1 # MADE WITH CREATIVE COMMONS
2 # Copyright (C) 2017 by Creative Commons.
3 # This file is published under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC BY-SA), version 4.0
4 # Authors: Paul Stacey and Sarah Hinchliff Pearson
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69 "This book is published under a CC BY-SA license, which means that you can "
70 "copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon the content for any "
71 "purpose, even commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit, provide "
72 "a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. If you remix, "
73 "transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your "
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126 "Made With Creative Commons is published with the kind support of Creative "
127 "Commons and backers of our crowdfunding-campaign on the Kickstarter.com "
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174 "I don’t know a whole lot about nonfiction journalism. . . The way that I "
175 "think about these things, and in terms of what I can do is. . . essays like "
176 "this are occasions to watch somebody reasonably bright but also reasonably "
177 "average pay far closer attention and think at far more length about all "
178 "sorts of different stuff than most of us have a chance to in our daily "
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184 msgid "David Foster Wallace"
187 #. type: Content of: <book><preface><title>
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195 "Three years ago, just after I was hired as CEO of Creative Commons, I met "
196 "with Cory Doctorow in the hotel bar of Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel. As one of "
197 "CC’s most well-known proponents—one who has also had a successful career as "
198 "a writer who shares his work using CC—I told him I thought CC had a role in "
199 "defining and advancing open business models. He kindly disagreed, and called "
200 "the pursuit of viable business models through CC <quote>a red "
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207 "He was, in a way, completely correct—those who make things with Creative "
208 "Commons have ulterior motives, as Paul Stacey explains in this book: "
209 "<quote>Regardless of legal status, they all have a social mission. Their "
210 "primary reason for being is to make the world a better place, not to "
211 "profit. Money is a means to a social end, not the end itself.</quote>"
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217 "In the case study about Cory Doctorow, Sarah Hinchliff Pearson cites Cory’s "
218 "words from his book Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: <quote>Entering the "
219 "arts because you want to get rich is like buying lottery tickets because you "
220 "want to get rich. It might work, but it almost certainly won’t. Though, of "
221 "course, someone always wins the lottery.</quote>"
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227 "Today, copyright is like a lottery ticket—everyone has one, and almost "
228 "nobody wins. What they don’t tell you is that if you choose to share your "
229 "work, the returns can be significant and long-lasting. This book is filled "
230 "with stories of those who take much greater risks than the two dollars we "
231 "pay for a lottery ticket, and instead reap the rewards that come from "
232 "pursuing their passions and living their values."
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238 "So it’s not about the money. Also: it is. Finding the means to continue to "
239 "create and share often requires some amount of income. Max Temkin of Cards "
240 "Against Humanity says it best in their case study: <quote>We don’t make "
241 "jokes and games to make money—we make money so we can make more jokes and "
245 #. type: Content of: <book><preface><para>
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248 "Creative Commons’ focus is on building a vibrant, usable commons, powered by "
249 "collaboration and gratitude. Enabling communities of collaboration is at the "
250 "heart of our strategy. With that in mind, Creative Commons began this book "
251 "project. Led by Paul and Sarah, the project set out to define and advance "
252 "the best open business models. Paul and Sarah were the ideal authors to "
253 "write Made with Creative Commons."
256 #. type: Content of: <book><preface><para>
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259 "Paul dreams of a future where new models of creativity and innovation "
260 "overpower the inequality and scarcity that today define the worst parts of "
261 "capitalism. He is driven by the power of human connections between "
262 "communities of creators. He takes a longer view than most, and it’s made him "
263 "a better educator, an insightful researcher, and also a skilled gardener. He "
264 "has a calm, cool voice that conveys a passion that inspires his colleagues "
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271 "Sarah is the best kind of lawyer—a true advocate who believes in the good of "
272 "people, and the power of collective acts to change the world. Over the past "
273 "year I’ve seen Sarah struggle with the heartbreak that comes from investing "
274 "so much into a political campaign that didn’t end as she’d hoped. Today, "
275 "she’s more determined than ever to live with her values right out on her "
276 "sleeve. I can always count on Sarah to push Creative Commons to focus on our "
277 "impact—to make the main thing the main thing. She’s practical, "
278 "detail-oriented, and clever. There’s no one on my team that I enjoy debating "
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285 "As coauthors, Paul and Sarah complement each other perfectly. They "
286 "researched, analyzed, argued, and worked as a team, sometimes together and "
287 "sometimes independently. They dove into the research and writing with "
288 "passion and curiosity, and a deep respect for what goes into building the "
289 "commons and sharing with the world. They remained open to new ideas, "
290 "including the possibility that their initial theories would need refinement "
291 "or might be completely wrong. That’s courageous, and it has made for a "
292 "better book that is insightful, honest, and useful."
295 #. type: Content of: <book><preface><para>
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298 "From the beginning, CC wanted to develop this project with the principles "
299 "and values of open collaboration. The book was funded, developed, "
300 "researched, and written in the open. It is being shared openly under a CC "
301 "BY-SA license for anyone to use, remix, or adapt with attribution. It is, in "
302 "itself, an example of an open business model."
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308 "For 31 days in August of 2015, Sarah took point to organize and execute a "
309 "Kickstarter campaign to generate the core funding for the book. The "
310 "remainder was provided by CC’s generous donors and supporters. In the end, "
311 "it became one of the most successful book projects on Kickstarter, smashing "
312 "through two stretch goals and engaging over 1,600 donors—the majority of "
313 "them new supporters of Creative Commons."
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319 "Paul and Sarah worked openly throughout the project, publishing the plans, "
320 "drafts, case studies, and analysis, early and often, and they engaged "
321 "communities all over the world to help write this book. As their opinions "
322 "diverged and their interests came into focus, they divided their voices and "
323 "decided to keep them separate in the final product. Working in this way "
324 "requires both humility and self-confidence, and without question it has made "
325 "Made with Creative Commons a better project."
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331 "Those who work and share in the commons are not typical creators. They are "
332 "part of something greater than themselves, and what they offer us all is a "
333 "profound gift. What they receive in return is gratitude and a community."
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339 "Jonathan Mann, who is profiled in this book, writes a song a day. When I "
340 "reached out to ask him to write a song for our Kickstarter (and to offer "
341 "himself up as a Kickstarter benefit), he agreed immediately. Why would he "
342 "agree to do that? Because the commons has collaboration at its core, and "
343 "community as a key value, and because the CC licenses have helped so many to "
344 "share in the ways that they choose with a global audience."
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350 "Sarah writes, <quote>Endeavors that are Made with Creative Commons thrive "
351 "when community is built around what they do. This may mean a community "
352 "collaborating together to create something new, or it may simply be a "
353 "collection of like-minded people who get to know each other and rally around "
354 "common interests or beliefs. To a certain extent, simply being Made with "
355 "Creative Commons automatically brings with it some element of community, by "
356 "helping connect you to like-minded others who recognize and are drawn to the "
357 "values symbolized by using CC.</quote> Amanda Palmer, the other musician "
358 "profiled in the book, would surely add this from her case study: "
359 "<quote>There is no more satisfying end goal than having someone tell you "
360 "that what you do is genuinely of value to them.</quote>"
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366 "This is not a typical business book. For those looking for a recipe or a "
367 "roadmap, you might be disappointed. But for those looking to pursue a social "
368 "end, to build something great through collaboration, or to join a powerful "
369 "and growing global community, they’re sure to be satisfied. Made with "
370 "Creative Commons offers a world-changing set of clearly articulated values "
371 "and principles, some essential tools for exploring your own business "
372 "opportunities, and two dozen doses of pure inspiration."
