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CC in Museums
Brooklyn Museum
• image collection is under CC BY-NC
• open API that community members can query
• remix contest collaboration with Blondie guitarist
Chris Stein resulted in BM releasing Stein-produced
audio stems under CC BY-NC-SA
• “CC allows us to change as we grow and that’s very
valuable – it means we can take small steps toward
larger goals and do so as the institution feels
comfortable.”
Powerhouse Museum at dusk, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0, http://www.flickr.com/photos/16870059@N04/2325760918/
CC in Journalism
Al Jazeera
• CC video repository: broadcast-quality video of the
war in Gaza, made available to anyone for use under
CC BY
• amidst scarcity of news footage, CC BY enabled
other news orgs to reuse and report on footage
• International Herald Tribune: “In a conflict where
the Western news media have been largely
prevented from reporting from Gaza … Al Jazeera
has had a distinct advantage. It was already there.”
spot.us
• local news: currently the SF bay area and LA
• any member of the public can commission and fund
journalists to report a story. contributions are tax
deductible and ~90% go to reporter
• if a news organization buys exclusive rights to the
story, donations are reimbursed. otherwise, all content
is made available via CC BY
CC in Music
Jonathan Coulton
“Every month I get more traffic,
more donations/sales, and more
fans. I’m quite certain that having
a CC license on all the music has
really helped that process...
something that wouldn’t have
happened as easily if the music
was all locked up with DRM and
the full battery of copyright
restrictions.”
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Architecture for Humanity
• nonprofit that seeks architectural solutions to
humanitarian crises
• Open Architecture Network - architects share and
build on each others work via CC licenses
• built Community Resource Centers in response to
Haiti earthquake. all work produced in centers to be
released under a CC license
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