Submitted by John Locke on

This isn't exactly new, but apparently it's news. A popular rapper, Chuck D, has decided to release an album under a Creative Commons license, which specifically gives people permission to reuse the work in other works. He's doing it because of the results he got from a song he released several months ago under the license. Read more at MSNBC - Rewriting the rules of copyright.

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