I haven't used Creative Commons as much as I should but I love the concept as it eliminates any unintentional infringement on the web.
This may be somewhat of a "no-brainer" however; I will however off up for consideration, the theory that CC it is only a benefit for the aforementioned group and may not seriously deter any infringement by anyone who had no intention of using proper channels to acquire media.....
what do you think?
John,
ReplyDeleteI agree there will always be people who do not get permission to use other's work so we will always need some type of copyright protection. We need to educate our youth that they are using someone's else property and they need to get permission or at the very least give credit when using someone's work. I think it will take a while but our children are growing up as producers of content. Hopefully more and more people having the ability to create media will raise an awareness of fair play. It use to be very difficult to make a record. Now I have a nephew that produces songs out of his garage. Just having a resource like Creative Commons licensing gives people an opportunity to share their work with a reminder that it is indeed the creators original work. Only time will tell how this will all play out.