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creativecommons.org

Category: Nonprofit

Scanned: Apr 26, 2026, 06:22 PM UTC · First seen: Apr 26, 2026 · Threat Engines: 0 / 94 · Times Scanned: 1
90 / 100 Trust Score Based on scan findings at the time of analysis
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Screenshot of creativecommons.org Captured Apr 26, 2026
https://creativecommons.org
Screenshot of creativecommons.org
25 years
Extremely Popular - #201 Tranco rank (>100M monthly visitors)
Not listed (94 checked)
✓ Valid (TLS)
Cloudflare, Inc.
Toronto, Canada
cloudflare
WordPress
104.20.5.134
Domain & WHOIS Information
Registrar GANDI SAS
Registered January 15, 2001
Expires January 15, 2028
Name Servers FIONA.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM
DNSSEC Unsigned
Hosting Cloudflare, Inc.
Reputation & Threat Check 94 security engines checked
File Scan Summary Powered by Quttera Engine
96 files scanned
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creativecommons.org/terms 69.6 KB Flagged: medium risk
creativecommons.org/privacy 69.3 KB Flagged: medium risk
creativecommons.org/annual-reports/# 44.8 KB Flagged: medium risk
creativecommons.org/2024/12/18/cc-open-science-2024-year-in-review/# 60.5 KB Flagged: medium risk
creativecommons.org/cc-licenses 59.6 KB No threats
creativecommons.org/cc-signals 44.9 KB No threats
creativecommons.org/faq 225.5 KB No threats
creativecommons.org/?p=77990 51.1 KB No threats
creativecommons.org/team 51.6 KB No threats
creativecommons.org/?p=77998 58.8 KB No threats
creativecommons.org/resources 52.6 KB No threats
creativecommons.org/advocacy 47.1 KB No threats
creativecommons.org/impact 47.9 KB No threats
creativecommons.org/what-we-do 52.4 KB No threats
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teamopen.ccFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
www.eifl.netFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://teamopen.cc/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://teamopen.cc/thefuture/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.eifl.net/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://teamopen.cc/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://teamopen.cc/thefuture/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
https://www.eifl.net/Flagged: Generic Suspicious Object
http://api.creativecommons.org/docs/Not flagged
http://bit.ly/4kXx1dFNot flagged
http://ccmixter.org/Not flagged
http://creative-commons-shop.fourthwall.comNot flagged
http://creativecommons.org.au/content/licensing-flowchart.pdfNot flagged
http://creativecommons.org/../../../../pidgin/svg/blob3.svgNot flagged
http://creativecommons.org/../4.0/deed.enNot flagged
http://creativecommons.org/about/Not flagged
http://creativecommons.org/advocacyNot flagged
http://creativecommons.org/annual-reports/Not flagged
http://creativecommons.org/blogNot flagged
http://creativecommons.org/blog/archive/Not flagged
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teamopen.ccFlagged: Generic Suspicious Object
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20mm.orgNot flagged
a.slack-edge.comNot flagged
api.creativecommons.orgNot flagged
api.flickr.comNot flagged
app.endaoment.orgNot flagged
archive.orgNot flagged
articles.unesco.orgNot flagged
arxiv.orgNot flagged
asapbio.orgNot flagged
bandcamp.comNot flagged
betterimagesofai.orgNot flagged
bit.lyNot flagged
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<iframe sandbox%3D\"allow-scripts\" security%3D\"restricted\" src%3D\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/2026\/04\/14\/celebrating-25-years-of-choosing-to-share\/embed\/#?secret%3D8Vkh785jNa\" width%3D\"600\" height%3D\"338\" title%3D\"&#8220%3BCelebrating 25 Years of Choosing to Share&#8221%3B &#8212%3B Creative Commons\" data-secret%3D\"8Vkh785jNa\" frameborder%3D\"0\" marginwidth%3D\"0\" marginheight%3D\"0\" scrolling%3D\"no\" class%3D\"wp-embedded-content\">Not flagged
<iframe sandbox%3D\"allow-scripts\" security%3D\"restricted\" src%3D\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/2026\/04\/14\/celebrating-25-years-of-choosing-to-share\/embed\/#?secret%3Dsb8lXO9Oks\" width%3D\"600\" height%3D\"338\" title%3D\"&#8220%3BCelebrating 25 Years of Choosing to Share&#8221%3B &#8212%3B Creative Commons\" data-secret%3D\"sb8lXO9Oks\" frameborder%3D\"0\" marginwidth%3D\"0\" marginheight%3D\"0\" scrolling%3D\"no\" class%3D\"wp-embedded-content\">Not flagged
<iframe sandbox%3D\"allow-scripts\" security%3D\"restricted\" src%3D\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/2026\/04\/16\/call-for-proposals-regional-events-celebrating-ccs-25th-anniversary\/embed\/#?secret%3DCxVCfcfgAM\" width%3D\"600\" height%3D\"338\" title%3D\"&#8220%3BCall for Proposals: Regional Events Celebrating CC\u2019s 25th Anniversary&#8221%3B &#8212%3B Creative Commons\" data-secret%3D\"CxVCfcfgAM\" frameborder%3D\"0\" marginwidth%3D\"0\" marginheight%3D\"0\" scrolling%3D\"no\" class%3D\"wp-embedded-content\">Not flagged
<iframe sandbox%3D\"allow-scripts\" security%3D\"restricted\" src%3D\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/2026\/04\/16\/call-for-proposals-regional-events-celebrating-ccs-25th-anniversary\/embed\/#?secret%3DLlDtBL4yNN\" width%3D\"600\" height%3D\"338\" title%3D\"&#8220%3BCall for Proposals: Regional Events Celebrating CC\u2019s 25th Anniversary&#8221%3B &#8212%3B Creative Commons\" data-secret%3D\"LlDtBL4yNN\" frameborder%3D\"0\" marginwidth%3D\"0\" marginheight%3D\"0\" scrolling%3D\"no\" class%3D\"wp-embedded-content\">Not flagged
<iframe sandbox%3D\"allow-scripts\" security%3D\"restricted\" src%3D\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/2026\/04\/20\/licensing-best-practices-for-the-sharing-of-scientific-data\/embed\/#?secret%3D33KOWM4JFq\" width%3D\"600\" height%3D\"338\" title%3D\"&#8220%3BLicensing Best Practices for the Sharing of Scientific Data&#8221%3B &#8212%3B Creative Commons\" data-secret%3D\"33KOWM4JFq\" frameborder%3D\"0\" marginwidth%3D\"0\" marginheight%3D\"0\" scrolling%3D\"no\" class%3D\"wp-embedded-content\">Not flagged
<iframe sandbox%3D\"allow-scripts\" security%3D\"restricted\" src%3D\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/2026\/04\/20\/licensing-best-practices-for-the-sharing-of-scientific-data\/embed\/#?secret%3DJbE1CvOK0P\" width%3D\"600\" height%3D\"338\" title%3D\"&#8220%3BLicensing Best Practices for the Sharing of Scientific Data&#8221%3B &#8212%3B Creative Commons\" data-secret%3D\"JbE1CvOK0P\" frameborder%3D\"0\" marginwidth%3D\"0\" marginheight%3D\"0\" scrolling%3D\"no\" class%3D\"wp-embedded-content\">Not flagged
<iframe sandbox%3D\"allow-scripts\" security%3D\"restricted\" src%3D\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/embed\/#?secret%3D6fVCEEWhwT\" width%3D\"600\" height%3D\"338\" title%3D\"&#8220%3BThe commons belongs to us all&#8221%3B &#8212%3B Creative Commons\" data-secret%3D\"6fVCEEWhwT\" frameborder%3D\"0\" marginwidth%3D\"0\" marginheight%3D\"0\" scrolling%3D\"no\" class%3D\"wp-embedded-content\">Not flagged
<iframe sandbox%3D\"allow-scripts\" security%3D\"restricted\" src%3D\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/embed\/#?secret%3DPqZjDuogPR\" width%3D\"600\" height%3D\"338\" title%3D\"&#8220%3BThe commons belongs to us all&#8221%3B &#8212%3B Creative Commons\" data-secret%3D\"PqZjDuogPR\" frameborder%3D\"0\" marginwidth%3D\"0\" marginheight%3D\"0\" scrolling%3D\"no\" class%3D\"wp-embedded-content\">Not flagged
creativecommons.org Overview

