CC's Cool Mission Statement

So far my assignment in the Intellectual property and Creative Commons group is to summarize what Creative Commons (CC) is. I like the way they describe themselves on their About page:

"Our vision is nothing less than realizing the full potential of the Internet — universal access to research and education, full participation in culture — to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity."

The way they try to achieve that mission is they create licenses that content creators can choose instead of traditional copyright licenses. CC licenses are much more share and remix-friendly than traditional copyrights.

I like their vision because it provides one answer to the question I posed in my last post: is the digital public as entitled to share, remix, and redistribute media as they seem to feel like they are? Creative Commons' answer seems to be: "No, they aren't entitled to break the rules of the traditional copyright model. However, wouldn't it be awesome if we could make that model obsolete,? Move past it? Wouldn't it be cool to fully develop the openness culture we're just starting to experiment with? Because it's possible."

I like their approach.