Creative Commons is an organization that allows the dissemination of creative works under licenses offer greater flexibility than the protection of "all rights reserved" to be automatically put in the law on copyright.
Every creative work is automatically protected when they complete it by putting pen to paper by pressing the 'save' or the 'Register'. This protection gives all rights to those who created the work. No one can use that work without the express written permission, except as defined for the use permitted under the law (copyright).
There are four conditions that may apply to a Creative Commons license: Attribution
: You can use the work but you must give credit to the author. This condition applies to all Creative Commons licenses.
Noncommercial: You can use the work only if no one gets money.
No Derivative Works: You can use the work only if it is not altered or transformed beyond the uses permitted by copyright law.
ShareAlike : you can transform the resulting work only if one is available under the same terms of the original.
53 million of works on the Internet are linked to Creative Commons licenses. Many people are embracing the concept. But perhaps this is something dangerous? Or revolutionary? Or does not make sense? Licenses are insanely popular? Can be really useful to write about cultural heritage or enhance them?
Source - Tom Merritt, Executive Editor, CNET.com
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