Over the past decade, the internet has been in great popularity. As many know, the internet carries a large variety information, as well as entertainment, such as films, books, music, etc. Of course there are people that prefer to purchase these items at stores, but many find it convenient to illegally share or correctly known as peer-to-peer.
To assist with this issue, creative commons (CC) was created. According to http://creativecommons.org/, Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that works to increase the amount of creativity in "the commons." The commons refers to the body of work that is available to the public for free and legal sharing, use repurposing, and remixing.
Creative Commons is somewhat different from traditional copyright law. Copyright protects the author works from unauthorized copying, and gives the rights to print, reprint, and copy the work, sell assign, distribute copies, and to perform the work. All of these rights are reserved with copyright. But with Creative Commons it is not required to have all of these rights. It is way more flexible. People with CC licenses are allowed to pick and choose their own rights in which they want to apply.
Now when it comes to Creative Commons in regards to independent content producers, I believe that it can be beneficial to the producers. This gives them a way to get their creations out and available to the world, but still have the needed protection. A great example of this is CC licensed musician Josh Woodward. His music is available for anyone to use, as long as they credit his works. This exposures is great for the authors, and can eventually lead to bigger and better things. Overall, creative commons seems like it will have a positive impact on the way content producers of the present and future will protect their works.
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