19 January 2014

What Is Creative Commons, And Should You Use It?



cc-unlock

While writing out your next academic paper, you look online for various images which are appropriate for what you’re talking about. Once you find something you like, you simply copy and paste it because, hey, who’s stopping you? More than likely, doing this is technically illegal. Not only that, but it applies to most content that you can find online — including posts/articles and videos. To make things easier on both content creators and consumers, Lawrence Lessig created the suite of Creative Commons licenses, a set of copyright licenses which clarify what you can do with content licensed with one...


Read the full article: What Is Creative Commons, And Should You Use It?



No comments:

Post a Comment