Without a doubt, Creative Commons, also frequently known as CC, has long been an ally in restoring sanity to copyright systems. Today‘s statement makes that role more explicit. At EFF, we‘ve long admired the organization‘s work; as one token of that, we invited co-founder Lawrence Lessig to give a keynote at this year‘s Pioneer Awards, and have given the award to founding board member James Boyle, and to Aaron Swartz who helped design the code layer of the licenses.