Further proof that the blogging world is getting more and more tied together and more and more "open source" in nature, Yahoo this week released a beta search for Creative Commons material. Not up on what CC is?
"This is Yahoo! Search for Creative Commons content. It will help you find content on the Web - text, books, educational material, etc. - that is free to share or build upon. Why is this important?
"Copyright applies fully and automatically to any work - a photograph, a song, a web page, an article, pretty much any form of expression - the moment it is created. This means that if you want to copy and re-use a creative work you find online, you usually have to ask the author's permission.
"This search engine helps you quickly find those authors and the work they have marked as free to use with only "some rights reserved." If you respect the rights they have reserved (which will be clearly marked, as you'll see) then you can use the work without having to contact them and ask. In some cases, you may even find work in the public domain -- that is, free for any use with "no rights reserved."' Source: Yahoo!
Further proof that the blogging world is getting more and more tied together and more and more "open source" in nature, Yahoo this week released a beta search for Creative Commons material. Not up on what CC is?