Creative Commons has announced CC0 – pronounced CC “Zero”. CC0 benefits those creators who aren’t concerned about copyright protections, or who later want to waive those rights altogether.
According to the Creative Commons, the law makes it virtually impossible to waive the copyright automatically bestowed on creators. CC0 is a universal waiver that may be used by anyone wishing to permanently surrender the copyright and database rights they may have in a work.
Personal Genome Project, is one of the first adopters of CCo. Read more about CC0 at the CC blogpost “Expanding the Public Domain: Part Zero“.
So, that begs the question – what are the terms of any Creative Commons license? Is it life + 75 years like copyright?
UPDATE from @plagiarismtoday: CC Licenses, if they aren’t changed, last as long as copyright as it is a copyright license, not a change to copyright law.
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