A Fair(y) Use Tale. Copyright and Intellectual Property. Explanation of Creative Commons. The digital age has presented many and diverse challenges for copyright law.
The rapid uptake of digital, networked technologies led to widespread online distribution of content, as well as the emergence of new practices and technologies that enabled digital content to be shared, reused and remixed on an unprecedented scale. But while technology provided the capacity for sharing and reuse of content to occur on a vast scale, legal restrictions on the use of copyright material hampered its negotiability in the digital environment. Creative Commons (CC) emerged as a direct response to the shortcomings of copyright laws and licensing practices in the dynamic, interactive and distributed internet environment. The founders of CC recognised the power of the digital online environment, and saw the importance of enabling materials and information to flow online.
How does Creative Commons work? Smartcopying www.smartcopying.edu.au. Grade 1 Digital Citizenship: Ethics.