Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that gives permission to the public to share your work, creative ideas, and knowledge on your own terms. Creative Commons is free and apparently really easy to use.

CC licenses let you easily change your copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.”

Upon deciding to be part of creative commons, the work you’ve done becomes readily available to others, allowing them to use the work/research/ideas you’ve already accomplished.

For DS106, my personal opinion would be that it doesn’t matter if my work is ‘some-rights-reserved,’ because the assignments are the same for every other person in the class. Also, I believe that this concept makes sense for college because we all are here to learn as much as we possibly can, to learn through others and be able to understand more information than we ever dreamed possible. As stated below, I believe Creative Commons’ vision does make sense for college courses. (:

Our vision is nothing less than realizing the full potential of the Internet — universal access to research and education, full participation in culture — to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity.

However, after I graduate and am either working on my own or getting my masters, I would definitely want my work to be my own; therefore, not wanting ‘some-rights-reserved.’

You can find more information right here. (: