Comments on: Creative Commons Gets Creative http://pubfrontier.com/2007/12/22/creative-commons-gets-creative/ A raucous public discussion of the publishing revolution. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:10:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sandy Thatcher http://pubfrontier.com/2007/12/22/creative-commons-gets-creative/#comment-88 Sandy Thatcher Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:48:33 +0000 http://pubfrontier.com/2007/12/22/creative-commons-gets-creative/#comment-88 The Copyright Clearance Center, of course, was established via Congressional mandate in 1978 to provide precisely the kind of easy and centralized permissions-clearing service that CC licenses now mimic. The CCC's latest technology now allows corporate users at their desktops to secure permission for multiple types of use of copyrighted material in the CCC's massive database seamlessly, without having to interrupt their workflow. Eventually, it is hoped, this same kind of seamless clearing of permissions will be extended to the academic sector. The Copyright Clearance Center, of course, was established via Congressional mandate in 1978 to provide precisely the kind of easy and centralized permissions-clearing service that CC licenses now mimic. The CCC’s latest technology now allows corporate users at their desktops to secure permission for multiple types of use of copyrighted material in the CCC’s massive database seamlessly, without having to interrupt their workflow. Eventually, it is hoped, this same kind of seamless clearing of permissions will be extended to the academic sector.

]]> By: Michael Jensen http://pubfrontier.com/2007/12/22/creative-commons-gets-creative/#comment-51 Michael Jensen Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:44:48 +0000 http://pubfrontier.com/2007/12/22/creative-commons-gets-creative/#comment-51 Thanks, Joe, for highlighting this. It's a great thing indeed.<br><br> This may be a precursor to a working version of Ted Nelson's radical notion of "transclusion" and micropayments, supporting an ecosystem (and economy) of participatory authoring, sharing, and repurposing of others' material. Thanks, Joe, for highlighting this. It’s a great thing indeed.

This may be a precursor to a working version of Ted Nelson’s radical notion of “transclusion” and micropayments, supporting an ecosystem (and economy) of participatory authoring, sharing, and repurposing of others’ material.

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