What’s the Difference Between Copyright and Creative Commons?

Creative Commons is actually a license that is applied to a work that is protected by copyright. It’s not separate from copyright, but instead is a way of easily sharing copyrighted work.
Because copyright is magical, a good chunk of what’s created is automatically protected by copyright. Copyright confers some pretty heavy duty protections so that others don’t use your work without your permission.
Not everyone needs or wants all those protections. But if they spent the time to license the work each and every time someone was interested in using it, they’d spend a lot of time and money on letting people use their work.

A copyright protects all original work that you create and capture in “a tangible medium of expression” (a written copy, a data file, prison tattoo, etc…), and it is magic.
A copyright is created and protects your work as soon as your work is created. Instant legal protection! If you register your copyright with the Copyright Office you can get more protections, but registration isn’t necessary to copyright your work.

APA Reference: 
                                                                   Workmadeforhirenet. (2013). Work Made for Hire. Retrieved 18 April, 2016, from http://www.workmadeforhire.net/the-rest/whats-the-difference-between-copyright-and-creative-commons/

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