It is interesting to read about the idea of changing copyright into copyleft. After studying the origins of copyright in the Comm law class last semester, I learned that copyright was developed originally when mass media and distribution started trampling over the rights of the author or artist. It is interesting how this concept has developed to match the mass media that we know today: the internet.
I love that this service, or this application, is tailored to the person for customization much like many other internet services and websites. Not only can the author choose if they want to allow readers to reproduce their work, they can also specify if they are open to commercial use, to derivative works, etc. While copyright is limited, copyleft opens up the possibilities to the availability to information through the internet, but also the protection the author is asking when they put this information online.
I've always thought that once information is online, it would be hard to keep protection from others and information would be completely open to readers to reproduce or use the information without the author's consent. This new development however shows that steps are being taken to protect original works online, but still allowing room for information to be used by readers and users of the internet- -showing the real meaning of internet (a means of dissemination for information for others to use).
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