Content Player and Sharing Applications

Browser toolbar or plugin that extracts and displays license metadata embedded in a page

You've probably seen our "some rights reserved" and "no rights reserved" (for public domain works) buttons on many web pages, but there's more. Whenever a user copies HTML generated by our license selection application they get the button and also a block of metadata describing the licensed work and the license it is offered to the public under. You can't normally see that information without viewing the web page's source. A toolbar or plugin that exploited this hidden information could take many forms. One possibility: If a page has valid license metadata, place a (cc) icon on the toolbar. Mousing over the icon brings up a transient window which displays the license characteristics associated with the license and any descriptive metadata also present. Please see Browser toolbar or plugin that extracts and displays license metadata embedded in a page.

Integrate CC Metadata into Browser Aides

CC isn't the only metadata game in town -- browser tools like the Google Toolbar, Piggy Bank, the Alexa Toolbar and others all expose additional information about a page in your browser. A successful answer to this challenge would explore adding CC support to an existing browser aide and make it happen. Please see Integrate CC Metadata into Browser Aides.

Media player and file sharing applications and embedded license claims

Media players and file sharing applications should read, verify and display license claims embedded in files. Please see Media player and file sharing applications and embedded license claims.

Advanced Media Player Search and Browse UI

Searching by artist or album is so 2005; we challenge you to implement a user interface for a media player which allows searching and browsing files based on CC metadata properties or other interesting metadata. One (perhaps the preferred) way to meet this challenge would be to utilize whatever OS level support is available. Please see Advanced Media Player Search and Browse UI.

Generative Art Maker

Screen savers, collage makers, mood music generators and similar could make excellent use of CC-licensed work, and automatically create derivative works. Networked and "smart" versions thereof could usher in a new age of bad art, and some great art. See the challenge detail page for content pools you can draw from and for further information.

Commedia

Many independent artists create great content. However, many of it is located in obscure corners of the web. A legal bittorrent based p2p distribution system could bring Creative Commons content and artists together in one place. It would not only provide a distribution system, but also a system for collaboration amongst artists at no cost.