Creative commons is such an interesting thing that I have never heard about. Even during my year in a tech class. We did a section on copyright I wonder if they new about this? It's great that some artists allow people to at least use their works under certain conditions. It's better than waiting for many years for the artist to die and even many years after that in order to do anything with their works. It's amazing that creative commons is a nonprofit organization these day if you want to do anything with anything It'll cost you. It's always interesting hearing about new things like this, well not that new since it came out in 2001. How could I have gone with these many years not knowing about it?
I think that it is very interesting that I too haven't heard of this until now. I feel that it is great that this organization does this for no cost and allows more opportunity to those seeking to use content from other publishers or those seeking to make their work more accessible.
ReplyDeleteI agree that I was shocked it came out that long ago and I had never heard about it! I am especially surprised that your tech class with a section on copyright didn't talk about it. Sometimes being a nonprofit has its drawbacks. I am all for non profit work, but without someone supporting them to get the word out, it seems many people don't know of it!
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ReplyDeleteI agree that it's crazy how Creative Commons has been around for so long and hardly any of us has heard about it. I'm also incredibly surprised that you took a tech class, and it was never mentioned. I also agree that it's "amazing that Creative Commons is a non-profit organization" because you hardly ever see that. They're incredibly successful and continue to grow. I'm really glad, and I'm excited to now know about this great organization.