One idea that Ippolito brings up in his lecture that I find particularly interesting is when he talks about licensing with Creative Commons. As an avid “YouTuber”, I find this organization to benefit me, as well as others who post information and art on the Internet. In much of my work on YouTube, I use copyrighted work, like music. Creative Commons allows me to freely use this music while also giving credit to the original artist. Ippolito makes a point that Creative Commons is focused on consumption, which I do not completely agree with. I feel that there are many artists like myself who do not so much wish to limit others from “remixing” our own art, like the artists he mentioned on the CD, but simply ask to be able to share ideas and freely use the resources around us. Ippolito’s piece on Creative Commons has intrigued me to learn more about the organization and what other rights as an artist I am entitled to on the Internet.

Another idea that I found very interesting was his idea of how we should collaborate, rather than hord information. It made me realize how it is almost ironic as to why one would present scientific findings, research from studies, and different forms of media on the Internet, literally by definition a vast computer network which connects smaller computer networks, with the intention of keeping it away from public domain. With the Internet as our established tool of communicating ideas, I feel that we need to look beyond “hoarding information” and see the Internet for what it is: a place to connect ideas. I agree with Ippolito that the Internet should be more of a “sanctuary” for ideas and works. This concept of a sanctuary helped me embrace the idea of universal access even more.