Use a simple license written with at least some vague grasp of the needs of copyright law for licensing, please. Much as I respect the people associated with C

Use a simple license written with at least some vague grasp of the needs of copyright law for licensing, please. Much as I respect the people associated with Copyheart (Nina Paley, who I think created this whole Copyheart thing, is the "artist in residence" at QuestionCopyright.org), I find the way some people try to basically just pretend copyright doesn't exist as a way to fight against the problems it creates somewhat naive and/or irresponsible. If you want to make your works available freely to others in the same spirit as the Copyheart thing, feel free to slap a Copyheart message on it, but please add a simple, clean, copyfree license on it (such as the COIL, Open Works License, or WTFPL) on the thing as well. The reason to do that is not for your benefit so much as it is for the work's benefit and that of the recipient. A vague, hand-wavy statement like the Copyheart message can expose people who copy, share, and possibly modify your works to legal difficulties down the road. Consider, for example, what happens if you get hit by a bus tomorrow and a week later your heirs start sending DMCA takedown notices to people circulating remixes or modifications of your work, even if those remixes are respectful, adhere to the spirit of your efforts, and give all due credit to you as the creator. Chances are very good that any attempts to fight such takedowns would not stand up well in court if the Copyheart message is all that you offered as "protection" for the people spreading your work to new fans. Please, do the responsible thing. Use a simple license that is very clear and complete in its intent, such as the COIL, Open Works License, or WTFPL -- or pick anything from the list of Copyfree Initiative certified licenses that suits your fancy, I suppose: http://copyfree.org/licenses http://copyfree.org/licenses