Creative Commons

Thing Twenty-three

This thing was definitely something new to me. Creative Commons is a copyright license that grants permission for an author's work to be edited, shared or reused. Within reason or under certain conditions, a song, movie, book or any other publication can be altered. So, with the "cc" license an author or owner has given up "all rights reserved" protection and freely given the rights for someone to collaborate, change, and use his creation. An example of a creative commons article is "The Eiffel Tower." Also, flickr is another tool that implements this copyright license with its pictures.
Students could use creative commons to download pictures for science fair or art projects. Also,
they could alter songs to create a musical background for video or oral presentations. However, as a librarian, I feel copyright laws or respect for one's publication should be taught or stressed.

Yes, I skipped thing 22; I will return to it later. It is creating much stress for me!!