Explaining Creative Commons

September 18th, 2007

On my way to Japan I was trying to explain creative commons to the person sitting next to me. My approach involved explaining the notion of “all rights reserved”, and then the licenses that CC offers. I think he got the idea, but it was convoluted and confusing.

Today, I was reading an editorial by Joi Ito (coincidently about recent events in Japan), and noticed how they explain CC: Creative Commons, a nonprofit group that develops flexible copyright arrangements.

That works too!

2 Responses to “Explaining Creative Commons”

  1. Gen Kanai Says:

    I think you wanted to use this url?

    http://joi.ito.com/archives/2007/09/18/in_japan_stagnation_wins_again_my_op_ed_in_the_new_york_times.html

  2. polvi Says:

    thanks gen!

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