creativecommons.org

creativecommons.org

I wanted to learn more about creative commons, so I took a look at their site and began to do my research.

What is creative commons?


Well creative commons was created in 2001 to help give people more control of their copyrighted material on the Internet. Since copyright was out way before the Internet creative commons helps give creators the control to allow use and sharing of their creations. Creative Commons is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable corporation. Creative Commons licenses are free to the public.

Creative Commons is a great tool in education as well, it allows for textbooks and lessons to be shared world wide easier with permission through a license. It allows information to be quickly shared without having to contact the creator to get the correct permissions. This is a big deal when it comes to science. When scientist is working on new drugs for cures, with research and journals and previous recorded data being licensed under creative commons with the right permissions doctors and scientist can react faster in their studies.

Using Creative Commons is simple and easy to use. Just simply go to their website (creativecommons.org) and chose the licenses that you want to allow or disallow people to be able to use your creation. You can keep your creation free and stop others from being able to sell your creation and force people that share your creations to ShareALike, which means others can use and share your work but they must share under the same terms that you are allowing. Their site has all the tools needed to control the use of your creation.

A Creative Commons licenses is not a alternative to copyright, a creative commons licenses works with copyright. Simply giving you more control on modifying how you want to allow your work or creations to be used.

I would suggest any creator weather in be a photographer, filmmaker, writer, artist, musician or a DJ take use of this free service and protect your work the way you want it to be shared.

Source: creativecommons.org