Canadian Creative Commons License In The Works

This is great news. If the Creative Commons movement keeps spreading, we could see the (re)emergence of a large category of "open culture".

Just as having some goods in the physical commons (roads, libraries, health, etc) benefits us all, having an intellectual commons gives everyone a base of material to learn from and enjoy.

I agree. There currently seems to be this obnoxious emphasis on copyrighting and patenting everything, which ignores the fact that every new idea builds on previous ideas, and so in order to keep from stifling innovation you have to allow a portion of all ideas to remain accessible to all. ie, you don't have to pay to use them.

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Now call it extreme if you like, but I propose we hit it hard, and we hit it fast, with a major, and I mean major, leaflet campaign.--Rimmer, Red Dwarf