Discussion Post - Copyright vs creativity

Respond to the following questions: 

1) Briefly describe your understanding of copyright, fair use, and creative commons. How do these terms relate to one another?

2) How does Lessig say that laws make criminals of today’s technology proficient children? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?  View Lessig here at the link  http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity

3) You have a blog that has become very popular with friends and strangers. They tell you that you are a great storyteller and a fantastic photographer and should write a book of your adventures.  You decide to self-publish a book of the stories and pictures you documented on your last trip and hope to make a little money from this venture. The book will be available in electronic form, so your pictures will be easy to “borrow” online. Would you apply for a copyright, a Creative Commons copyright, or no copyright at all? What is your reasoning?

4) A nice decision tree about copyright is available at the following link: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1085/CanIUseIt.pdf. Question: At the bottom of the .pdf, you’ll note that the work has been copyrighted. Does this mean that sharing this link with you as part of this discussion is a violation of copyright?

Requirement: 300 words - 2 references