...On Monday, Creative Commons will release its collection of free, machine-readable licenses. The idea is to give copyright holders another way to get the word out that their works are free for copying and other uses under specific conditions.

"Many of the authors, musicians, developers and other content creators we have spoken to want to be able to communicate to their potential customers that the customer can do more with their content than standard copyright law allows," said Bob Young, CEO of Lulu Press.

These licenses will "enable authors to communicate to users of their content how those consumers may use the content without requiring the user to contact the author each and every time," Young said... 

 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,56704,00.html

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