Creative Commons Licences: An Alternative to Copyright?
Raquel Xalabarder (rxalabarder@uoc.edu)
Professor of Law and Political Science Studies at the UOC
abstract
Creative Commons (CC) licences are reshaping the exercise of copyright over the Internet. By means of a set of standardised licences, CC makes it easier for authors to authorise the use and exploitation of their works published on the Internet. The project has been perceived (and often, explained) as a movement against copyright, but as usual, the reality is more complex. This article will examine the technological and legal context of the project, as well as the validity of CC licences under the Spanish Law of Intellectual Property. We aim to explain its origins, identify the main issues in these licences to better understand their scope, and maybe – in the process – clear up some misunderstandings.
keywords
copyright, intellectual property, copyleft, author’s rights, licences
Submission date: January 2006
Published in: March 2006
in-depth
Creative Commons Licences: An Alternative to copyright?, by Raquel Xalabarder. Presentation by Ignasi Labastida
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