Do you want people to redistribute your stories, articles, and web writing widely, as long as they give you credit?

Do you mind if people copy your stuff, so long as they don't make money off it?

Do you like the idea of other people making new works based on yours — provided they offer those derivations back to the public on the same terms?

Do you want to help create and have access to a pool of royalty-free writing?

Then visit the Creative Commons website.

Here is the info specific to Writers' and Bloggers'

So Steve, how about marking your articles as 'creative commons'

Really, how can you support 'Intellectual Property Rights'

"Intellectual property rights are theoretically intended to provide recognition for all products of the mind, such as inventions, music, or books. However, the recent wave of trade agreements have established intellectual property rights provisions that are biased towards protecting and compensating corporate-sponsored activity."
-- from Global Exchange