[Cc-nz] Report on
Brian Opie
brian.opie at vuw.ac.nz
Tue Nov 27 21:11:13 EST 2007
Thanks for your "eyes open" on the digital world, Sam. This is a useful link
to have.
Best wishes
Brian
On 27/11/07 1:55 PM, "Sam Searle" <sam.searle at mcs.vuw.ac.nz> wrote:
> Those involved in CC-NZ and with an interest in the heritage sector
> might be interested in a recently released report from the Eduserv
> Foundation:
>
> Snapshot study on the use of open content licences in the UK cultural
> heritage sector
> http://www.eduserv.ac.uk/upload/foundation/studies/cc2007/final.pdf
>
> Of ~100 organisations responding to a web-based survey, most had digital
> content online (usually images and text). 59 respondents were aware of
> Creative Archive or Creative Commons, but only 10 were using a CA or CC
> licence for some of their content. Another 12 have plans to use a CA or
> CC licence in the future, and 29 respondents were assessing (informally
> or formally) the impact of making content available using open content
> licenses so hopefully that means the ball is rolling, if a little more
> slowly than many would like...
>
> CC-UK licenses were launched 2 years ago, so this level of awareness and
> usage might be an interesting benchmark as we move forwards.
>
> Cheers
> Sam
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