https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/tags/creative-commons/ Recent content in Creative-Commons on Open Source Currency Hugo en-us Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:47:00 +0100 https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2007/03/15/creative-commons-in-austin/ Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:47:00 +0100 https://blog.opensourcecurrency.org/2007/03/15/creative-commons-in-austin/ <p>In trying to think of the first post, it seemed strange to mention a <a href="http://www.effaustin.org/ccworkshop.html">workshop</a> introducing <a href="http://creativecommons.org/">creative commons</a> because surely everyone knows what that is. Unfortunately, that&rsquo;s not the case. One common experience that emerged from those attending the workshop was that so many people who <a href="http://2007.sxsw.com/">should know</a> about creative commons don&rsquo;t.</p> <p>Even while so many people kvetch about the horrors of patents and copyrights, creative commons grows by being incorporated into <a href="http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5356">Yahoo</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/">Flickr</a>, <a href="http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5693">Google</a> and many others. Many blogs we visit every day have the creative commons logo and license attached. Yet the average person doesn&rsquo;t know about this solution to <a href="http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A20610">sustaining cultural creativity</a> while still protecting <a href="http://creativecommons.org/license/">artist rights</a>.</p>