| 99 | +### Languages with highest usage of current tools |
| 100 | + |
| 101 | + |
| 102 | + |
| 103 | +Plots showing languages with the highest useage of the current Creative Commons (CC) legal tools. |
| 104 | + |
| 105 | +The current tools include Licenses version 4.0 (CC BY 4.0, CC BY-NC 4.0, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, CC-BY-ND 4.0, CC BY-SA 4.0), CC0 1.0, and the Public Domain Mark (PDM 1.0). |
| 106 | + |
| 107 | +The complete data set indicates there are a total of 970,145,024 online works using a current CC legal tool. |
| 108 | + |
| 109 | +<!-- Languages with highest usage of current tools End --> |
| 110 | + |
| 111 | + |
| 112 | +<!-- Approved for Free Cultural Works Start --> |
| 113 | + |
| 114 | +### Approved for Free Cultural Works |
| 115 | + |
| 116 | + |
| 117 | + |
| 118 | +Plots showing Approved for Free Cultural Works legal tool usage. |
| 119 | + |
| 120 | +For more information on retired legal tools, see [Understanding Free Cultural Works - Creative Commons](https://creativecommons.org/public-domain/freeworks/). |
| 121 | + |
| 122 | +<!-- Approved for Free Cultural Works End --> |
| 123 | + |
| 124 | + |
| 125 | +<!-- Google Custom Search (GCS) End --> |
| 126 | + |
| 127 | +<!-- Notes Start --> |
| 128 | + |
| 129 | + |
| 130 | +## Notes |
| 131 | + |
| 132 | + |
| 133 | +<!-- Data locations Start --> |
| 134 | + |
| 135 | +### Data locations |
| 136 | + |
| 137 | +This report was generated as part of: |
| 138 | + |
| 139 | +**[creativecommons/quantifying][repo]:** *quantify the size and diversity of the commons--the collection of works that are openly licensed or in the public domain* |
| 140 | + |
| 141 | +The data used to generate this report is available in that repository at the following locations: |
| 142 | + |
| 143 | + | Resource | Location | |
| 144 | + | --------------- | -------- | |
| 145 | + | Fetched data: | [`../1-fetch/`](../1-fetch) | |
| 146 | + | Processed data: | [`../2-process/`](../2-process) | |
| 147 | + | Report data: | [`../2-report/`](../2-report) | |
| 148 | + |
| 149 | +[repo]: https://github.com/creativecommons/quantifying |
| 150 | + |
| 151 | + |
| 152 | +<!-- Data locations End --> |
| 153 | + |
| 154 | + |
| 155 | +<!-- Usage Start --> |
| 156 | + |
| 157 | +### Usage |
| 158 | + |
| 159 | +The Creative Commons (CC) icons, images, and logos are for use under the Creative Commons Trademark Policy (see [Policies - Creative Commons][ccpolicies]). **They *aren't* licensed under a Creative Commons license** (also see [Could I use a CC license to share my logo or trademark? - Frequently Asked Questions - Creative Commons][tmfaq]). |
| 160 | + |
| 161 | +[![CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedicationbutton][cc-zero-png]][cc-zero] |
| 162 | +Otherwise, this report is dedicated to the public domain under the [CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication][cc-zero]. |
| 163 | + |
| 164 | +[ccpolicies]: https://creativecommons.org/policies |
| 165 | +[tmfaq]: https://creativecommons.org/faq/#could-i-use-a-cc-license-to-share-my-logo-or-trademark |
| 166 | +[cc-zero-png]: https://licensebuttons.net/l/zero/1.0/88x31.png "CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0) Public Domain Dedication button" |
| 167 | +[cc-zero]: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ "Creative Commons — CC0 1.0 Universal" |
| 168 | + |
| 169 | +<!-- Usage End --> |
| 170 | + |
| 171 | + |
| 172 | +<!-- Notes End --> |
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