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Creative Commons copyright licenses allow anyone from individual creators to large companies/institutions a simple way to grant copyright permissions to their IP. Every license helps the creator retain copyright while still allowing others to copy, distribute and use their work, non-commercially. This ensures that the rightful creator gets all the credit they deserve. There are different scales and levels of licensing available for creators at the bottom of the page.

Creative Commons many not be as gracious as we think. The contract between content creators and users are not always understood by both, and may generate issues in the future when using another person's work without giving proper credit.

Taking advantage of Fair Use protections of copyright law, a problem the publishers are responsible for, not Creative Commons. This article is about a case of Open Access as rights - laundering and how expensive it can be to the owner.

How copyright allows for scarcity and how copyleft allows for collaboration and creativity.

Teressa Iezzi's book discusses copywriting in the context of the new media era. Some call the new era a paradigm shift from the outdated process of buying cheap media then decorating it with creatives. Key takeaway: copywriters are not only writers now, they are inventors. Inventors because they they must think holistically as content is published across print and digital now.

Caputo and contender Dunleavy discuss whether or not new media has changed copywriting. Caputo agrees in that the processes has gone from a thoughtful, multi-step process to the simple process of a few keystrokes. Dunleavy argues that the processes has not changed, but the creative writing process remains the same. She says that the biggest difference is instead of talking directly to the audience, we must engage them in conversation. Key takeaway: Copywriting in new media involves a great deal of participation as a contingency.

This article is in the perspective of a blogger who decided to switch from Wordpress to Tumblr and his experience with it. The main point of this article is how Tumblr can connect the world with one single social media platform. It emphasizes how little can say much more. It first starts out with Tumblr's current good aspects, and later details the future of Tumblr.

This website provides advice on what colour combinations go well together when creating a website template. It contains sample templates of webpages.