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Jan 1, 20122 min read

Deviation Actions

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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So, someone sent me a note asking me (and warning me) about my works being licensed as Creative Commons and how that was going to bring down fire and brimstone on the artistic community.

I've already responded privately, but I thought I'd share my views with you here. Not least because I am a fervent believer in Copyleft, Creative Commons, and of course Copyright.

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Hi.

Thanks for your note warning me about the dangers of Creative Commons. I'm afraid though I'm going to have to disagree with you and your views on this subject. Aside from my graphic artistic creations, I'm also a published author of two science-fiction novels.

For the last 10+ years, each of my creations has been licensed under a Creative Commons like license (GNU Free Document License, CC-BY-NC) or flat out released to the public domain.

The only time a piece of my creation has NOT been released under a Copyleft license has been when it's been a work for hire which all copyrights were transferred upon delivery.

People are going to "steal" my work. That's a given. If I didn't want my work to be shared or enjoyed, I never would have put it on the Internet to begin with. While my account may be only a week old, I've been around

for ages. The reasons behind setting up a new ID are immaterial, let's just say I'm able to be a little more expressive and freer with this account than my other one here.

What I'm getting at is I'm not naive in this regard. But, I've given up worrying about whether someone is posting my work and selling it on eBay. It's just not worth it, and I'd spend entirely too much energy policing "the Internet" for negligible — if any — reward for doing so.

I'm also a firm believer in Karma. If I do right by others, the Universe will reward me.

So, thanks for your note and concerns, they've been duly noted.

However, for me, what I'm doing works for me.

I would encourage you to check out this post by Trey Ratcliff who has a better way of expressing things: plus.google.com/10523721288859…