Creative Commons… A Good Idea

The issue of intellectual property can be a real problem amidst academic circles. People are actually very picky about who uses their ideas and how they do it. And rightfully so. But on the other hand, I know many individuals who believe in free or only slightly limited use of what they produce. For people like this, CreativeCommons.org was devised.

Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that allows an individual to relinquish some or all of the rights provided to them under the copyright act. They do this by issuing limited copyright licenses. We are very use to seeing the phrase “all rights reserved” printed onto things, but with creative commons, the phrase “some rights reserved” was coined from the fact that only some aspects of the information have restrictions placed on them.

Personally, I think Creative Commons is a good idea. For those people out there who wish to share their creative ideas with others, this provides a great portal for those people to do just that.