An Introduction to Creative Commons SOMETHING FOR NOTHING An Introduction to Creative Commons Tom Jarrett Designer, Red Magma

O NCE UPON A TIME...

WHENEVER SOMETHING

Let’s say you wrote a book...

IT WAS HARD FOR OTHERS TO

YOUR WORK WAS

300 YEARS AGO COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION WAS INTRODUCED

AS SOON AS YOU MADE SOMETHING TANGIBLE NO-ONE COULD COPY IT.

3 FOR CENTURIES COPYRIGHT RULED

BUT THEN CAME THE

COPYING STUFF IS SO EASY AND EVERYONE SAID: COPYING STUFF IS SO EASY

IF I WANT IT I’LL IT

AT FIRST THIS WAS VERY ANNOYING

BUT THEN WE REALISED BY SHARING CONTENT MORE PEOPLE WOULD SEE IT

MARKETERS RESPONDED TO DEMAND AND BRANDS GAINED

ALL WE WANTED WAS A BIT OF CREDIT

BUT THE OLD LAWS STILL SAID NO

SHARING IS PERMITTED

SO SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST RESPECTED LAWYERS GOT TOGETHER...

c AND MADE THIS

cc INTO THIS

NOW WHEREVER YOU SEE THE SIGN

YOU CAN SHARE THE CONTENT

AS LONG AS YOU GIVE THE AUTHOR

HE STILL OWNS THE COPYRIGHT

BUT HE CAN EASILY LICENSE HIS MEDIA & ALL THE

ETC ETC ETC HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF

YOU’RE FREE TO SHARE NOW MEDIA SAFELY

AND PEOPLE WILL

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