Creative Commons
”Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from “All Rights Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved. We’re a nonprofit organization. Everything we do — including the software we create — is free.”
–Creative Commons site
Creative Commons has six different licenses, 1. Attribution 2. Attribution share alike 3. Attribution no derivatives 4. Attribution non-commercial 5. Attribution non-commercial share alike 6. Attribution non-commercial non derivatives
How you can apply with creative commmons?
You can apply a creative commons license by choose the licese that suit your preferences, and by copy and insert the html code into your work then it will automatically generate the ‘Right Reserved’ button, it means your work is license under creative commons.
Who?
Creative Commons found by Cric Eldred in 2001, it also support by a public domain, it also receive support from John D, and Catherine Macarthur Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, the Omidyar Network, Government, US and Charitable corporation.
Location
The main offices of Creative Commons are basically in San Fransico and London, UK.
Creative Commons is perfect for your own work, such as music, video which you want to make sure they are yours only with the copy right, for example, if you have your work but it is under non-commercial, so people who have your work is fine but not deal with business.
Creative Commons is not involved with DRM.
Here is more information about creative commons in this video: http://search.creativecommons.org/
Creative Commons is very helpful for music online, an example if you have upload your own songs to the internet with copyright in creative commons you can choose different liceses which you prefer. If you choose the licence people who can download your song, remix your song but they can’t sell it in a business way, which means save your time, and the original creative idea, the song itself which will still yours. Creative Commons encourage people to have their own ideas and creat new stuffs.
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