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==What is it?==
 
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==Using ccPublisher==
 
==Using ccPublisher==
  
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<h3 class="orange">Step one: Dragging your songs/videos into CC Publisher</h3>
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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).
 
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).
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<span class="publish-pics"><img src="/images/publish/2-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder"  /></a></span>
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===Step two: Adding information about your works===
<h3 class="orange">Step two: Adding information about your works</h3>
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The next screen will ask for information about your work, which will help others find it at the Internet Archive.
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===Step three: Choose your license===
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CC Publisher lets you choose one of several license types and the options for each.
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===Step four: Specify format information===
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Format information helps the Internet Archive
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===Step five: Select your destination===
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ccPublisher lets you upload your work to the Internet Archive or generate some HTML for use when hosting it yourself.  Select your destination and click Next. For details on self-hosting, see [[CcPublisher Self-Hosting]].
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.
 
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<span class="publish-pics"><img src="/images/publish/3-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder"  /></a></span>
 
<h3 class="orange">Step three: Choose your license</h3>
 
  
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===Step six: Logging into the Internet Archive===
CC Publisher lets you choose one of several license types and the options for each.</p>
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<span class="publish-pics"><img src="/images/publish/4-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder"  /></a></span>
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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, you can go to http://archive.org and create one.
<h3 class="orange">Step four: Logging into the Internet Archive</h3>
 
  
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===Step seven: Start your upload to the 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.
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<span class="publish-pics"><img src="/images/publish/5-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder"  /></a></span>
 
<h3 class="orange">Step five: Start your upload to the Archive</h3>
 
  
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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.
 
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.
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<span class="publish-pics"><img src="/images/publish/6-ccpublisher.gif" width="200" height="200" alt="using CC Publisher" class="imgborder"  /></a></span>
 
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===Step eight: All done!===
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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>).</p>
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When your upload is complete, click Next and 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 [http://creativecommons.org/audio/publish-morpheus our tutorial for sharing your CC music via Morpheus]).</p>
  
 
== Support ==
 
== Support ==

Revision as of 17:05, 19 May 2006


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

File:Ccp2 screenshot 1.png

Step one: Dragging your songs/videos into ccPublisher

Ccp2 screenshot 2.png

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).

Step two: Adding information about your works

Ccp Screenshot 3.png

The next screen will ask for information about your work, which will help others find it at the Internet Archive.

Step three: Choose your license

Ccp2 screenshot 4.png

CC Publisher lets you choose one of several license types and the options for each.

Step four: Specify format information

Ccp2 screenshot 5.png

Format information helps the Internet Archive

Step five: Select your destination

Ccp2 screenshot 6.png

ccPublisher lets you upload your work to the Internet Archive or generate some HTML for use when hosting it yourself. Select your destination and click Next. For details on self-hosting, see CcPublisher Self-Hosting.

Step six: Logging into the Internet Archive

Ccp2 screenshot 7.png

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, you can go to http://archive.org and create one.

Step seven: Start your upload to the Archive

Ccp2 screenshot 8.png

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.

Step eight: All done!

Ccp2 screenshot 9.png

When your upload is complete, click Next and 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 our tutorial for sharing your CC music via Morpheus).

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.