I am actually still alive - just become addicted to Second Life, and it's been too cold, dark and horrible for photography.
I will do some non-second life created art work at some point, I promise ;)
Creative Commons is due to launch a UK version of its licenses on the 1st August. Unlike most copyleft licenses this one will be governed by English law.
They have produced the license in collaboration with the Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy at Oxford University and it's been designed to fit in with the BBC's Creative Archive project which will involve the BBC releasing some of its archives.
For more info see the Register article http://www.theregister.com/2004/10/04/creative_commons/
Or the BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3716218.stm
Creative Commons UK pages http://creativecommons.org/projects/international/uk/