The last two weeks’ readings and sources have been centered around information sharing and access to that information. One of the biggest questions I have begun pondering is: do content creators have a responsibility to share their knowledge and content freely? At first thought, my immediate response is YES. As we all know knowledge helps create learning and as an educator, my goal is to promote learning. Authors Smith and Casserly also align their thinking this way feeling “that the world's knowledge is a public good” and the positives for the open sharing of knowledge outweigh the negative concerns (Smith & Casserly 2006). However, when I think about all knowledge sharing being completely open and free to all it also makes me worried. Worried that future content could be misused or misrepresented in ways. Worried that “fake news” will become an even bigger problem or that the content creators will lose credit. These worries then validate some of the reasons why copyright laws