Building a Digital Village

I have never noticed cc on websites nor have I been aware of this resource before this year. I will be looking closely now for this reference and assume I will notice it more now. The use of Creative Commons  is helpful for the licensing and sharing of work on the web. This is a great way to teach students about the ownership of their work and the work of others and the importance of copyright laws. It is great to have the ability to provide an alternative route for licensing and sharing now that access to web work is growing exponentially every minute. It still question copyright issues when it comes to educational purposes and Fair Use policies related to such. I find much of this a little confusing and believe a broader use of cc will provide a method to clear up questionable situations for use of published works on the web. (http://www.copyright.com/ )