In the last couple of days I have added a widget to promote Creative Commons. I have done this because as a creator who posts their work online this movement has given me tools that let me clearly communicate what I am comfortable with others doing with what I post. I wonder what the next 6 years will be like for Creative Commons: I hope they do succeed in breaking down needless barriers in science and education. The following takes well over an hour to watch - though you should not let this stop you :-)
The Commons: Celebrating Accomplishments, Discerning Futures*
*this will also link you to the video on YouTube
The Commons: Celebrating Accomplishments, Discerning Futures*
*this will also link you to the video on YouTube
1 comment:
Thanks for posting this. For those who don't want to sit through the hour-long panel discussion, I'll cut to what was most interesting to me. There is actually at least one case where the Creative Commons license was used to protect an author/user's work. One of the panelists said that somewhere in Europe, a newspaper published a guy's photos without permission, and he successfully sued them because it violated Creative Commons.
That's the reason I use it on my own blog: I want regular people to read & share my blog freely, but I don't want anyone stealing my ideas and making money off of them.
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