Be Common on October 15, 2008
October 10, 2008 by Jon Gatrell
Ever since the original launch of the interim board, the group has actively been working to move the goals forward for the Social Media Club, it’s members and the industry. As part of the outreach to the community, members of the Social Media Club have engaged numerous groups to see if there are opportunities to align activities and initiatives to encourage best practices social media. Creative Commons, a non-profit organization, who focuses on providing a standardized way to manage the netherworld between copyright and public domain content represents a key standards focused organization for encouraging best practices in social media. The licensing provided by Creative Commons allows creators to share content which can be remixed or even used for commercial purposes while providing the necessary acknowledgment and controls for the author/creator.
As stated in Chris’ post on the Social Media Club’s 4 projects, increasing awareness and adoption for industry standards is central to the mission of the group. To that end, October 15, 2008 represents the first opportunity to evangelize the importance of standards and move this mission forward in partnership with Creative Commons.
So what can YOU do to help create more awareness around the important service Creative Commons provides? There are 3 ideas which certainly would help which have been bantered around, but I suspect the community can come up with more by October 15th. The key theme is just to identify a way to let folks know about the best practices around the sharing/creating of creative works leveraging a Creative Commons License. So which one of the below are you going to do?
- Post an article describing the services Creative Commons provides to content creators and why YOU think that is important.
- Add a widget to your blog to encourage financial support.
- Create and/or focus a creative commons licensed work via your preferred social media channel (Twitter, blog, facebook…)
There is definitely the opportunity for you to do all three if you like. The important part of this initiative is to find a way to highlight the benefits of Creative Commons licensing and leveraging best practices in social media. Ultimately, a standards based approach to rights management is needed for both creators and consumers alike – so spread the word — October 15, 2008 is Creative Commons Awareness day.
It’s not very often you have the chance to be common and that actually be a good thing, so take advantage of it. Dare to be common!
This is fantastic Jon. Thank you and everyone else who is driving this important initiative forward. The purpose of Creative Commons is often misunderstood, few people really understand that it is merely a way for someone who owns intellectual property to express how they will allow others to use it. When honored, it greatly reduces legal expenses, which benefits amateur artists and professionals alike. I have more to say on this later. Jon, lets set up a time to do a podcast call to talk about this more and help educate people… How about SUN evening?
It certainly was a team effort, including the Creative Commons team. Fun stuff is happening and I would certainly like to chat about it - SUN should work.
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