Creative Commons

[abinidi]

So another post made me think about Creative Commons. I've heard a lot about it, but don't understand how it works.

 

I went to their website, but didn't find much helpful informaiton about how to get your images indexed in their search.

 

I went to the Creative Commons website and clicked the "Publish" image, and I got the HTML code that I added to my coppermine template. What's next? What do I have to do to get my content indexed by the Creative Commons website so people can find my images? How will they know where my site is if I don't tell them?

 

What else should I know about Creative Commons?

 

Thanks for your input.

[TweezerMan]

Creative Commons offers a series of copyright licenses for authors. Authors choose an appropriate CC license specifying what rights users do and do not have with regards to the use of their original work, and the license chosen is displayed on the author's web site for all users to see.

 

I did not see any way to submit your site to the Creative Commons search engine, but the HTML code they gave you should have included an img tag with a src attribute that links back to the CC web site. When someone browses your web site, the image will be pulled from the CC web servers, and they will know of your web site by looking at the referers in their web server's access log. I presume this is how the CC search engine will find out about your site.

 

I don't know what you'd like to know about Creative Commons or their licenses. I know a little bit about them from the web and from the CC support built into Movable Type. About the only advice I have is choose your license carefully - some of the licenses can't be revoked if you change your mind.

[pompey_john]

I am sorry I have no idea how to get your content indexed by the website. David's explanation sounds likely.

 

The biggest issue with CC seems to be attribution. For audio there are positive steps; CC Mixter. However, it is still a huge - if not the main - hurdle that needs to be overcome.

 

Also many people have concerns about the large number of CC licenses there aree, and how they interact. Recently the number of licenses has come down. I think there are five at present. I expect it to reduce further still.

 

I have a link on my site Open Source Music Info that points to a good intro on the CC site. That link appears to be down at the moment, but I am sure is a good link.

 

Here is another link (which is also on my site) of a very good video created by CC Australia.

 

Also I attended a symposium (Music Commons) recently with some intersting speakers. One of them was Paula De Lieu; Director of Creative Commons International. She gave a fantastic talk about CC.

 

Dave at Music Commons is in the process of encoding the video of the conference for download. I am sure that in time there will be audio only files. At the moment they are huge files - and unless you have Quicktime Pro you'll not be able to see them. (It seems to be some sort of codec problem.)

 

When that is resolved I'll mirror them on my site, and post a reply here to say they are live.

 

Hope that all helps

[ronaldp423]

This might help. An article that explains CC alittle.

 

 

http://trends.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/08/15/193209

[abinidi]

This might help. An article that explains CC alittle.

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Thanks everybody!