I have a problem with people who break copyright and at the same time I totally understand what it is like when you need a piece of audio or visual material for a project - you need to go and find it and pay the author. The internet has brought about a free for all where the majority are under the hugely false impression that if it is on the internet it is fair game. That is not the case! If you didn't take that photograph that you are using on your blog, no matter how crap it the image you have stolen is, it is NOT yours to use. If you didn't write that piece of music, which you have used to accompany your youtube video it is ...  Read the complete review

The Creative Commons idea, like most of the best ideas, is very simple: you create a piece of work, then use a standardised template to make it clear what others may do with it. You can specify whether you merely want your work to be acknowledged by others, or whether you wish to impose stricter conditions such as not allowing commercial use of your work or not allowing it to be changed, merely redistributed as is. The simple yet distinctive Creative Commons logo - the letters "CC" in a circle - is now quite a common sight on the web. Although there have been questions about whether the CC licences are strong enough to stand up in court, they are ...  Read the complete review