Creative Commons: Affiliate Network, Metrics & Case Studies

Michelle ThorneInternational Project Manager

is a nonprofit organization

What: Increase the amount of creative works in the commons

How: Free, easy-to-use legal tools to grant copyright permissions in creative work

Who: 30 employees, over 200 affiliates in 72 jurisdictions, and millions of creators around the globe

Why use CC licenses & how?

CC Affiliate Network

3 Layers

<span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<span rel="dc:type" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dc:title">My Book</span> by <a rel="cc:attributionURL" property="cc:attributionName" href="http://rejon.org/my_book">Jon Phillips</a> is licensed under a

<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/lu">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Luxembourg License</a>.

<span rel="dc:source" href="http://deerfang.org/her_book"/>Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at <a rel="cc:morePermissions" href="http://somecompany.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">somecompany.com</a>.

</span>

Metrics

Research Challenges:

Analysis of license usage by language, region

Changes in licensing preference over time, across geography

Measuring welfare impact of Creative Commons

Economic value of sharing

Harmonizing copyright tools across multiple jurisdictions

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Source:

“A week after the album's release, the official Nine Inch Nails site reported over 750,000 purchase and download transactions, amassing over US$1.6 million in sales.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_I-IV#cite_note-tribune-12

Source:

“Pre-orders of the $300 'Ultra-Deluxe Limited Edition' sold out in less than three days of its release.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghosts_I-IV#cite_note-13

>90Mill Imgs

BY SA:

Fritzinghttp://fritzing.org

Arduinohttp://arduino.cc/

The defence rests, Steve Punterhttp://www.flickr

.com/photos/11051496@N00/3238629251/

BY NC ND:

The World for Barack Obama (Mosaic Illustration), tsevis

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsevis/2979281431/

Wild Card, SlinkyDragonhttp://www.flickr

.com/photos/26097244@N02/2548935726/

BY:

Planet Manama, jdl_deleonhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/21386962@N05/3316175652/

Blender http://www.blender.org/

BY NC:

Charles Darwin for Time Magazine, tsevis http://www.flickr.com/photos/tsevis/3288860652/

BY NC SA:

Pamoyohttp://pamoyo.com

Ronen Kadishinhttp://www.ronen-kadushin.com/Open_Design.asp

Replicating Rapid-Prototype Ethan Heimhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/ethanheim

Attribution

Creative Commonshttp://creativecommons.org

Case Studieshttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies

Metricshttp://wiki.creativecommons.org/Metrics

michelle@creativecommons.org