Creative Commons

The Creative Commons Licensing idea seems much more suited for today's world, versus the traditional Copyright. In today's world of file sharing, online videos, and online photo albums, sharing and callaboration goes along with it all and the Creative Commons Website and program gives a way for people to share their works and allow others to use it, but they also have some control over how others can legally use their works. There are six different licenses available for commoners to be able to regulate how their works are used by others as long as they give credit to the original creator. The uses for Creative Commons Licenses are endless, from the arts, to science, to music, and many other fields.

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7711
StrayForm utilizes Creative Commons for digital artists and since so much is free over the web, StrayForm helps fund the Creation of works and distribution happens naturally. They are planning to expand into scientific and academic fields in the future.

http://creativecommons.org/text/librivox
Librivox is a project that is creating a free domain library of audio books that are read by volunteers. Librivox's mission is the “acoustical liberation of books in the public domain.”