Legal, licensing and content sharing

Creative Commons (CC) is a non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organisation has released several copyright licenses known as Creative Commons licenses. These licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve, and which rights they waive for the benefit of other creators. (from Wikipedia).

The GNU General Public License is often called the GNU GPL for short; it is used by most GNU programs, and by more than half of all free software packages. The latest version is version 3. (from GNU Operating System website).

Consultants: Red Earth’s Email Disclaimers to Protect Your Organization article; Amit Asaravala’s Reprint Our Articles Without Asking. Seriously article; Susan Tenby’s Things You Can Do to Prevent Spam article.

Organisations:Creative Commons UK; Creative Commons International; GNU; Charity Law and Regulations from NCVO; Out-law from Pinsent Masons.

Blogs: Why Use Creative Commons from CC UK; Steve Imparl’s 10 Essential Legal Points for Bloggers post; Online Video, Search Marketers and Legal Issues interview by Grant Crowell; Brian Satterfield’s Understanding Video-Sharing Sites’ Terms of Service post on TechSoup; Sean Carton’s YouTube: Another Casualty in the Copyright Wars? post.

Data sources: Creative Commons Licenses Explained by CC UK; Experts Online for Legal Issues.