Creative Commons and the Big "C"...
I was interested to watch the video illustration about Creative Commons that Luke showed in the last lecture. Before watching it I didn’t even know that anything apart from “The Big C” existed.
I think that Creative Commons is an excellent idea, not doing away with Copy rite, but working in partnership with it to clarify the rules of creativity. Allowing someone to use your ideas as long as they give you credit for it. Creative Commons opens the way for the development and even improvement of ideas because people are invited to think about those ideas for themselves and add to them. The good thing about it is that the initiator of the ideas can still have some control over their ideas if they want to, it’s up to them. I believe that Creative Commons develops a body of free culture that authors and other artists can draw upon, making it possible for new and better schools of thought to emerge. CC is particularly good for the internet, where different ideas are constantly exchanged and used by other people. Creativity always builds on the past, and CC allows for this to happen, whereas Copy rite did not.
Well… I think it’s a good idea. What does everyone else think?
I think that Creative Commons is an excellent idea, not doing away with Copy rite, but working in partnership with it to clarify the rules of creativity. Allowing someone to use your ideas as long as they give you credit for it. Creative Commons opens the way for the development and even improvement of ideas because people are invited to think about those ideas for themselves and add to them. The good thing about it is that the initiator of the ideas can still have some control over their ideas if they want to, it’s up to them. I believe that Creative Commons develops a body of free culture that authors and other artists can draw upon, making it possible for new and better schools of thought to emerge. CC is particularly good for the internet, where different ideas are constantly exchanged and used by other people. Creativity always builds on the past, and CC allows for this to happen, whereas Copy rite did not.
Well… I think it’s a good idea. What does everyone else think?
posted by Anonymous at 1:11 pm
5 Comments:
I think its an excellent idea. Being what one might describe as a "poor indie musician" I'm thinking of exploring CC further with regards to anything i produce.
Plus I'm a sucker for funny flash animations.
I believe a lot of people don't know the specific rules of copyright. Just the general: "If you copy another person's work you may be sued" rule, which inevitably leads people to restrict their "creative thinking" or not professing it.
People may not know that Copyright can expire, therefore allowing you to actually copy the piece of work. That is if the copyright has not been renewed. So copyright is essentially misunderstood but it's still very useful for protection of Intellectual Property.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.html
(I'm sorry I have no idea how to put a link on this comment, so here's the American Copyright website)
I believe the copyright term for New Zealand is 50 years.
I'm sure at least a few artists don't renew the Copyright on their works because:
a) they probably don't really understand or think about the renewal.
b) people already assume that it is copyrighted, so they don't copy the works anyway.
So it really depends on what you are copying...
btw I am talking about registered works not unregistered. I believe if you haven't registered a piece then you may have a tough time proving it's actually yours in court.
oh and this is just a point of argument. I actually think Creative Commons is an awesome idea.
Elaine
Is it not 50 years after the copyright holder's death?
oops forgot to mention that...
but then again it depends on what kind of copyright you get issued with.
-Elaine
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