Creative Commons expands protocol for commercial licensing
Posted by Jacque on January 8th, 2008
A new protocol allows content creators to share their work freely and still charge a fee for its commercial use, reports Campus Technology Magazine.
The Creatvive Commons foundation recently released CCPlus (CC+) as an option for those who wish to dual-license their work. It’s not a new license, rather it is an extension that may be applied to the existing Creative Commons license. Any work already under a noncommercial license may have a licensing clause added that causes commercial usage conditions to be governed by CC+.
Under CC+, authors may reserve other rights in addition to commercial usage, such as access to warranties and permission to use without attributing. For example, a content creator may record a song or create digital artwork that may be freely distributed across the Internet, but remixing or derivative works are forbidden under the free license. With CC+, provisions may be made for those interested in creating derivative works by allowing such actions in exchange for licensing fees, making for the best of both worlds.
Read more from Creative Commons. Thanks, Jean, for calling CC+ to my attention.
