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GOOGLE ADVANCED SEARCH ENABLES CC-CUSTOMIZED SEARCHING

San Francisco, USA — November 4, 2005

Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that provides a flexible  
copyright licenses for authors and artists, today announced that  
Google now enables filtering for Creative Commons-licensed content.

Following the example of Yahoo!’s CC-search (http://search.yahoo.com/ 
cc) that was released in March 2004 and then incorporated into  
Yahoo!’s Advanced Search page, Google has incorporated a new element  
into its Advanced Search page (http://www.google.com/advanced_search)  
that allows users to filter their search by “Usage Rights.” By  
choosing to search for content that “allows some form of reuse” or  
“can be freely modified, adapted or built upon,” search results with  
be limited to content that is made available under a Creative Commons  
license.

Creative Commons CEO & Chairman, Lawrence Lessig said “Creative  
Commons is thrilled by Google’s decision to join Yahoo! in enabling  
the spread of CC-licensed content.  Now two major search engines  
recognize Creative Commons licenses; this confirms that CC is an  
important part of the infrastructure of the Internet.

Creative Commons own search page at http://creativecommons.org/find/  
now gives site visitors the ability to search using either Google or  
Yahoo!.

About Creative Commons

A nonprofit corporation founded in 2001, Creative Commons promotes  
the creative re-use of intellectual and artistic works—whether owned  
or in the public domain—by empowering authors and audiences. It is  
sustained by the generous support of the Center for the Public  
Domain, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the  
Omidyar Network Fund, and the Hewlett Foundation.

For general information, visit http://creativecommons.org

Contact

Mike Linksvayer
CTO, Creative Commons
ml AT creativecommons.org

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