File sharing and the Creative Commons License

[Kay Sommers <ksommers () VCU EDU>]

A recent copy of  Wired Magazine had a cover article about Creative
Commons, which is the licensing arrangement created by Stanford Law
School professor Lawrence Lessig.  The magazine also included a CD of
music produced under the Creative Commons License.   See link below for
the Wired article.
The Creative Common licensing permits file sharing and sampling so that
users can swap songs, mash them up to make something fresh and then
share that work.   There are two levels of the licensing - one is
noncommercial file sharing and the other allows commercial use of the
samples with some restricitons.

What are the ramifications of this concept for file sharing amoung
students?  If this catches on, will it be the end of DMCA actions?   Are
any universities promoting this concept?


http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.11/sample.html

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