CC0 100 List
Here is a list of 100 projects, artists and artworks (in the making) that all come with 'no rights reserved'. CC0 is the 'no copyright reserved' option in the Creative Commons toolkit.
"CC0 assets turns other artists IP into your raw material. You can do almost anything you want with the work. You can create derivatives to sell commercially confident that there is no legal recourse for copyright infringement." MintFace.
cc0 is a public domain dedication where the copyright is released, even in jurisdictions where it is difficult to do so.
Where a country doesn't allow the release of copyright away from the artist, the license says that no attribution is required when using the artwork. If neither of these legal protections are available in the jurisdiction, then the license, at a minimum, means the copyright holder 'will not take any actions that prevent a user of the work from exercising rights consistent with the intention of the copyright holder as expressed in CC0.' (CC0 - Creative Commons)
Pfp Projects
There are also independent artists that strategically release the copyrights on one or maybe a few of their back catalog of work. So far, the following artists have at least one artwork released under a very permissive licence including CC0.
Independent Artists with CC0 licenses
LDFās Genesis Meme
A gm hopeful by Hugo Faz
Vocks 1/1 #39 by Vocks
Landscape Photography #03 by Alexandru Chitu
Soul Plantation by My_Soulwax
Same Storm, Different Boats by Matt Doogue
The Temple of Gold by Ompsyram
Trophies by Jellyfire
GM #03 by Anil Prabhakar
Manhattan by Tony Sellen
Cape Cod Sunrise by StuStuStudio
Check the status when the licence is invoked as many require their work to have sold as a non fungible token (NFT) first to invoke the license.
Why Giveaway Rights?
Artists get to make more than one artwork during their lives so releasing the rights to one artwork or one collection does not have an impact on the quantity of work they create and commercially sell. The opposite may in fact be true, where releasing a collection has the effect of being seen in more places because it can be used without negotiating a commercial deal between the artist and the would be licensee.
A good question to ask is 'what artwork would you like everyone to have in the digital wallet and in their digital gallery, that you created?'
š³ Whales - Be A CC0 Catalyst
Unlocking artwork for the world to remix and make derivatives isn't cheap, yet it comes with a ton of status. Punk6529 has already purchased a number of artworks and releasing their art for the world to enjoy in any way they desire.
Here is a selection of artworks currently offered for sale under a CC0 license.
Photography
The Lone Cypress by Bombay Malayali
2.00 eth
The Emojiland by Rakesh Pulapa
2.50 eth
Motukiekie Sunset by Al Keddie
4.50 eth
SOLO by Berizzed
2.69 eth
Black Ice by Intrepid Photos
3.00 eth
Sunkissed by Dreamyscapes
3.70 eth
Golden Taj by Dreamyscapes
1.00 eth
The Night Crown by Djpanjanp
2.00 eth
Golden Sunrise by Namrata Vedi
2.00 eth
Far Above The Rubli
0.6 eth
The Great Wide Open by LCityscapes
The Great Wide Open
The Great Wide Open This image is available as a Creative Commons 0 Licence NFT on Opensea. Mihai Fagadar-Cosma (represented on OpenSea by the LCityscapes account) grants you an non-transferable, irrevocable, nonexclusive, perpetual worldwide copyright license to download, copy, modify, distribute, perform, and use āThe Great Wide Openā image for free, including for commercial purposes, without permission from or attributing the photographer, starting on the date of the NFT purchase (āEffective Dateā). This licence does not grant rights to any usage before the Effective Date. This license does not include the right to sell and/or mint āThe Great Wide Openā as an NFT or in any other form without significant modification. This licence also does not include the right to sell, transfer, licence or sub-license to a 3rd party without significant modification.
Moon Rise by Articulate
1 eth
Moon Rise
This photo was made in Jervis Bay, Australia, over world-famous white sands. It has been viewed over one million times and downloaded over 11,000 times. This is my first Creative Commons 0 NFT. There are no limits on it's use currently, however you can own it if you would like. Your purchase will help me fund my photography. You can see other examples of my photography at foundation.app/05
The Myth of Noun Derivatives by Brandonmighty
If you have an artwork or know of a collection that is CC0 not listed here, please let @mintfaced know on Twitter to be listed here.