Week 4? Already?

This week in class we're talking about Creative Commons. Our teacher gave us this article to read about it from Sharon Housley.
I love the idea of Creative Commons. I think this is exactly what we needed to help with all the copyright infringement that's going on. It gives artists and writers a choice in how to share their material. It also gives the people who are wanting to share the work a way to understand what their rights are and what the rights of the creators are.
I also love that they have tools to help teachers and researchers with their work. It makes me really excited about someday having my own classroom. I admit, when we started talking about copyright laws I got a little nervous about how that would hinder my lesson plans and teaching material. Now I see that this has made it much easier for teachers to function in such a multimedia copyright-aware society.