Elliot from Creative Commons sends us “An inspiring piece by our incoming CEO about why Creative Commons is important to him and how he plans to change the organization: “‘In today’s legal environment, the commons is increasingly under threat. New works are restricted by copyright from the moment they are created until long after their creators are dead, and stricter copyright rules are almost always demanded by large rights-holders who benefited from the commons in the first place. It’s like running across a rope bridge only to cut it loose once you get to the other side.'”