One of the stupidest mis-conceptions of our time is, in my opinion, that if copyright laws and the like don’t let innovators claim total and restrictive ownership over their creations, people will simply stop creating. Of course this isn’t true, people have been creating and sharing long before copyright and intellectual property became a reality, and will continue to do so long after these things are abolished. Big Buck Bunny, an animation short is a beautiful example of just this. It’s an animation short, licensed under the most unrestrictive Creative Commons license, meaning the work can be freely shared, remixed and distributed. You can watch it here:

http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/