The Creative Commons Add-In for Office is a free utility that licenses your Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents in just a few clicks. The drop-down menu sits on a tab (on the Ribbon menu for Office 2007) and uses a wizard to guide you through choosing the appropriate license. Unfortunately, it’s Windows only, no Mac. The free download is available from Microsoft for Office 2007 and Office 2003/XP.

EveryStockPhoto.com is a search engine for Creative Commons photos. Although it is your responsibility to check the licensing terms at the host site for any photo you wish to use, most of these will be free for non-commercial use, and many may also allow commercial use. To learn more about Creative Commons, watch the explanatory videos.

If you post pictures to your website, it’s nearly impossible to stop others from stealing them and using your pix on other sites. But you can do a few things to deter image theft, such as branding your photos with your copyright and URL, and posting your copyright policy on your site. Read more at Ask-Leo.com.

Music, music everywhere. But is it legal to copy it, share it, rip it, or pass it on? Learn your digital rights at Satefyed.org. For more general copyright education, try Copyright Kids.