Response to "7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons"

I believe I have read this article before, however it is a nice refresher, it is crazy how throughout the day I can easily do so many "illegal" things without realizing I'm violating a copyright law.  Creative commons is a type of licensing created to help share works and property without making it a violation of some law.  For instance even if you give credit to the artist who took a picture and then you post it on your website, you are still breaking a copyright law.  However if the artist agrees to a creative commons licensing they can choose how users may make use of their work.  So the artist might agree to letting users copy and distribute their photo if all credit is given to the artist. Basically creative commons makes borrowing, sharing, giving credit and using others work easier.

In previous classes I have found that when looking to use an image or song for a project or blog typing in creative commons in the search engine or using things like Flickr: Creative Commons is an easy way to find things that fall legally into the CC licenses.


Educause. (2007, March). 7 things you should know about creative commons... Retrieved from https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7023.pdf