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378 "In a 1996 Stanford Law Review article <quote>The Zones of "
379 "Cyberspace</quote>, CC founder Lawrence Lessig wrote, <quote>Cyberspace is a "
380 "place. People live there. They experience all the sorts of things that they "
381 "experience in real space, there. For some, they experience more. They "
382 "experience this not as isolated individuals, playing some high tech computer "
383 "game; they experience it in groups, in communities, among strangers, among "
384 "people they come to know, and sometimes like.</quote>"
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390 "I’m incredibly proud that Creative Commons is able to publish this book for "
391 "the many communities that we have come to know and like. I’m grateful to "
392 "Paul and Sarah for their creativity and insights, and to the global "
393 "communities that have helped us bring it to you. As CC board member "
394 "Johnathan Nightingale often says, <quote>It’s all made of people.</quote>"
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399 msgid "That’s the true value of things that are Made with Creative Commons."
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404 msgid "<attribution>Ryan Merkley</attribution>"
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409 msgid "<attribution>CEO, Creative Commons</attribution>"
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420 "This book shows the world how sharing can be good for business—but with a "
424 #. type: Content of: <book><preface><para>
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427 "We began the project intending to explore how creators, organizations, and "
428 "businesses make money to sustain what they do when they share their work "
429 "using Creative Commons licenses. Our goal was not to identify a formula for "
430 "business models that use Creative Commons but instead gather fresh ideas and "
431 "dynamic examples that spark new, innovative models and help others follow "
432 "suit by building on what already works. At the onset, we framed our "
433 "investigation in familiar business terms. We created a blank <quote>open "
434 "business model canvas,</quote> an interactive online tool that would help "
435 "people design and analyze their business model."
438 #. type: Content of: <book><preface><para>
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441 "Through the generous funding of Kickstarter backers, we set about this "
442 "project first by identifying and selecting a diverse group of creators, "
443 "organizations, and businesses who use Creative Commons in an integral "
444 "way—what we call being Made with Creative Commons. We interviewed them and "
445 "wrote up their stories. We analyzed what we heard and dug deep into the "
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452 "But as we did our research, something interesting happened. Our initial way "
453 "of framing the work did not match the stories we were hearing."
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459 "Those we interviewed were not typical businesses selling to consumers and "
460 "seeking to maximize profits and the bottom line. Instead, they were sharing "
461 "to make the world a better place, creating relationships and community "
462 "around the works being shared, and generating revenue not for unlimited "
463 "growth but to sustain the operation."
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469 "They often didn’t like hearing what they do described as an open business "
470 "model. Their endeavor was something more than that. Something "
471 "different. Something that generates not just economic value but social and "
472 "cultural value. Something that involves human connection. Being Made with "
473 "Creative Commons is not <quote>business as usual.</quote>"
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479 "We had to rethink the way we conceived of this project. And it didn’t happen "
480 "overnight. From the fall of 2015 through 2016, we documented our thoughts in "
481 "blog posts on Medium and with regular updates to our Kickstarter backers. We "
482 "shared drafts of case studies and analysis with our Kickstarter cocreators, "
483 "who provided invaluable edits, feedback, and advice. Our thinking changed "
484 "dramatically over the course of a year and a half."
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490 "Throughout the process, the two of us have often had very different ways of "
491 "understanding and describing what we were learning. Learning from each other "
492 "has been one of the great joys of this work, and, we hope, something that "
493 "has made the final product much richer than it ever could have been if "
494 "either of us undertook this project alone. We have preserved our voices "
495 "throughout, and you’ll be able to sense our different but complementary "
496 "approaches as you read through our different sections."
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502 "While we recommend that you read the book from start to finish, each section "
503 "reads more or less independently. The book is structured into two main "
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510 "Part one, the overview, begins with a big-picture framework written by "
511 "Paul. He provides some historical context for the digital commons, "
512 "describing the three ways society has managed resources and shared "
513 "wealth—the commons, the market, and the state. He advocates for thinking "
514 "beyond business and market terms and eloquently makes the case for sharing "
515 "and enlarging the digital commons."
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521 "The overview continues with Sarah’s chapter, as she considers what it means "
522 "to be successfully Made with Creative Commons. While making money is one "
523 "piece of the pie, there is also a set of public-minded values and the kind "
524 "of human connections that make sharing truly meaningful. This section "
525 "outlines the ways the creators, organizations, and businesses we interviewed "
526 "bring in revenue, how they further the public interest and live out their "
527 "values, and how they foster connections with the people with whom they "
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534 "And to end part one, we have a short section that explains the different "
535 "Creative Commons licenses. We talk about the misconception that the more "
536 "restrictive licenses—the ones that are closest to the all-rights-reserved "
537 "model of traditional copyright—are the only ways to make money."
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543 "Part two of the book is made up of the twenty-four stories of the creators, "
544 "businesses, and organizations we interviewed. While both of us participated "
545 "in the interviews, we divided up the writing of these profiles."
548 #. type: Content of: <book><preface><para>
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551 "Of course, we are pleased to make the book available using a Creative "
552 "Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license. Please copy, distribute, translate, "
553 "localize, and build upon this work."
556 #. type: Content of: <book><preface><para>
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559 "Writing this book has transformed and inspired us. The way we now look at "
560 "and think about what it means to be Made with Creative Commons has "
561 "irrevocably changed. We hope this book inspires you and your enterprise to "
562 "use Creative Commons and in so doing contribute to the transformation of our "
563 "economy and world for the better."
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568 msgid "<attribution>Paul and Sarah </attribution>"
571 #. type: Content of: <book><part><title>
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573 msgid "The Big Picture"
576 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><title>
577 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:405
578 msgid "The New World of Digital Commons"
581 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><attribution>
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586 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
587 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:417
588 msgid "Jonathan Rowe, Our Common Wealth (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2013), 14."
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594 "Jonathan Rowe eloquently describes the commons as <quote>the air and oceans, "
595 "the web of species, wilderness and flowing water—all are parts of the "
596 "commons. So are language and knowledge, sidewalks and public squares, the "
597 "stories of childhood and the processes of democracy. Some parts of the "
598 "commons are gifts of nature, others the product of human endeavor. Some are "
599 "new, such as the Internet; others are as ancient as soil and "
600 "calligraphy.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
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606 "In Made with Creative Commons, we focus on our current era of digital "
607 "commons, a commons of human-produced works. This commons cuts across a broad "
608 "range of areas including cultural heritage, education, research, technology, "
609 "art, design, literature, entertainment, business, and data. Human-produced "
610 "works in all these areas are increasingly digital. The Internet is a kind of "
611 "global, digital commons. The individuals, organizations, and businesses we "
612 "profile in our case studies use Creative Commons to share their resources "
613 "online over the Internet."
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619 "David Bollier, Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of "
620 "the Commons (Gabriola Island, BC: New Society, 2014), 176."
