Who knew that copyright could be so complicated? And that, with the phenomenon that is the Internet, copyright laws are being broken every minute of every day, with most of us not knowing, nor even caring?
It seems that Creative Commons was created to alleviate the copyright issues that lawmakers can’t seem to solve in this modern world. Creative Commons share a basic set of terms, where every user of your work has to attribute your name to your work; basic terms also state that only non commercial sharing of work is permitted, which means you can distribute the work as much as you please, as long as you don’t profit from the activity.
Users can also have more creative control by extending these terms further; these include allowing users to profit from using your work, allowing them to modify or adapt your work and requiring subsequent users to share their creations on the same terms.
I think these are all very positive terms, as it further promotes the use of Creative Commons. It also makes users aware of their rights and capabilities in regard to copyright. Copyright is generally of a very complex nature, using Creative Commons is easy to understand and makes sure users are aware of where they stand and what rights they do or do not have (Doctorow, 2007).
I was a little worried and confused about what to do about the video tutorial task for today, knowing that I don’t have a lot of my own photos and not wanting to breach copyright laws by using other peoples’; this wondrous little reading has solved those problems for me! Thank goodness for Creative Commons. This is yet another thing I have learnt this week that will be useful and that I will share with my friends (and possibly bore them to death with my incessant rambling and constant advice about their Internet use!).
References
Doctorow, C. (2007, November 08). Creative Commons. Retrieved January 23, 2011, from LOCUS online: http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2007/11/cory-doctorow-creative-commons.html
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