Archives: Creative Commons

A new approach to copyright

May 18, 2013 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: First Amendment, law.

Most people understand one of the ideas beyond copyright laws, but they do not get the other one.

Photos you can use

May 14, 2013 | By Jim Stovall | No Comments | Filed in: photojournalism.

Finding usable photographs — that is, photos you have a right to use — is an ongoing problem for people who run weblogs they would like to illustrate or news web sites that they want to keep visually up to date. Student news web sites in particular have this problem.