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631 "The commons is not just about shared resources, however. It’s also about the "
632 "social practices and values that manage them. A resource is a noun, but to "
633 "common—to put the resource into the commons—is a verb.<placeholder "
634 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> The creators, organizations, and businesses we "
635 "profile are all engaged with commoning. Their use of Creative Commons "
636 "involves them in the social practice of commoning, managing resources in a "
637 "collective manner with a community of users.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
638 "id=\"1\"/> Commoning is guided by a set of values and norms that balance the "
639 "costs and benefits of the enterprise with those of the community. Special "
640 "regard is given to equitable access, use, and sustainability."
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644 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:452
645 msgid "The Commons, the Market, and the State"
648 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
649 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:458
653 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
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656 "Historically, there have been three ways to manage resources and share "
657 "wealth: the commons (managed collectively), the state (i.e., the "
658 "government), and the market—with the last two being the dominant forms "
659 "today.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
662 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
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667 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
668 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:462
670 "The organizations and businesses in our case studies are unique in the way "
671 "they participate in the commons while still engaging with the market and/or "
672 "state. The extent of engagement with market or state varies. Some operate "
673 "primarily as a commons with minimal or no reliance on the market or "
674 "state.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Others are very much a part "
675 "of the market or state, depending on them for financial sustainability. All "
676 "operate as hybrids, blending the norms of the commons with those of the "
680 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
681 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:474
683 "Fig. 1. is a depiction of how an enterprise can have varying levels of "
684 "engagement with commons, state, and market."
687 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
688 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:478
690 "Some of our case studies are simply commons and market enterprises with "
691 "little or no engagement with the state. A depiction of those case studies "
692 "would show the state sphere as tiny or even absent. Other case studies are "
693 "primarily market-based with only a small engagement with the commons. A "
694 "depiction of those case studies would show the market sphere as large and "
695 "the commons sphere as small. The extent to which an enterprise sees itself "
696 "as being primarily of one type or another affects the balance of norms by "
697 "which they operate."
700 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
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703 "All our case studies generate money as a means of livelihood and "
704 "sustainability. Money is primarily of the market. Finding ways to generate "
705 "revenue while holding true to the core values of the commons (usually "
706 "expressed in mission statements) is challenging. To manage interaction and "
707 "engagement between the commons and the market requires a deft touch, a "
708 "strong sense of values, and the ability to blend the best of both."
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714 "The state has an important role to play in fostering the use and adoption of "
715 "the commons. State programs and funding can deliberately contribute to and "
716 "build the commons. Beyond money, laws and regulations regarding property, "
717 "copyright, business, and finance can all be designed to foster the commons."
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722 msgid "Enterprise engagement with commons, state and market."
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738 "It’s helpful to understand how the commons, market, and state manage "
739 "resources differently, and not just for those who consider themselves "
740 "primarily as a commons. For businesses or governmental organizations who "
741 "want to engage in and use the commons, knowing how the commons operates will "
742 "help them understand how best to do so. Participating in and using the "
743 "commons the same way you do the market or state is not a strategy for "
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748 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:529
749 msgid "The Four Aspects of a Resource"
752 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
753 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:534
755 "Daniel H. Cole, <quote>Learning from Lin: Lessons and Cautions from the "
756 "Natural Commons for the Knowledge Commons,</quote> in Governing Knowledge "
757 "Commons, eds. Brett M. Frischmann, Michael J. Madison, and Katherine J. "
758 "Strandburg (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), 53."
761 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
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764 "As part of her Nobel Prize–winning work, Elinor Ostrom developed a framework "
765 "for analyzing how natural resources are managed in a commons.<placeholder "
766 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Her framework considered things like the "
767 "biophysical characteristics of common resources, the community’s actors and "
768 "the interactions that take place between them, rules-in-use, and "
769 "outcomes. That framework has been simplified and generalized to apply to the "
770 "commons, the market, and the state for this chapter."
773 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
774 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:547
776 "To compare and contrast the ways in which the commons, market, and state "
777 "work, let’s consider four aspects of resource management: resource "
778 "characteristics, the people involved and the process they use, the norms and "
779 "rules they develop to govern use, and finally actual resource use along with "
780 "outcomes of that use (see Fig. 2)."
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785 msgid "Four aspects of resource management"
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795 msgid "Characteristics"
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801 "Resources have particular characteristics or attributes that affect the way "
802 "they can be used. Some resources are natural; others are human "
803 "produced. And—significantly for today’s commons—resources can be physical or "
804 "digital, which affects a resource’s inherent potential."
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810 "Physical resources exist in limited supply. If I have a physical resource "
811 "and give it to you, I no longer have it. When a resource is removed and "
812 "used, the supply becomes scarce or depleted. Scarcity can result in "
813 "competing rivalry for the resource. Made with Creative Commons enterprises "
814 "are usually digitally based but some of our case studies also produce "
815 "resources in physical form. The costs of producing and distributing a "
816 "physical good usually require them to engage with the market."
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822 "Physical resources are depletable, exclusive, and rivalrous. Digital "
823 "resources, on the other hand, are nondepletable, nonexclusive, and "
824 "nonrivalrous. If I share a digital resource with you, we both have the "
825 "resource. Giving it to you does not mean I no longer have it. Digital "
826 "resources can be infinitely stored, copied, and distributed without becoming "
827 "depleted, and at close to zero cost. Abundance rather than scarcity is an "
828 "inherent characteristic of digital resources."
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834 "The nondepletable, nonexclusive, and nonrivalrous nature of digital "
835 "resources means the rules and norms for managing them can (and ought to) be "
836 "different from how physical resources are managed. However, this is not "
837 "always the case. Digital resources are frequently made artificially "
838 "scarce. Placing digital resources in the commons makes them free and "
842 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
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845 "Our case studies frequently manage hybrid resources, which start out as "
846 "digital with the possibility of being made into a physical resource. The "
847 "digital file of a book can be printed on paper and made into a physical "
848 "book. A computer-rendered design for furniture can be physically "
849 "manufactured in wood. This conversion from digital to physical invariably "
850 "has costs. Often the digital resources are managed in a free and open way, "
851 "but money is charged to convert a digital resource into a physical one."
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857 "Beyond this idea of physical versus digital, the commons, market, and state "
858 "conceive of resources differently (see Fig. 3). The market sees resources "
859 "as private goods—commodities for sale—from which value is extracted. The "
860 "state sees resources as public goods that provide value to state "
861 "citizens. The commons sees resources as common goods, providing a common "
862 "wealth extending beyond state boundaries, to be passed on in undiminished or "
863 "enhanced form to future generations."
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868 msgid "People and processes"
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874 "In the commons, the market, and the state, different people and processes "
875 "are used to manage resources. The processes used define both who has a say "
876 "and how a resource is managed."
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882 "In the state, a government of elected officials is responsible for managing "
883 "resources on behalf of the public. The citizens who produce and use those "
884 "resources are not directly involved; instead, that responsibility is given "
885 "over to the government. State ministries and departments staffed with "
886 "public servants set budgets, implement programs, and manage resources based "
887 "on government priorities and procedures."
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893 "In the market, the people involved are producers, buyers, sellers, and "
894 "consumers. Businesses act as intermediaries between those who produce "
895 "resources and those who consume or use them. Market processes seek to "
896 "extract as much monetary value from resources as possible. In the market, "
897 "resources are managed as commodities, frequently mass-produced, and sold to "
898 "consumers on the basis of a cash transaction."
