"Creative Commons is a non-profit organization founded on the notion that some people would prefer to share their creative works (and the power to copy, modify, and distribute their works) instead of exercising all of the restrictions of copyright law . . .

"We want to make it easy for people to find works that are in the public domain or licensed on generous terms. We are developing a method for labeling such works with metadata that identify their terms of use. Potential users could then search for works (say, photos of the Empire State Building) based on the permitted uses (say, noncommercial copying and redistribution)."

As terms of use intended by a work's creator become clearer, it'll be easier to do The Right Thing in honoring those intentions. That will be good for all of us--especially me (since I seem to need a 2x4 to clarify what's okay and what isn't ).
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