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'Balance must be struck' in copyright laws, says Creative Commons founder -

(dailystar.com.lb): The Creative Commons founder, who is also the director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center of Ethics at Harvard University discussed ways that his organization has been able to bridge a gap between the professional and the amateur when it comes to copyright licenses. Creative Commons enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through legal tools, where the professional can decide the conditions of how other people can use their work. Today’s technology has given people the ability to remix copyrighted materials for artistic and creative purposes, but because the law supports a read-only culture, it does not recognize the idea of re-interpretation.

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