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  • From: Sigmascape1 AT cs.com
  • To: cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org
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  • Subject: Re: Creative Commons and XMP
  • Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 08:11:04 -0400

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>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 09:43:08 -0700
>From: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT creativecommons.org>
>Subject: Re: Creative Commons and XMP
>To: Discussion on the Creative Commons license drafts
> <cc-licenses AT lists.ibiblio.org>
>Message-ID: <4089479C.90205 AT creativecommons.org>
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>Sigmascape1 AT cs.com wrote:
>> I was thinking about XMP, and its use. I use Adobe Photoshop a lot,
> > and I utilize Adobe’s Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) for tagging
> > purposes. Do any Creative Commons' license logos exist for use in XMP?
>
>I'm not sure what you mean. XMP is metadata. AFAIK it doesn't encode
>logos. We do have a "custom metadata panel" for Photoshop
><http://creativecommons.org/technology/xmp> that you can use to embed CC
>metadata via XMP in images and PDFs.
>
> > For example, when you simply want to add a copyright tag in Photoshop
>> you choose it from the menu and save it. After this is done, you see
>> next to the file name, a standard copyright symbol. Anything like that
>> available so if I want to distribute images that are set-up to be
>> "Attribution" or a variation, it would allow a CC mark to appear when
>> the file is opened?
>
>In what context do you see a copyright symbol? I suspect it is some
>application looking at the copyright status in XMP and displaying a (c)
>when appropriate. The question is what application. We could try to
>convince its creators to display a (cc) if CC license metadata is embedded.
>
>--
> Mike Linksvayer
> http://creativecommons.org/learn/aboutus/people#21
>
>
That's exactly what I meant. In Photoshop, you open a document, and if it is
XMP'd with a copyright, it shows up next to the file name when it is opened.

Thanks!

Mitch Featherston




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