Creative Commons sign post

Following on from a posting on my blog in November about copyright which was prompted by two internet friends who raised the issue I'd like to sign post those who are interested to a very informative posting about Creative Commons on Kirsty Hall's blog. Creative Commons is a less restrictive copyright license which enables you to share your images for others which they can then use/alter/change in their own work PROVIDED you are credited with the initial image.

I won't go into any more detail because Kirsty explains it better than I can and she also provides the relevant links.

However just thinking about the idea of sharing ones images (not all of them - images that fall into a specific category) makes me think about the tons of photos I have taken over the years which I might share with others if I use Creative Commons licence for them.

I took the following images whilst I was in Ireland in the summer. It summarises a familiar view of the 'old' Ireland which, in places and in certain generations, is still very much present.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License.