Creative Commons

I think the idea of the Creative Commons is new ground for an internet community that is hungry for a kinder world. You won't get slapped with a lawsuit or have an army of lawyers at your door, if the person who's original material you are using is OK with your use of it, then your safe! It's refreshing to have an idea out there that isn't about greed or money and obtaining more if it, but letting people who like your work use it to inspire there own. That is what the art & internet community should be about, sharing your work to inspire new work.

Their example of someone adding a bass track to the White Stripes album, and Jack White being ok with it, was perfect. Because CC cuts out the middle man in a legal, easy way. Also from what I can see it is a free service they offer. Something I was unaware of us that when you creative something, anything, that it is automatically copyrighted. To be able to have that automatic tool, with a refining tool that Creative Commons is, I think is a one two punch for the internet generation of artists.