[cc-community] CC+?

Jon Phillips jon at creativecommons.org
Tue Oct 9 19:54:21 EDT 2007


On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 18:49 -0500, Terry Hancock wrote:
> Elizabeth Stark wrote:
> >>Let me say again that I find the idea of paying artists to free their
> >>works to the public excellent and I wonder whether it can be implemented (
> >>i.e. whether enough people would be willing to pay for this, or whether
> >>funds/institutions/organizations can be set up with the purpose of freeing
> >>works in this manner).
> > 
> > So my friend Ben Sisto has been mulling around a similar idea for a while.
> > His idea would be to give artists grants (ideally community-funded) in
> > return for the releasing of the product under CC licenses (ideally the freer
> > ones). It's true that the sum probably wouldn't be huge, but it should be
> > enough for living costs for a while and to cover equipment.
> > 
> > This may be a little different, though, as it's presumed that the grant will
> > be to make the work in the first place, but I don't see why it couldn't be
> > extended to pre-existing works as well.
> 
> Actually, this would be a great resource.
> 
> One of the biggest problems with commissioning work in advance is that
> you don't really know whether you're going to be able to use the result.
> You have to have a lot of faith that the artist is going to deliver
> something you can work with (some artists are consistent like clockwork,
> others a whole lot less so ;-) ).
> 
> Also, you find the artist who you think will be good based on what
> they've already done. So in many cases, it'll be true that the best
> thing is just to get a new license on an existing work.
> 
> Furthermore, if an artist is willing to list a price for releasing work
> to the SA-domain, it's a good signal that they are someone you can work
> with and who'll be willing to work with you on SA-licensed projects. It
> indicates not only that you probably can commission SA-licensed work
> from them, but also gives you an idea of what they're going to expect to
> get paid for their work (something which can vary wildly, of course).
> 
> Putting work up under an NC license, along with a shingle that says "pay
> me $X to release to SA -- or commission something similar" is not a bad
> business model.
> 
> Cheers,
> Terry

Totally agree...now we just need someone to implement...as I said, this
would be *brilliant* to roll into the CC+ project and make sure that the
commercial promotion is matched with how this fits into sustainability
of free and open culture :) Great all...you guys made my day!

Jon

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