CC Publisher
We're in the process of updating this to include some user documentation; bear with us... Nathan
What is it?
ccPublisher is a tool that does two things: it will help you tag your audio and video files with information about your license and it allows you to upload Creative Commons-licensed audio and video works to the Internet Archive for free hosting. You also have the option of publishing the licensed and tagged audio works on your own site.
Installing ccPublisher
Installing the application is as simple as downloading the appropriate package below. Once downloaded simply double click the installer (Windows) or drag the application file to your Applications directory (Mac), then run the program.
Windows
CC Publisher 1.1.1.msi (Windows XP/2000 Installer Package)
Mac
CC Publisher 1.1.1.dmg (Mac OS X Disk Image)
Using ccPublisher
<img src="/images/publish/1-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder" /></a>
Step one: Dragging your songs/videos into CC Publisher
Start the CC Publisher application and hit Next on the introductory screen. The process starts by adding your files to be tagged/uploaded. You can use the browse function to find the files, or simply drag and drop as many files that you would like to license (all with the same license) and upload (all into the same collection at Internet Archive).
<img src="/images/publish/2-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder" /></a>
Step two: Adding information about your works
The next screen will ask for information about your recording or video, which will help others find it at the archive and build up the metadata in your audio files.
<img src="/images/publish/3-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder" /></a>
Step three: Choose your license
CC Publisher lets you choose one of several license types and the options for each.
<img src="/images/publish/4-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder" /></a>
Step four: Logging into the Internet Archive
To upload your works to the Internet Archive, you'll need an account there to associate your files with. If you don't have an account there, there is a handy button within CC Publisher that will launch a web browser and allow you to join it.
<img src="/images/publish/5-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder" /></a>
Step five: Start your upload to the Archive
The final step is to upload your works to the Internet Archive. Depending on your connection and the size of files you are uploading, this step can take anywhere from a few seconds to several hours.
<img src="/images/publish/6-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder" /></a>
Step six: All done!
When your upload is complete, the Publisher application will furnish you with a URL that should be live within 24 hours at the Archive. If you'd like to use a file-sharing application or add the files to your own website, the file can be found in its original location on your computer, which you can upload to a site or move into a shared downloads folder for P2P (for more info, see <a href="http://creativecommons.org/audio/publish-morpheus">our tutorial for sharing your CC music via Morpheus</a>).
Support
If you have problems with ccPublisher, or just questions or suggestions, you can do one of two things:
- email software@creativecommons.org (good)
- file a bug or feature request in the ccPublisher Tracker (better)
Developers
ccPublisher developer information is located on the ccPublisher Developer page. Discussion about feature requests and development takes place on the cc-devel mailing list.
