I love the idea of the creative commons, and have in fact had my undergrad senior project from College of the Atlantic "commonly copyrighted" by a younger student who knew the tech ropes. It was a handbook to recycling and composting in local areas, with the hopes of reaching a "zero waste" industrial system. The ins and outs of our current wasteful systems are much the same anywhere you go, so this guide was going to be accessible online. But I still need to scan the guide itself. Maybe someone could help me with that?
Either way, my physical project is creative commons copyrighted, and I did so with the intention of helping educate anyone interested. But now that I've learned about fair use rights, I guess I didn't need to do that. Although I wouldn't be too excited about someone pirating and making bank on my hard-earned creativity.
Great blog Max! What a great compliment, having your work 'commonly copyrighted' by another student! I think that if you put effort into creating a project, posting it online and allowing others to share in the knowledge only increases the benefits of your hard work!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I hope to get it from Bar Harbor tomorrow after class... maybe I'll put it on my website next week!!!
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see you have some experience dealing with the different types of copyrighting used today. I found the process of determining what you can and can't use very confusing. Like you said, I would be hurt if someone was making money off my creative ideas but I still wish there was a fair and simple way in which we could all share valuable information!
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