What is Creative Commons?
http://live.pirillo.com/ – For the longest time we had no clear way of defining what people could do with our content – they were limited to private viewing of the content with no redistribution rights. Then the creative commons came along and told people "yeah, you can use this content, but with these restrictions."
The Creative Commons essentially allows you to define your own license for your content without having to pay an expensive copyright lawyer.
Does anyone use Creative Commons and do they actually matter? Oh yeah, a lot of people use a creative commons license, including us. In fact, we recommend that if you’re creating any content online that you use a creative commons license.
What do you think? Is the creative commons license important, or is it a load of hippy hot air?
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4 Comments
Jamie
July 19th, 2007
at 10:34am
I just heard a podcast interview with Drop Trio (band from Texas) talking about how they use it and what they think of it. Basically they are thumbs up as well. They had an interesting conversation about CC that goes along well with your question in this entry. If you want to hear it, you can get it here: http://www.allenstafford.com/podcast/music/droptrio.mp3
JD Lasica
July 21st, 2007
at 11:51pm
Creative Commons is the most important development in the copyright arena in years. It’s simply a way to fine-tune your copyright, *not* to give up your copyright.
JD Lasica
July 21st, 2007
at 11:52pm
As you pointed out, Chris. Good piece.
JD Lasica
July 21st, 2007
at 11:52pm
As you pointed out, Chris. Good piece.