[jonathan lall]

Well it's not just under Canadian law. Creative Commons is just as, if not more, binding in the United States. In both our countries however, certain website content is not automatically public domain as some might assume. A Creative Commons license is just a further affirmation (with a few stipulations) that under US/Canadian laws, and international treaty, no one can use what I make as his or her own. For the purposes of a website, this is probably more than enough I would say. The issue isn't really whether it's legal or not anyway; it is with how enforceable these laws are.