Description of creativecommons.org

creativecommons.org appears to be the official website of Creative Commons, an international nonprofit organization focused on open licensing, shared culture, and public access to knowledge. The homepage branding, title, and navigation suggest the site provides information about the organization, its mission, blog content, annual reports, and ways to support or donate.

Based on the domain name and page content, the website is used to publish organizational resources related to copyright licensing, open culture, education, and public-interest advocacy. The domain has been registered for roughly 25 years and has strong public visibility, which is consistent with a long-established nonprofit or institutional web presence.

Safety Assessment for creativecommons.org

The available scan data is generally favorable. At the time of this scan, 0 out of 94 security engines flagged the domain, and the site was not listed by the checked blacklist databases. The domain is also long-established and highly ranked in public traffic measurements, which tends to be more consistent with a well-known legitimate organization than with short-lived abusive infrastructure.

One malware scan did mark 4 pages as suspicious and identified a small number of flagged outbound links and referenced domains. In this context, those findings may reflect heuristic or content-based alerts related to external references rather than confirmed malicious behavior on the Creative Commons site itself. Because the broader scan picture shows no blacklist hits and no security-engine detections, these isolated suspicious findings appear limited and should be interpreted cautiously.

Based on available scan data, no significant threats were detected at the time of this scan, although a few heuristic alerts involving linked external resources may warrant routine review.

Technical Description

The site uses a valid SSL/TLS certificate issued by Google Trust Services, with expiration shown as 2026-06-05. It is served through Cloudflare infrastructure, with nameservers on Cloudflare and an observed server IP of 104.20.5.134 located in Toronto, Canada. This setup suggests use of a mainstream CDN and reverse-proxy service for availability and performance.

DNSSEC appears to be unsigned, which is not uncommon but does mean DNS responses do not benefit from DNSSEC validation. No major transport or hosting concerns are evident from the provided data. The main technical note is the presence of several flagged external links in one malware scan, which may merit periodic link hygiene checks, especially on policy, report, or blog pages that reference third-party resources.

HTTP Redirect Chain
No redirects detected - direct connection to destination
Website Insights
#201
Tranco Rank
Extremely Popular
Visitors >100M/mo
Category: Nonprofit
Rank History (30 days)
Mar 16 Apr 25
3 cookies detected
Essential0
Analytics2
Advertising1
Social0
3 1st party cookies
0 3rd party (trackers)
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