Firemind And Copyright

I am helping Gale with understanding the Creative Commons license she is interested in. It led to the following points which I decided to post here. I hope to work on this some more and any feedback would be appreciated.

Firemind is full copyright for a number of reasons:

1. I tended to write longer essay style posts and didn't want someone mushing up my work.


2. I wanted people to come to my site and send their friends to read my interesting stuff. I didn't want people with popular blogs copying my stuff to enhance their readership at the expense of mine.


3. A lot of my writing is personal in the sense that I take my ideas and work them out on paper. A lot of time, and energy, and feeling goes into these posts.


4. I have wanted to be a writer for years. Here I AM a writer. Someday I may incorporate these posts into something 'published for profit'.


5. I have thought of licensing Firemind through Creative Commons but I just haven't come to a firm decision.