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904 "Max Haiven, Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity "
905 "and the Commons (New York: Zed Books, 2014), 93."
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911 "In contrast to the state and market, resources in a commons are managed more "
912 "directly by the people involved.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> "
913 "Creators of human produced resources can put them in the commons by personal "
914 "choice. No permission from state or market is required. Anyone can "
915 "participate in the commons and determine for themselves the extent to which "
916 "they want to be involved—as a contributor, user, or manager. The people "
917 "involved include not only those who create and use resources but those "
918 "affected by outcome of use. Who you are affects your say, actions you can "
919 "take, and extent of decision making. In the commons, the community as a "
920 "whole manages the resources. Resources put into the commons using Creative "
921 "Commons require users to give the original creator credit. Knowing the "
922 "person behind a resource makes the commons less anonymous and more personal."
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927 msgid "How the market, commons and state concieve of resources."
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937 msgid "Norms and rules"
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943 "The social interactions between people, and the processes used by the state, "
944 "market, and commons, evolve social norms and rules. These norms and rules "
945 "define permissions, allocate entitlements, and resolve disputes."
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951 "State authority is governed by national constitutions. Norms related to "
952 "priorities and decision making are defined by elected officials and "
953 "parliamentary procedures. State rules are expressed through policies, "
954 "regulations, and laws. The state influences the norms and rules of the "
955 "market and commons through the rules it passes."
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961 "Market norms are influenced by economics and competition for scarce "
962 "resources. Market rules follow property, business, and financial laws "
963 "defined by the state."
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968 msgid "Bollier, Think Like a Commoner, 175."
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974 "As with the market, a commons can be influenced by state policies, "
975 "regulations, and laws. But the norms and rules of a commons are largely "
976 "defined by the community. They weigh individual costs and benefits against "
977 "the costs and benefits to the whole community. Consideration is given not "
978 "just to economic efficiency but also to equity and "
979 "sustainability.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
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990 "The combination of the aspects we’ve discussed so far—the resource’s "
991 "inherent characteristics, people and processes, and norms and rules—shape "
992 "how resources are used. Use is also influenced by the different goals the "
993 "state, market, and commons have."
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999 "Joshua Farley and Ida Kubiszewski, <quote>The Economics of Information in a "
1000 "Post-Carbon Economy,</quote> in Free Knowledge: Confronting the "
1001 "Commodification of Human Discovery, eds. Patricia W. Elliott and Daryl "
1002 "H. Hepting (Regina, SK: University of Regina Press, 2015), 201–4."
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1008 "In the market, the focus is on maximizing the utility of a resource. What we "
1009 "pay for the goods we consume is seen as an objective measure of the utility "
1010 "they provide. The goal then becomes maximizing total monetary value in the "
1011 "economy.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Units consumed translates "
1012 "to sales, revenue, profit, and growth, and these are all ways to measure "
1013 "goals of the market."
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1019 "The state aims to use and manage resources in a way that balances the "
1020 "economy with the social and cultural needs of its citizens. Health care, "
1021 "education, jobs, the environment, transportation, security, heritage, and "
1022 "justice are all facets of a healthy society, and the state applies its "
1023 "resources toward these aims. State goals are reflected in quality of life "
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1030 "In the commons, the goal is maximizing access, equity, distribution, "
1031 "participation, innovation, and sustainability. You can measure success by "
1032 "looking at how many people access and use a resource; how users are "
1033 "distributed across gender, income, and location; if a community to extend "
1034 "and enhance the resources is being formed; and if the resources are being "
1035 "used in innovative ways for personal and social good."
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1041 "As hybrid combinations of the commons with the market or state, the success "
1042 "and sustainability of all our case study enterprises depends on their "
1043 "ability to strategically utilize and balance these different aspects of "
1044 "managing resources."
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1049 msgid "A Short History of the Commons"
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1055 "Using the commons to manage resources is part of a long historical "
1056 "continuum. However, in contemporary society, the market and the state "
1057 "dominate the discourse on how resources are best managed. Rarely is the "
1058 "commons even considered as an option. The commons has largely disappeared "
1059 "from consciousness and consideration. There are no news reports or speeches "
1060 "about the commons."
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1066 "But the more than 1.1 billion resources licensed with Creative Commons "
1067 "around the world are indications of a grassroots move toward the "
1068 "commons. The commons is making a resurgence. To understand the resilience of "
1069 "the commons and its current renewal, it’s helpful to know something of its "
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1076 "Rowe, Our Common Wealth, 19; and Heather Menzies, Reclaiming the Commons for "
1077 "the Common Good: A Memoir and Manifesto (Gabriola Island, BC: New Society, "
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1084 "For centuries, indigenous people and preindustrialized societies managed "
1085 "resources, including water, food, firewood, irrigation, fish, wild game, and "
1086 "many other things collectively as a commons.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
1087 "id=\"0\"/> There was no market, no global economy. The state in the form of "
1088 "rulers influenced the commons but by no means controlled it. Direct social "
1089 "participation in a commons was the primary way in which resources were "
1090 "managed and needs met. (Fig. 4 illustrates the commons in relation to the "
1091 "state and the market.)"
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1096 msgid "In preindustrialized society."
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1106 msgid "Bollier, Think Like a Commoner, 55–78."
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1112 "Fritjof Capra and Ugo Mattei, The Ecology of Law: Toward a Legal System in "
1113 "Tune with Nature and Community (Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2015), 46–57; "
1114 "and Bollier, Think Like a Commoner, 88."
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1120 "This is followed by a long history of the state (a monarchy or ruler) taking "
1121 "over the commons for their own purposes. This is called enclosure of the "
1122 "commons.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> In olden days, "
1123 "<quote>commoners</quote> were evicted from the land, fences and hedges "
1124 "erected, laws passed, and security set up to forbid access.<placeholder "
1125 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/> Gradually, resources became the property of the "
1126 "state and the state became the primary means by which resources were "
1127 "managed. (See Fig. 5)."
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1133 "Holdings of land, water, and game were distributed to ruling family and "
1134 "political appointees. Commoners displaced from the land migrated to "
1135 "cities. With the emergence of the industrial revolution, land and resources "
1136 "became commodities sold to businesses to support production. Monarchies "
1137 "evolved into elected parliaments. Commoners became labourers earning money "
1138 "operating the machinery of industry. Financial, business, and property laws "
1139 "were revised by governments to support markets, growth, and "
1140 "productivity. Over time ready access to market produced goods resulted in a "
1141 "rising standard of living, improved health, and education. Fig. 6 shows how "
1142 "today the market is the primary means by which resources are managed."
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1147 msgid "The commons is gradually superseded by the state."
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1158 "However, the world today is going through turbulent times. The benefits of "
1159 "the market have been offset by unequal distribution and overexploitation."
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1165 "Overexploitation was the topic of Garrett Hardin’s influential essay "
1166 "<quote>The Tragedy of the Commons,</quote> published in Science in "
1167 "1968. Hardin argues that everyone in a commons seeks to maximize personal "
1168 "gain and will continue to do so even when the limits of the commons are "
1169 "reached. The commons is then tragically depleted to the point where it can "
1170 "no longer support anyone. Hardin’s essay became widely accepted as an "
1171 "economic truism and a justification for private property and free markets."
