Creative Commons

Creative commons is a good solution to the copyright issues. Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that works to increase the amount of creativity (cultural, educational, and scientific content) in “the commons” — the body of work that is available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing. (Online resource: CC)

Creative Commons provides free, easy-to-use legal tools that give everyone from individual creators to major companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to pre-clear copyrights to their creative work. CC licenses let people easily change their copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.” (Online resource: creativecommons.org) If you’ve created something and want people to know that you’re happy to have them share, use, and build upon your work, you should consider publishing under a Creative Commons license.

CC’s legal infrastructure gives you flexibility (for example, you can choose to only pre-clear noncommercial uses) and protects the people who use your work (so that they don’t have to worry about copyright infringement, as long as they abide by the terms you have specified). (Online resource: creativecommons.org)

Creative commons has been a good solution to copyright. It effectively helps the copyright issues. Traditional journalism and digital journalism all reflect the balance of society. For example, when the financial crisis comes, press pay high attention on financial crisis.

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