Development of Creative Commons licenses

[Sigmascape1 AT cs.com]

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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
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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