Case studies on Creative Commons licensing
Posted by Jacque on June 25th, 2008
The Creative Commons Foundation has launched a database of case studies highlighting CC licensed content from around the world, reports Read/WriteWeb.
Creative Commons (CC) licenses provide for a variety of means through which creators can share their work while retaining some control over it. The case study database is a way to learn from the experiences of others about how well this type of licensing works.
Creative Commons Business and Community Development Manager Jon Phillips says that the database has been in the works for months and was contributed to by quite a few CC community members.
“The breadth of examples already available is very commendable and many of them are quite well developed. The one thing we wish was included in each profile is some discussion of the distribution metrics of each project and any information available about the CC license’s impact on those metrics,” notes RWW. “We expect that this database will prove very useful for people all around the world and for the Creative Commons Foundation.”
