Welcome to the Creative Commons -- where the copyright notice reads "Some Rights Reserved," not "All Rights Reserved." Take some time to look around the site and the many alternative copyright projects sponsored by this organization, including shared education materials; "remixable" music, video, and image art; and more. CC began as a project of the Center for the Public Domain, with help from Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, both of which are also worth checking out. CC board member Lawrence Lessig's book Free Culture, which we read an excerpt of for tonight's class, helped inspire this project and the Free Culture Movement, the student organization that promotes "participatory" rather than "proprietary" culture.

What do you make of Creative Commons? Is it a fringe group or does it have the potential to attract "mainstream" media, like major record labels and publishers? Do you think consumers would download or buy CC-licensed material if it meant taking money away from media corporations, and potentially their favorite artists too? Does the CC ideal work better in some areas (like education) than in others (like music)? Discuss!