CCPlus

Summary

CC+ is CC license + Another agreement.

CC+ is a protocol to enable a simple way for users to get rights beyond the rights granted by a CC license. For example, a Creative Commons license might offer noncommercial rights. With CC+, the license can also provide a link to secure rights beyond noncommercial rights -- most obviously commercial rights, but also services of use even when commercial use is permitted, such as warranty, ability to use without attribution, or even access to performance or physical media.

The CC+ architecture gives businesses a simple way to move between the sharing and commercial economies. CC+ provides a lightweight standard around these best practices and is available for implementation immediately.

Solvable Problems

Legal

Creative Commons has solved this with Creative Commons licensing. Creative Commons has this one locked down. Rely on CC.

• What is CC? - One Page (pdf)

Human

Creative Commons has structured this so that you and/or your project can implement the rest of the social part to this equation.

• File:Ccplus-general.pdf - CC and CC+ Overview for the World Wide Web (pdf)
• Concepts and Pieces
  • healthy ecosystem

Technical

Similar to #Human, CC has structured the Technical part of CC+ so that you can implement the technical standard to be in compliance.

• File:Ccplus-technical.pdf - CC+ Technical Implementation for the World Wide Web (pdf) explaining how to add CC+ functionality to your site.
• Concepts and Pieces
  • RDFa and morePermissions
  • OpenStar

Simple Explanation

The basic concept is to have a Creative Commons license + some other agreement which provides morePermissions.

 + 

NOTE: Above, the CC license should link to the human deed and the generic commercial license would like to a place to get a commercial license for a work.

Here is the SVG (vector graphic) to the generic button if you would like to construct a commercial licensing button for your usage. The button is released into the public domain.

Easy CC+ Markups

Simplest CC+ Example

My Book by Jon Phillips is licensed under a 

<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons 
Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 License</a>. 

Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at 
<a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" rel="cc:morePermissions" href="http://somecompany.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">somecompany.com</a>.

A complete CC+ Implementation

<span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<span rel="dc:type" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dc:title">My Book</span> by 
<a rel="cc:attributionURL" property="cc:attributionName" href="http://rejon.org/my_book">Jon Phillips</a> 

is licensed under a 

<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/">Creative Commons 
Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 License</a>. 

<span rel="dc:source" href="http://deerfang.org/her_book"/>
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at 
<a rel="cc:morePermissions" 
href="http://somecompany.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">somecompany.com</a>.

</span>

A simple example of custom agreement on the same page

<a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" rel="cc:morePermissions" href="#agreement">below</a>

<a id="agreement">The Agreement</a>
... agreement text...

A simple agreement leading to mailto

<a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" 
   rel="cc:morePermissions" href="mailto:someuser@somedomain.com">custom license</a>

Examples

Actual

Strayform CC+ Integration

Mockups

Yahoo! Flickr CC+ Integration

Yahoo! Jumpcut CC+ Integration

Facebook CC+ Integration

Virb CC+ Integration

Usage

• To restrict commercial use with a CC license with NC condition, and then use a separate agreement with some party (could be yourself or third-party) to broker commercial rights (licensing, sales, reproduction, etc).
• To implement some type of Street Performer Protocol system to put works to the public domain or into another license, preferably more free and in the community interest.

Media

• The basics of this idea were formulated for Pixelodeon 2007 slides.
• CC+ Video by Eric Steuer. Script text here.
• File:Ccplus-general.pdf - CC and CC+ Overview for the World Wide Web (pdf)
• File:Ccplus-technical.pdf - CC+ Technical Implementation for the World Wide Web (pdf)

Collaborators

• Blip.tv
• Jamendo
• Magnatune
• Pump Audio
• Beatpick
• RightsAgent
• Youlicense
• Strayform
• Cloakx
• Copyright Clearance Center
• Add your project here!

External Links

• http://labs.creativecommons.org/metadata
• Research
  • http://www.warsystems.hu/?p=517
  • http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/7711

Relevant External Links

• * Article provides a tangential argument supporting tools like CC+ that can help get photographers paid for their work.