Lessig Proposes "Creative Commons"

cmuncey writes: "Lawrence Lessig's newest effort is profiled this morning in a SFGate.com article this morning. Creative Commons will offer customizable flexible intellectual property licenses that can be used by artists, writers, and others in moving their works from copyright to public domain in a controlled manner. The aricle also cites plans to create a 'conservancy' for what looks like orphanware. This is a joint work of Lessig and people from MIT, Duke, Harvard and Villanova."

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One can home

[forgeeks]

Hopefully they are more creative in their work than their web site.

This will be a great boon

[Anonymous Coward]

for intellectual property holders everywhere who are sick and tired of profiting off of their hard work.

I am certain that in today's Bush-inspired economic downturn, plenty of people will be willing to donate their hard work to the public domain instead of using it to put food on their table.

</sarcasm>

Summary for those not interested in reading artcl.

[istartedi]

Look at me! I'm Larry Lessig!! I'm important!!!

No you're not.

Finally, an opportunity to burn some Karma and harp yet again on Slashdot's obsession with Lessig.