Five Lesser-Known Benefits of Creative Commons

by blueven on 2009-01-06 14:41:13

Blog authors have different reasons for using or not using Creative Commons licenses. Some believe it is better to give their work back to society, others think that using a CC license can promote their work and encourage others to use their works with attribution, and some believe that CC can advance copyright reform.

However, the advantages of Creative Commons go beyond these. In today's world where the copyrights of internet works are not clearly defined, having a license written by lawyers, regardless of the terms of the agreement, will bring more benefits than not using a license (which would still cause copyright ambiguity).

Even if you only give up part of your copyright, the CC license can still benefit you, your website, and your works. This article will introduce five lesser-known advantages of CC.