I'm going to be the dissenting voice here and say that I think Creative Commons is great. I don't know a huge amount about it but what I've read would indicate that it simply offers a more web-based, social-media-friendly flexibility to copyright. Obviously creators of works need to apply a good amount of thought before making the decision about whether to go CC or C, and which type of licence to go for, but that's kind of for the best! For something like a blog it makes complete sense to me; on the web the lines are blurred between sharing and copying - but (without knowing about CC before) I'd picked up on the fact that bloggers always attribute who owns what when using content from other blogs/sites/images etc. With something like a blog the idea is to get people to read your blog - otherwise you're in a vacuum and its no fun. If a well-known blogger namedrops you in a post you get a thousand extra people who wouldn't noramlly know where to begin finding you are clicking on links to your blog. I think its broadly indicative of the new ways in which communities regulate themselves and share at the same time. I'm not using Flickr yet but I cant wait til we get there! Flickr uses CC. However, if you did want to make money from your photos you might need to double-think...But for me the bottom line is that people borrow ideas all the time and build upon them to make something new.
