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Fri 06 Jun 2009Free and easy way to online licensing enters the mainstream
NET RESULTS:IN THE relatively short period of its existence, the Creative Commons licence – an easy online way of licensing how others can use your creative property – has become a phenomenon, writes KARLIN LILLINGTON
You might be using it yourself, without even being aware, because online content-sharing sites often use it. You opt in to choosing some form of the licence when you use public photo sharing site Flickr.com, for example. Also, some blog software lets you have the option of protecting your writings with a Creative Commons licence.
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