Category Archives: Creative Commons

There is a type of criticism against Creative Commons which has grown quite prominent within the copyleft recently. The main tenet in this line of argumentation seems to be that Creative Commons through its reliance on the existing copyright regime actually reinforces copyright. Instead of supporting those instances of production that are small-scale or not-for-profit – something which CC might be able to do pretty well – all attempts at protecting producer rights are deemed as, by default, corrosive. Continue reading →