1. What is Creative Commons?
In quick summary, Creative Commons is a free alternative to Copyrights. Creatives Commons is a non profit organization. It allows users to share and uses creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. They provide free copyright licensing which provides a simple way to give the public permission to share creative and academic work with conditions of their choice. In addition it allows the user to change the conditions form “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved”.
2. Why is CC important?
Creative Commons allows a licensing for artists to protect their work so it doesn’t go uncredited. At the same time it also allows it to be shared all for a free price. Its important because it allows the public to use different content they may need for work, without having to worry about legal terms and issues. Moreover it allows anyone to be open to works of art and even math and science materials. It creates an sense of openness to certain content that users wouldn’t be allowed to access normally.
3. List 4 Creative Commons
a) Attributions:
Publisher lets others copy display distribute and perform your copyrighted work but only if the users give the publisher credit.
b) Noncommercial
Publisher lets other copy, distribute, display, and perform your work but for noncommercial purposes only.
c) No Derivative Works
Publisher lets others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of their work, not derivative works based upon it.
d) Share Alike
Publisher allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.