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Originally Posted by ApostateAbe
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The point of the licensing provided by Creative Commons isn't about doing away with copyright altogether, it's about providing alternative license options to anyone who produces and wants to distribute creative content without the restrictions or complexities of traditional copyright.
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Is Creative Commons against copyright?
Not at all. Our licenses help you retain your copyright while allowing certain exceptions to it, upon certain conditions. In fact, our licenses rely upon copyright for their enforcement -- just like the GNU General Public License. The justification for intellectual property protection (under U.S. law, at least) is the "promot[ion of] the progress of science and the useful arts." We want to promote science and the useful arts, too, and believe that helping creators fine-tune the exercise of their rights to suit their preferences helps do just that.
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