In a direct response to Access Copyright's Captain Copyright, a Victoria writer and artist has produced The Pig and the Box, a short children's story designed to foster the values of sharing. Indeed, the work is available under a Creative Commons licensed and the author advises that it has already been translated into five languages and downloaded more than 25,000 times.
The Pig and the Box
July 15, 2006
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