Creative Commons

The subject of copyright comes up at some point during the creative process, but it's not an easy thing to understand and isn't very flexible in the digital world-wide market. Along comes Creative Commons and puts a whole new twist to how you protect your art. As their site says:

Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved."

So now you have a bunch of choices instead of all or nothing.