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1177 "Brett M. Frischmann, Michael J. Madison, and Katherine J. Strandburg, "
1178 "<quote>Governing Knowledge Commons,</quote> in Frischmann, Madison, and "
1179 "Strandburg Governing Knowledge Commons, 12."
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1185 "However, there is one serious flaw with Hardin’s <quote>The Tragedy of the "
1186 "Commons</quote>—it’s fiction. Hardin did not actually study how real commons "
1187 "work. Elinor Ostrom won the 2009 Nobel Prize in economics for her work "
1188 "studying different commons all around the world. Ostrom’s work shows that "
1189 "natural resource commons can be successfully managed by local communities "
1190 "without any regulation by central authorities or without privatization. "
1191 "Government and privatization are not the only two choices. There is a third "
1192 "way: management by the people, where those that are directly impacted are "
1193 "directly involved. With natural resources, there is a regional locality. The "
1194 "people in the region are the most familiar with the natural resource, have "
1195 "the most direct relationship and history with it, and are therefore best "
1196 "situated to manage it. Ostrom’s approach to the governance of natural "
1197 "resources broke with convention; she recognized the importance of the "
1198 "commons as an alternative to the market or state for solving problems of "
1199 "collective action.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
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1205 "Hardin failed to consider the actual social dynamic of the commons. His "
1206 "model assumed that people in the commons act autonomously, out of pure "
1207 "self-interest, without interaction or consideration of others. But as Ostrom "
1208 "found, in reality, managing common resources together forms a community and "
1209 "encourages discourse. This naturally generates norms and rules that help "
1210 "people work collectively and ensure a sustainable commons. Paradoxically, "
1211 "while Hardin’s essay is called The Tragedy of the Commons it might more "
1212 "accurately be titled The Tragedy of the Market."
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1218 "Farley and Kubiszewski, <quote>Economics of Information,</quote> in Elliott "
1219 "and Hepting, Free Knowledge, 203."
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1225 "Hardin’s story is based on the premise of depletable resources. Economists "
1226 "have focused almost exclusively on scarcity-based markets. Very little is "
1227 "known about how abundance works.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> "
1228 "The emergence of information technology and the Internet has led to an "
1229 "explosion in digital resources and new means of sharing and "
1230 "distribution. Digital resources can never be depleted. An absence of a "
1231 "theory or model for how abundance works, however, has led the market to make "
1232 "digital resources artificially scarce and makes it possible for the usual "
1233 "market norms and rules to be applied."
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1239 "When it comes to use of state funds to create digital goods, however, there "
1240 "is really no justification for artificial scarcity. The norm for state "
1241 "funded digital works should be that they are freely and openly available to "
1242 "the public that paid for them."
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1247 msgid "How the market, the state and the commons look today."
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1257 msgid "The Digital Revolution"
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1263 "In the early days of computing, programmers and developers learned from each "
1264 "other by sharing software. In the 1980s, the free-software movement codified "
1265 "this practice of sharing into a set of principles and freedoms:"
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1270 msgid "The freedom to run a software program as you wish, for any purpose."
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1276 "The freedom to study how a software program works (because access to the "
1277 "source code has been freely given), and change it so it does your computing "
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1283 msgid "The freedom to redistribute copies."
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1287 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:974
1289 "<quote>What Is Free Software?</quote> GNU Operating System, the Free "
1290 "Software Foundation’s Licensing and Compliance Lab, accessed December 30, "
1291 "2016, <ulink url=\"http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw\"/>."
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1297 "The freedom to distribute copies of your modified versions to "
1298 "others.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
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1304 "These principles and freedoms constitute a set of norms and rules that "
1305 "typify a digital commons."
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1309 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:998
1311 "Wikipedia, s.v. <quote>Open-source software,</quote> last modified November "
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1316 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:987
1318 "In the late 1990s, to make the sharing of source code and collaboration more "
1319 "appealing to companies, the open-source-software initiative converted these "
1320 "principles into licenses and standards for managing access to and "
1321 "distribution of software. The benefits of open source—such as reliability, "
1322 "scalability, and quality verified by independent peer review—became widely "
1323 "recognized and accepted. Customers liked the way open source gave them "
1324 "control without being locked into a closed, proprietary technology. Free and "
1325 "open-source software also generated a network effect where the value of a "
1326 "product or service increases with the number of people using it.<placeholder "
1327 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> The dramatic growth of the Internet itself owes "
1328 "much to the fact that nobody has a proprietary lock on core Internet "
1332 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1333 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1013
1335 "Eric S. Raymond, <quote>The Magic Cauldron,</quote> in The Cathedral and the "
1336 "Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary, "
1337 "rev. ed. (Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, 2001), <ulink "
1338 "url=\"http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/\"/>."
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1342 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1005
1344 "While open-source software functions as a commons, many businesses and "
1345 "markets did build up around it. Business models based on the licenses and "
1346 "standards of open-source software evolved alongside organizations that "
1347 "managed software code on principles of abundance rather than scarcity. Eric "
1348 "Raymond’s essay <quote>The Magic Cauldron</quote> does a great job of "
1349 "analyzing the economics and business models associated with open-source "
1350 "software.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> These models can provide "
1351 "examples of sustainable approaches for those Made with Creative Commons."
1354 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1355 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1022
1357 "It isn’t just about an abundant availability of digital assets but also "
1358 "about abundance of participation. The growth of personal computing, "
1359 "information technology, and the Internet made it possible for mass "
1360 "participation in producing creative works and distributing them. Photos, "
1361 "books, music, and many other forms of digital content could now be readily "
1362 "created and distributed by almost anyone. Despite this potential for "
1363 "abundance, by default these digital works are governed by copyright "
1364 "laws. Under copyright, a digital work is the property of the creator, and by "
1365 "law others are excluded from accessing and using it without the creator’s "
1369 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1370 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1041
1372 "New York Times Customer Insight Group, The Psychology of Sharing: Why Do "
1373 "People Share Online? (New York: New York Times Customer Insight Group, "
1374 "2011), <ulink url=\"http://www.iab.net/media/file/POSWhitePaper.pdf\"/>."
1377 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1378 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1035
1380 "But people like to share. One of the ways we define ourselves is by sharing "
1381 "valuable and entertaining content. Doing so grows and nourishes "
1382 "relationships, seeks to change opinions, encourages action, and informs "
1383 "others about who we are and what we care about. Sharing lets us feel more "
1384 "involved with the world.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
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1389 msgid "The Birth of Creative Commons"
1392 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1393 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1051
1395 "In 2001, Creative Commons was created as a nonprofit to support all those "
1396 "who wanted to share digital content. A suite of Creative Commons licenses "
1397 "was modeled on those of open-source software but for use with digital "
1398 "content rather than software code. The licenses give everyone from "
1399 "individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, "
1400 "standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work."
1403 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1404 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1071
1406 "<quote>Licensing Considerations,</quote> Creative Commons, accessed December "
1408 "url=\"http://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-considerations/\"/>."
