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=== Rights Brokering ===
 
=== Rights Brokering ===
  
Since Creative Commons licenses are non-exclusive, companies can act as rights brokers to make commercial agreements for users.
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Since Creative Commons licenses are non-exclusive, companies can act as rights brokers to make other commercial agreements with copyright holders.
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There is a more technical example of this on [http://labs.creativecommons.org/ CC Labs].
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==== Examples ====
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* [http://magnatune.com/ Magnatune]
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** All content is licensed restrictively with a Creative Commons license, but commercial rights are brokered for standard set fees for various uses/distribution options (film, radio, youtube, etc).
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* [http://pumpaudio.com]

Revision as of 00:36, 28 March 2007

This is where various business approaches in and around Creative Commons' activities are discussed. Please help by adding to this page.

Approaches

Rights Brokering

Since Creative Commons licenses are non-exclusive, companies can act as rights brokers to make other commercial agreements with copyright holders.

There is a more technical example of this on CC Labs.

Examples

  • Magnatune
    • All content is licensed restrictively with a Creative Commons license, but commercial rights are brokered for standard set fees for various uses/distribution options (film, radio, youtube, etc).
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