Creative Minds- Creative Licenses

Creative Commons License

There are six main types of Creative Commons Licenses that apply to photography and other artwork. The six types include: the Attribution License, the Attribution- No Derivatives License, the Attribution-Non commerical- No Derivatives License, the Attribution-Noncommerical License, the Attribution-Noncommerical- ShareAlike License and the Attribution- ShareAlike License. All of these licenses allow you to download someone’s work and to share them with other people, as long as you give credit to the original artist and make a link back to the original artist. The restrictions change, however, in the way that people are allowed to edit, change or add to your original work. They also change depending upon whether the artist wants you to use the work for commercial or non-commercial purposes. 

*In the Attribution License:

 you are allowed to distribute, edit, change and add to someone else’s work (even for a commercial purpose) as long as you credit the artist of the original artwork.

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*In the Attribution- No Derivatives License:

 you are allowed to distribute (for both commercial and noncommercial purposes), although you are not allowed to tamper with the work in any way. Again, credit must be given to the original artist.

*The Attribution-Noncommerical License:

 lets others edit or change the work for a non-commercial purpose, although you still must credit the original author for their work.

*The Attribution- ShareAlike License:

 allows you to change, edit or build upon an original work (even for commercial purposes) as long as you give credit to the original artist and license their new works in the same way.

*The Attribution-Noncommerical- ShareAlike License:

 is like the ShareAlike license, although under this license, the work must be used for non-commercial purposes only.

*The Attribution-Noncommerical- No Derivatives License is the most restrictive. Under this license, you can download someone’s work and share it with others as long as they give credit to the author. However, you are not allowed to change, edit, modify or build upon the works in anyway.

I think that these licenses are important for artists, even amateurs, to be able to have so that a person's work is not being abused, manipulated or extorted by other people who want to use his/her work. I also think its good that there are so many types of licenses so that a person can be very specific when choosing the type of licensing he wants for his work.