1411 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1412 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1060
1414 "Creative Commons licenses have a three-layer design. The norms and rules of "
1415 "each license are first expressed in full legal language as used by "
1416 "lawyers. This layer is called the legal code. But since most creators and "
1417 "users are not lawyers, the licenses also have a commons deed, expressing the "
1418 "permissions in plain language, which regular people can read and quickly "
1419 "understand. It acts as a user-friendly interface to the legal-code layer "
1420 "beneath. The third layer is the machine-readable one, making it easy for the "
1421 "Web to know a work is Creative Commons–licensed by expressing permissions in "
1422 "a way that software systems, search engines, and other kinds of technology "
1423 "can understand.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Taken together, "
1424 "these three layers ensure creators, users, and even the Web itself "
1425 "understand the norms and rules associated with digital content in a commons."
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1429 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1079
1431 "In 2015, there were over one billion Creative Commons licensed works in a "
1432 "global commons. These works were viewed online 136 billion times. People are "
1433 "using Creative Commons licenses all around the world, in thirty-four "
1434 "languages. These resources include photos, artwork, research articles in "
1435 "journals, educational resources, music and other audio tracks, and videos."
1438 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1439 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1092
1441 "Creative Commons, 2015 State of the Commons (Mountain View, CA: Creative "
1442 "Commons, 2015), <ulink url=\"http://stateof.creativecommons.org/2015/\"/>."
1445 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1446 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1087
1448 "Individual artists, photographers, musicians, and filmmakers use Creative "
1449 "Commons, but so do museums, governments, creative industries, manufacturers, "
1450 "and publishers. Millions of websites use CC licenses, including major "
1451 "platforms like Wikipedia and Flickr and smaller ones like blogs.<placeholder "
1452 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Users of Creative Commons are diverse and cut "
1453 "across many different sectors. (Our case studies were chosen to reflect that "
1457 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
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1460 "Some see Creative Commons as a way to share a gift with others, a way of "
1461 "getting known, or a way to provide social benefit. Others are simply "
1462 "committed to the norms associated with a commons. And for some, "
1463 "participation has been spurred by the free-culture movement, a social "
1464 "movement that promotes the freedom to distribute and modify creative "
1465 "works. The free-culture movement sees a commons as providing significant "
1466 "benefits compared to restrictive copyright laws. This ethos of free exchange "
1467 "in a commons aligns the free-culture movement with the free and open-source "
1468 "software movement."
1471 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1472 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1112
1474 "Over time, Creative Commons has spawned a range of open movements, including "
1475 "open educational resources, open access, open science, and open data. The "
1476 "goal in every case has been to democratize participation and share digital "
1477 "resources at no cost, with legal permissions for anyone to freely access, "
1481 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1482 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1125
1484 "Wikipedia, s.v. <quote>Open Government Partnership,</quote> last modified "
1485 "September 24, 2016, <ulink "
1486 "url=\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Government_Partnership\"/>."
1489 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
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1492 "The state is increasingly involved in supporting open movements. The Open "
1493 "Government Partnership was launched in 2011 to provide an international "
1494 "platform for governments to become more open, accountable, and responsive to "
1495 "citizens. Since then, it has grown from eight participating countries to "
1496 "seventy.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> In all these countries, "
1497 "government and civil society are working together to develop and implement "
1498 "ambitious open-government reforms. Governments are increasingly adopting "
1499 "Creative Commons to ensure works funded with taxpayer dollars are open and "
1500 "free to the public that paid for them."
1503 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><title>
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1505 msgid "The Changing Market"
1508 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1509 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1144
1510 msgid "Capra and Mattei, Ecology of Law, 114."
1513 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
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1521 "Today’s market is largely driven by global capitalism. Law and financial "
1522 "systems are structured to support extraction, privatization, and corporate "
1523 "growth. A perception that the market is more efficient than the state has "
1524 "led to continual privatization of many public natural resources, utilities, "
1525 "services, and infrastructures.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> "
1526 "While this system has been highly efficient at generating consumerism and "
1527 "the growth of gross domestic product, the impact on human well-being has "
1528 "been mixed. Offsetting rising living standards and improvements to health "
1529 "and education are ever-increasing wealth inequality, social inequality, "
1530 "poverty, deterioration of our natural environment, and breakdowns of "
1531 "democracy.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
1534 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1535 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1162
1537 "The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, <quote>Stockholm "
1538 "Statement</quote> accessed February 15, 2017, <ulink "
1539 "url=\"http://sida.se/globalassets/sida/eng/press/stockholm-statement.pdf\"/>"
1542 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
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1545 "In light of these challenges there is a growing recognition that GDP growth "
1546 "should not be an end in itself, that development needs to be socially and "
1547 "economically inclusive, that environmental sustainability is a requirement "
1548 "not an option, and that we need to better balance the market, state and "
1549 "community.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
1552 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1553 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1174
1555 "City of Bologna, Regulation on Collaboration between Citizens and the City "
1556 "for the Care and Regeneration of Urban Commons, trans. LabGov (LABoratory "
1557 "for the GOVernance of Commons) (Bologna, Italy: City of Bologna, 2014), "
1559 "url=\"http://www.labgov.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/Bologna-Regulation-on-collaboration-between-citizens-and-the-city-for-the-cure-and-regeneration-of-urban-commons1.pdf\"/>."
1562 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
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1565 "The Seoul Sharing City website is <ulink "
1566 "url=\"http://english.sharehub.kr\"/>; for Amsterdam Sharing City, go to "
1567 "<ulink url=\"http://www.sharenl.nl/amsterdam-sharing-city/\"/>."
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1573 "These realizations have led to a resurgence of interest in the commons as a "
1574 "means of enabling that balance. City governments like Bologna, Italy, are "
1575 "collaborating with their citizens to put in place regulations for the care "
1576 "and regeneration of urban commons.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> "
1577 "Seoul and Amsterdam call themselves <quote>sharing cities,</quote> looking "
1578 "to make sustainable and more efficient use of scarce resources. They see "
1579 "sharing as a way to improve the use of public spaces, mobility, social "
1580 "cohesion, and safety.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
1583 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1584 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1201
1586 "Tom Slee, What’s Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy (New York: OR "
1590 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
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1593 "The market itself has taken an interest in the sharing economy, with "
1594 "businesses like Airbnb providing a peer-to-peer marketplace for short-term "
1595 "lodging and Uber providing a platform for ride sharing. However, Airbnb and "
1596 "Uber are still largely operating under the usual norms and rules of the "
1597 "market, making them less like a commons and more like a traditional business "
1598 "seeking financial gain. Much of the sharing economy is not about the commons "
1599 "or building an alternative to a corporate-driven market economy; it’s about "
1600 "extending the deregulated free market into new areas of our "
1601 "lives.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> While none of the people we "
1602 "interviewed for our case studies would describe themselves as part of the "
1603 "sharing economy, there are in fact some significant parallels. Both the "
1604 "sharing economy and the commons make better use of asset capacity. The "
1605 "sharing economy sees personal residents and cars as having latent spare "
1606 "capacity with rental value. The equitable access of the commons broadens and "
1607 "diversifies the number of people who can use and derive value from an asset."
