diff --git a/examples/Getting_started.ipynb b/examples/Getting_started.ipynb
index 1b323b1d..767d57f1 100644
--- a/examples/Getting_started.ipynb
+++ b/examples/Getting_started.ipynb
@@ -406,6 +406,11 @@
       "  from theoretical calculations in the bulk graviton and heavy vector triplet models,\n",
       "  spin-2 WW resonances with mass smaller than 1.07~TeV and spin-1 WZ resonances lighter\n",
       "  than 3.05~TeV, respectively, are excluded at 95\\% confidence level.\n",
+      "data_license:\n",
+      "  description: CC0 enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the\n",
+      "    material in any medium or format, with no conditions.\n",
+      "  name: CC0\n",
+      "  url: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/\n",
       "record_ids:\n",
       "- id: 1657397\n",
       "  type: inspire\n",
diff --git a/hepdata_lib/__init__.py b/hepdata_lib/__init__.py
index 7e565d0e..e919b5f7 100644
--- a/hepdata_lib/__init__.py
+++ b/hepdata_lib/__init__.py
@@ -569,11 +569,11 @@ def __init__(self):
     def get_license():
         """Return the default license."""
         data_license = {}
-        data_license["name"] = "cc-by-4.0"
-        data_license["url"] = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
-        data_license[
-            "description"] = "The content can be shared and adapted but you must\
-             give appropriate credit and cannot restrict access to others."
+        data_license["name"] = "CC0"
+        data_license["url"] = "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"
+        data_license["description"] = (
+            "CC0 enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material "
+            "in any medium or format, with no conditions.")
         return data_license
 
     def add_table(self, table):