So in one of my other subjects I learnt all about copyright and this thing called Creative Commons. Never really understood what this Creative Commons thing was, apart from the fact it had cc in a circle where copyright had just the single c.
But after watching the video Creative Commons had on their About page, it got a lot clearer.
Apparently, anything you create - music, poetry, writing, photos - all automatically become subject to copyright. No-one can use or change them without your permission.
However, what if you WANTED people to use your stuff but not to go overboard? Here is where Creative Commons comes in. You get to create a more flexible licence. You get a free, easy to create licence and you select the boundaries - whether businesses can use your stuff, can they modify it at all. And you put the cc instead of the c at the bottom of your work.
Cool. Makes sense in a social media type world where its all about sharing.
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