1610 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1611 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1223
1613 "Chris Anderson, Free: How Today’s Smartest Businesses Profit by Giving "
1614 "Something for Nothing, Reprint with new preface. (New York: Hyperion, "
1618 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1619 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1213
1621 "One way Made with Creative Commons case studies differ from those of the "
1622 "sharing economy is their focus on digital resources. Digital resources "
1623 "function under different economic rules than physical ones. In a world where "
1624 "prices always seem to go up, information technology is an "
1625 "anomaly. Computer-processing power, storage, and bandwidth are all rapidly "
1626 "increasing, but rather than costs going up, costs are coming down. Digital "
1627 "technologies are getting faster, better, and cheaper. The cost of anything "
1628 "built on these technologies will always go down until it is close to "
1629 "zero.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
1632 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
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1635 "Those that are Made with Creative Commons are looking to leverage the unique "
1636 "inherent characteristics of digital resources, including lowering costs. The "
1637 "use of digital-rights-management technologies in the form of locks, "
1638 "passwords, and controls to prevent digital goods from being accessed, "
1639 "changed, replicated, and distributed is minimal or nonexistent. Instead, "
1640 "Creative Commons licenses are used to put digital content out in the "
1641 "commons, taking advantage of the unique economics associated with being "
1642 "digital. The aim is to see digital resources used as widely and by as many "
1643 "people as possible. Maximizing access and participation is a common goal. "
1644 "They aim for abundance over scarcity."
1647 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1648 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1248
1650 "Jeremy Rifkin, The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the "
1651 "Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism (New York: Palgrave "
1652 "Macmillan, 2014), 273."
1655 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1656 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1243
1658 "The incremental cost of storing, copying, and distributing digital goods is "
1659 "next to zero, making abundance possible. But imagining a market based on "
1660 "abundance rather than scarcity is so alien to the way we conceive of "
1661 "economic theory and practice that we struggle to do so.<placeholder "
1662 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Those that are Made with Creative Commons are "
1663 "each pioneering in this new landscape, devising their own economic models "
1667 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
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1670 "Some are looking to minimize their interactions with the market and operate "
1671 "as autonomously as possible. Others are operating largely as a business "
1672 "within the existing rules and norms of the market. And still others are "
1673 "looking to change the norms and rules by which the market operates."
1676 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1677 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1270
1679 "Gar Alperovitz, What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk about the Next American "
1680 "Revolution: Democratizing Wealth and Building a Community-Sustaining Economy "
1681 "from the Ground Up (White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2013), 39."
1684 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1685 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1279
1687 "Marjorie Kelly, Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution; "
1688 "Journeys to a Generative Economy (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2012), "
1692 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1693 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1263
1695 "For an ordinary corporation, making social benefit a part of its operations "
1696 "is difficult, as it’s legally required to make decisions that financially "
1697 "benefit stockholders. But new forms of business are emerging. There are "
1698 "benefit corporations and social enterprises, which broaden their business "
1699 "goals from making a profit to making a positive impact on society, workers, "
1700 "the community, and the environment.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> "
1701 "Community-owned businesses, worker-owned businesses, cooperatives, guilds, "
1702 "and other organizational forms offer alternatives to the traditional "
1703 "corporation. Collectively, these alternative market entities are changing "
1704 "the rules and norms of the market.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
1707 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1708 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1291
1710 "Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur, Business Model Generation (Hoboken, NJ: "
1711 "John Wiley and Sons, 2010). A preview of the book is available at <ulink "
1712 "url=\"http://strategyzer.com/books/business-model-generation\"/>."
1715 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1716 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1284
1718 "<quote>A book on open business models</quote> is how we described it in this "
1719 "book’s Kickstarter campaign. We used a handbook called Business Model "
1720 "Generation as our reference for defining just what a business model "
1721 "is. Developed over nine years using an <quote>open process</quote> involving "
1722 "470 coauthors from forty-five countries, it is useful as a framework for "
1723 "talking about business models.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
1726 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1727 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1301
1729 "This business model canvas is available to download at <ulink "
1730 "url=\"http://strategyzer.com/canvas/business-model-canvas\"/>."
1733 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1734 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1309
1736 "We’ve made the <quote>Open Business Model Canvas,</quote> designed by the "
1737 "coauthor Paul Stacey, available online at <ulink "
1738 "url=\"http://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1QOIDa2qak7wZSSOa4Wv6qVMO77IwkKHN7CYyq0wHivs/edit\"/>. "
1739 "You can also find the accompanying Open Business Model Canvas Questions at "
1741 "url=\"http://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1kACK7TkoJgsM18HUWCbX9xuQ0Byna4plSVZXZGTtays/edit\"/>."
1744 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1745 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1298
1747 "It contains a <quote>business model canvas,</quote> which conceives of a "
1748 "business model as having nine building blocks.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
1749 "id=\"0\"/> This blank canvas can serve as a tool for anyone to design their "
1750 "own business model. We remixed this business model canvas into an open "
1751 "business model canvas, adding three more building blocks relevant to hybrid "
1752 "market, commons enterprises: social good, Creative Commons license, and "
1753 "<quote>type of open environment that the business fits "
1754 "in.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/> This enhanced canvas "
1755 "proved useful when we analyzed businesses and helped start-ups plan their "
1759 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1760 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1319
1762 "In our case study interviews, many expressed discomfort over describing "
1763 "themselves as an open business model—the term business model suggested "
1764 "primarily being situated in the market. Where you sit on the "
1765 "commons-to-market spectrum affects the extent to which you see yourself as a "
1766 "business in the market. The more central to the mission shared resources "
1767 "and commons values are, the less comfort there is in describing yourself, or "
1768 "depicting what you do, as a business. Not all who have endeavors Made with "
1769 "Creative Commons use business speak; for some the process has been "
1770 "experimental, emergent, and organic rather than carefully planned using a "
1774 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1775 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1341
1777 "A more comprehensive list of revenue streams is available in this post I "
1778 "wrote on Medium on March 6, 2016. <quote>What Is an Open Business Model and "
1779 "How Can You Generate Revenue?</quote>, available at <ulink "
1780 "url=\"http://medium.com/made-with-creative-commons/what-is-an-open-business-model-and-how-can-you-generate-revenue-5854d2659b15\"/>."
1783 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1784 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1332
1786 "The creators, businesses, and organizations we profile all engage with the "
1787 "market to generate revenue in some way. The ways in which this is done vary "
1788 "widely. Donations, pay what you can, memberships, <quote>digital for free "
1789 "but physical for a fee,</quote> crowdfunding, matchmaking, value-add "
1790 "services, patrons . . . the list goes on and on. (Initial description of how "
1791 "to earn revenue available through reference note. For latest thinking see "
1792 "How to Bring In Money in the next section.)<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
1793 "id=\"0\"/> There is no single magic bullet, and each endeavor has devised "
1794 "ways that work for them. Most make use of more than one way. Diversifying "
1795 "revenue streams lowers risk and provides multiple paths to sustainability."
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1799 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1353
1800 msgid "Benefits of the Digital Commons"
1803 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1804 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1355
1806 "While it may be clear why commons-based organizations want to interact and "
1807 "engage with the market (they need money to survive), it may be less obvious "
1808 "why the market would engage with the commons. The digital commons offers "
1812 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1813 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1361
1815 "The commons speeds dissemination. The free flow of resources in the commons "
1816 "offers tremendous economies of scale. Distribution is decentralized, with "
1817 "all those in the commons empowered to share the resources they have access "
1818 "to. Those that are Made with Creative Commons have a reduced need for sales "
1819 "or marketing. Decentralized distribution amplifies supply and know-how."
