Creative Commons for StartupsDarius Whelan17 Feb. 2017

Creative Commons Toolkit for Business

◎Developed by CC Portugal in 2015

◎See blog post by Fátima São Simão and Teresa Nobre

◎https://creativecommons.org/2015/11/13/creative-commons-toolkit-for-business/

◎Paul Stacey and Sarah Pearson, Made with Creative Commons Book Project

◎ Funded by Kickstarter campaign◎https://

www.kickstarter.com/projects/creativecommons/made-with-creative-commons-a-book-on-open-business

Made With Creative Commons Case Studies

• Opendesk (UK, open 3D design / furniture manufacturing)• Lumen Learning (US, higher education/OER)• OpenStax (US, education/open textbooks/publisher)• Wikimedia Foundation (US, encyclopedia +)• Rijksmuseum (Netherlands, Museum/GLAM)• Noun Project (US, icons/symbols platform)• Open Data Institute (UK, open data advocacy and services)• Tribe of Noise (Netherlands, music platform)• Figshare (UK, research data/education/publishing)• Cards Against Humanity (US, game)

• Amanda Palmer (US, musician, author, artist)• Cory Doctorow (Canadian but living in LA,

writer, activist)• Arduino (Italy, open hardware & software)• The Conversation

(Australia/US/France/Africa, journalism)• Jonathan Mann (US, music)• Shareable Magazine (US, niche publishing)• Knowledge Unlatched (UK, open monograph

publishing)• Sparkfun (US, hardware)• PLOS (US, research journal)

• Blender (Netherlands, film, 3D modelling)• Artica (Uruguay, cultural management)• TeachAids (US, software & education)• Siyavula (Africa, textbooks and intelligent

practice)• Figure.nz (New Zealand, open data publishing)

The Noun Project – www.thenounproject.com – USA

A platform for visual symbols and icons. Aggregates and curates symbols and icons from a global network and profiles the designers of each work. Icons and symbols are licensed under CC licences. Currently over 150,000 icons available.

• Users can download and use the icons for free as long as they give attribution to the original creator.

• Revenue is generated when users do not want to give attribution.

• Project has built a range of additional tools and services to support bulk use for a fee; integration of symbols and icons to apps using an API

• Additional tools generate revenue. • Revenue is split between designers and the

Noun Project.

OpenDesk – www.opendesk.cc - London

• Collection of digital designs for furniture from a range of international designers.

• Designs are CC licensed and can be downloaded and customised by users to fit their specific needs.

• Users can make furniture themselves from the design for non-commercial use in a do-it-yourself fashion.

• OpenDesk and their designers make revenue when a user wants a local maker to do the cutting for them.

Tribe of Noise ◎ www.tribeofnoise.com

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