Day: February 28, 2018

6: Creative Commons and Remix

I wasn’t sure what I would uncover when I typed used Creative Commons to search for results related to “poetry,” especially on platforms like feature primarily images or videos rather than written texts, and I was intrigued and in some cases surprised by the results. The first place I looked was Flickr, where I found the expected…

6: Creative Commons Pros and Cons

Creative Commons is an organization dedicated to allowing people to freely share their creative works with the public in order to be shared and built upon. In response to copyright, which says that “all rights [are] reserved” in a creative work, Creative Commons’ goal is to allow increased sharing through having only “some rights reserved”…

Creative Commons & GoT

I never heard about Creative Commons, and I wanted to learn more about it before I dove into the search bar. On the about page, it says, “Creative Commons’ “CC Search” project will develop and release an open online search and re-use tool that will allow high-quality content from the commons to surface in a…

6) Creative Commons Media Search

Creative Commons “helps you legally share your knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world” (Creative Commons). When I first opened the site using the link on the Course calendar, I was brought to a search screen. However, I didn’t necessarily know what to search for. Should I search for something…