Citizen Bane

I’ve been wanting to write an article on the Creative Commons music scene for a while.  This is a subject that I find fascinating and quite honestly really inspirational.  As a precursor for the uninitiated let me first try to quickly explain the concept of Creative Commons.  Creative Commons is an Not for Profit Organization that released a number of licences freely to the public.  Unlike pure copyright, these licences allow the creator to indicate which rights they wish to either waive or reserve.

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I don’t know how many of you are following the plight of Canadian copyright reform.  I am.  I’m not sure why; I have no stake per se.  I do not produce content on which I rely on copyright enforcement for remuneration.  As far as I’m concerned the material I produce at least with respect to my writing on this blog is Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives,  meaning pass it around as much as you want for free, but mention my name, don’t charge money for it and don’t alter it or add to it.  It is what it is.  I suppose my interest in copyright and copyright laws stem from the implications it has on us in everyday life, especially the implication to those of us who contribute content to the internet.

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