Today in class we learned about Free Software. Free Software is essential programs and such that an individual has the right to download, use, share, and modify for free at their own will. Free software is beneficial to every because everyone is free to do whatever they want with it. Copyrights usually get in the way of people doing what they want with photos, videos, and software; however this idea of Free Software eliminates the issue of copyrights because the creator waives the rights based on the notion that whoever uses it will do the same.
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A prime example of this is a website called Creative Commons. Creative Commons is a database that include things such as videos and photos that people are allowed to use for their own work. Copyrights disallow to to openly use these sorts of things whenever and however they want. To achieve a vision of universal access, someone needed to provide a free, public, and standardized infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright laws. That someone is Creative Commons." (CC) This site allows people with different talents and views to come together to help others use their creativity to the greatest extent. It creates a community in which people with the hopes and ambitions to help spread creativity can come together as one and help one another if if they are complete strangers.
References: "About." Creative Commons. Web. 23 Sept. 2011. <https://creativecommons.org>.
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