Is Creative Commons even necessary?

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Maybe not, Kent Anderson writes writes on the Scholarly Kitchen. Anderson argues that Creative Commons licenses, at least as currently used, are just a confusing and ineffective layer on top of existing copyright law: "Unfortunately, Creative Commons licenses are relatively opaque and difficult to differentiate for the average user. Ask a researcher their initial reaction to a CC BY vs. a CC BY-SA vs. a CC BY-NC-SA license, and you're going to be met with blank stares."

April 11, 2014

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