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What is the Creative Commons?

cc.jpgIf you’ve ever wondered what the Creative Commons is (hint: it’s a relaxed open-source type of copyright licensing that encourages sharing and free-use of works while still protecting an author’s rights), then you should check out QuizLaw’s latest set of substantive legal answers to your Creative Commons questions – What is the Creative Commons? You can learn about things like the six types of creative commons licenses (such as the “attribution non-commercial no derivatives” license and the attribution license) as well as the individual elements that make up those licenses (such as attribution and “share alike”)?

The most exciting way to spend a Friday afternoon? Not so much. But it’s informative, and if I learned anything when I was I kid, I learned that “knowing is half the battle”….go Joe!

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