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From the land of Silvio Berlusconi and a compliant and self-censoring mainstream press, Drome magazine presents: Copyleft.

Drome is the first Italian culture magazine to license their content under copyleft. This grants their readers the freedom to reproduce all articles as they wish.

Copyleft is, naturally, a play on the word copyright. The difference is that while copyright laws control and restrict the redistribution of an original work, copyleft frees the information to be modified, reused, and passed on under the same generous terms.

While copyleft was originally developed in relation to software, there are licensing options available for non-software production. Creative Commons provides this service to writers, artists, scientist, and educators who want to share their work with greater flexibility than what standard copyright laws allow.

An adaptation for Italy has already been produced by Creative Commons Worldwide. There are also salons taking place across the globe to bring together those interested in licensing that promotes freedom and cooperation.

Don’t see your city listed? Organize it.

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Trigger: Creative Commons