A complete manual with a theoretical introduction and practical suggestions Here is an operational manual which guides creators step by step in the world of Creative Commons licenses, the most famous and popular licenses for free distribution of intellectual products. Without neglecting useful conceptual clarifications, the author goes into technical details of the tools offered by Creative Commons, thus making them also understandable for total neophytes. This is a fundamental book for all those who are interested in the opencontent and copyleft world. The official webpage of this book is www.aliprandi.org/cc-user-guide and there you can find additional contents and updating. Simone Aliprandi is an Italian lawyer and researcher who is constantly engaged in writing and consulting in the field of copyright and ICT law. He founded and still coordinates the Copyleft-Italia.it project and has published numerous books devoted to openculture and copyleft. He works also as a legal consultant for the Arraylaw.eu network. This is his first publication in English. More details about his activities are available at www.aliprandi.org.