Subject: The purposes of Creative Commons For: @davidrevoy Image: The Creative Commons library that I’d like to see Short link: https://dansu.org/creative-commons-purposes David Revoy said: “Anyway, in a world where you can’t even protect a content with classic ©️ Copyright anymore, hoping that Creative Commons could do something is naïve anyway.” Changes related to #AI are needed. Creative Commons has never been assumed to prevent copying, either manual or automated, regardless. Illegal use 🪎🏴‍☠ is going to happen. Perhaps the new CC tooling 🔐 will help, but historically the goal hasn’t been to stop copying. However, this family of licenses does do a number of useful things: Creative Commons licenses make it possible for a creator to explicitly permit sharing without surrendering legal rights ⚖️ to their works. They have the option, too of explicitly allowing others to build on their works 👷‍♂️🔨 or putting it on the record that this is prohibited. Additionally, Creative Commons licenses provide an extra path to monetization 💵 with little effort required. This type of profit is unlikely, but there is little reason to turn down the possibility. Finally, these licenses help to ensure that your works will live on after you in Creative Commons libraries. 📚 As you approach the end 👴🏻👩🏻‍🦳🪦 , that part will be attractive. @creativecommons is therefore recommended for writers, artists, and others. I use it for code as well as writing, though others prefer different licenses for that context. #creators #legal @downey To see a larger version of the image, in most web browsers, right-click on the image, select “Open in new tab”, and resize the window.