1822 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1823 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1370
1825 "The commons ensures access to all. The market has traditionally operated by "
1826 "putting resources behind a paywall requiring payment first before "
1827 "access. The commons puts resources in the open, providing access up front "
1828 "without payment. Those that are Made with Creative Commons make little or no "
1829 "use of digital rights management (DRM) to manage resources. Not using DRM "
1830 "frees them of the costs of acquiring DRM technology and staff resources to "
1831 "engage in the punitive practices associated with restricting access. The way "
1832 "the commons provides access to everyone levels the playing field and "
1833 "promotes inclusiveness, equity, and fairness."
1836 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1837 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1383
1839 "The commons maximizes participation. Resources in the commons can be used "
1840 "and contributed to by everyone. Using the resources of others, contributing "
1841 "your own, and mixing yours with others to create new works are all dynamic "
1842 "forms of participation made possible by the commons. Being Made with "
1843 "Creative Commons means you’re engaging as many users with your resources as "
1844 "possible. Users are also authoring, editing, remixing, curating, "
1845 "localizing, translating, and distributing. The commons makes it possible for "
1846 "people to directly participate in culture, knowledge building, and even "
1847 "democracy, and many other socially beneficial practices."
1850 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
1851 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1405
1853 "Henry Chesbrough, Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and "
1854 "Profiting from Technology (Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2006), "
1858 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1859 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1396
1861 "The commons spurs innovation. Resources in the hands of more people who can "
1862 "use them leads to new ideas. The way commons resources can be modified, "
1863 "customized, and improved results in derivative works never imagined by the "
1864 "original creator. Some endeavors that are Made with Creative Commons "
1865 "deliberately encourage users to take the resources being shared and innovate "
1866 "them. Doing so moves research and development (R&D) from being solely "
1867 "inside the organization to being in the community.<placeholder "
1868 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Community-based innovation will keep an "
1869 "organization or business on its toes. It must continue to contribute new "
1870 "ideas, absorb and build on top of the innovations of others, and steward the "
1871 "resources and the relationship with the community."
1874 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1875 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1414
1877 "The commons boosts reach and impact. The digital commons is "
1878 "global. Resources may be created for a local or regional need, but they go "
1879 "far and wide generating a global impact. In the digital world, there are no "
1880 "borders between countries. When you are Made with Creative Commons, you are "
1881 "often local and global at the same time: Digital designs being globally "
1882 "distributed but made and manufactured locally. Digital books or music being "
1883 "globally distributed but readings and concerts performed locally. The "
1884 "digital commons magnifies impact by connecting creators to those who use and "
1885 "build on their work both locally and globally."
1888 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1889 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1427
1891 "The commons is generative. Instead of extracting value, the commons adds "
1892 "value. Digitized resources persist without becoming depleted, and through "
1893 "use are improved, personalized, and localized. Each use adds value. The "
1894 "market focuses on generating value for the business and the customer. The "
1895 "commons generates value for a broader range of beneficiaries including the "
1896 "business, the customer, the creator, the public, and the commons itself. The "
1897 "generative nature of the commons means that it is more cost-effective and "
1898 "produces a greater return on investment. Value is not just measured in "
1899 "financial terms. Each new resource added to the commons provides value to "
1900 "the public and contributes to the overall value of the commons."
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1904 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1441
1906 "The commons brings people together for a common cause. The commons vests "
1907 "people directly with the responsibility to manage the resources for the "
1908 "common good. The costs and benefits for the individual are balanced with the "
1909 "costs and benefits for the community and for future generations. Resources "
1910 "are not anonymous or mass produced. Their provenance is known and "
1911 "acknowledged through attribution and other means. Those that are Made with "
1912 "Creative Commons generate awareness and reputation based on their "
1913 "contributions to the commons. The reach, impact, and sustainability of those "
1914 "contributions rest largely on their ability to forge relationships and "
1915 "connections with those who use and improve them. By functioning on the basis "
1916 "of social engagement, not monetary exchange, the commons unifies people."
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1922 "The benefits of the commons are many. When these benefits align with the "
1923 "goals of individuals, communities, businesses in the market, or state "
1924 "enterprises, choosing to manage resources as a commons ought to be the "
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1929 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1463
1930 msgid "Our Case Studies"
1933 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1934 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1465
1936 "The creators, organizations, and businesses in our case studies operate as "
1937 "nonprofits, for-profits, and social enterprises. Regardless of legal "
1938 "status, they all have a social mission. Their primary reason for being is "
1939 "to make the world a better place, not to profit. Money is a means to a "
1940 "social end, not the end itself. They factor public interest into decisions, "
1941 "behavior, and practices. Transparency and trust are really important. Impact "
1942 "and success are measured against social aims expressed in mission "
1943 "statements, and are not just about the financial bottom line."
1946 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1947 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1477
1949 "The case studies are based on the narratives told to us by founders and key "
1950 "staff. Instead of solely using financials as the measure of success and "
1951 "sustainability, they emphasized their mission, practices, and means by which "
1952 "they measure success. Metrics of success are a blend of how social goals "
1953 "are being met and how sustainable the enterprise is."
1956 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1957 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1485
1959 "Our case studies are diverse, ranging from publishing to education and "
1960 "manufacturing. All of the organizations, businesses, and creators in the "
1961 "case studies produce digital resources. Those resources exist in many forms "
1962 "including books, designs, songs, research, data, cultural works, education "
1963 "materials, graphic icons, and video. Some are digital representations of "
1964 "physical resources. Others are born digital but can be made into physical "
1968 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1969 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1495
1971 "They are creating new resources, or using the resources of others, or mixing "
1972 "existing resources together to make something new. They, and their audience, "
1973 "all play a direct, participatory role in managing those resources, including "
1974 "their preservation, curation, distribution, and enhancement. Access and "
1975 "participation is open to all regardless of monetary means."
1978 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1979 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1503
1981 "And as users of Creative Commons licenses, they are automatically part of a "
1982 "global community. The new digital commons is global. Those we profiled come "
1983 "from nearly every continent in the world. To build and interact within this "
1984 "global community is conducive to success."
1987 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
1988 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1510
1990 "Creative Commons licenses may express legal rules around the use of "
1991 "resources in a commons, but success in the commons requires more than "
1992 "following the letter of the law and acquiring financial means. Over and over "
1993 "we heard in our interviews how success and sustainability are tied to a set "
1994 "of beliefs, values, and principles that underlie their actions: Give more "
1995 "than you take. Be open and inclusive. Add value. Make visible what you are "
1996 "using from the commons, what you are adding, and what you are "
1997 "monetizing. Maximize abundance. Give attribution. Express gratitude. Develop "
1998 "trust; don’t exploit. Build relationship and community. Be "
1999 "transparent. Defend the commons."
2002 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2003 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1523
2005 "The new digital commons is here to stay. Made With Creative Commons case "
2006 "studies show how it’s possible to be part of this commons while still "
2007 "functioning within market and state systems. The commons generates benefits "
2008 "neither the market nor state can achieve on their own. Rather than the "
2009 "market or state dominating as primary means of resource management, a more "
2010 "balanced alternative is possible."
2013 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2014 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1532
2016 "Enterprise use of Creative Commons has only just begun. The case studies in "
2017 "this book are merely starting points. Each is changing and evolving over "
2018 "time. Many more are joining and inventing new models. This overview aims to "
2019 "provide a framework and language for thinking and talking about the new "
2020 "digital commons. The remaining sections go deeper providing further guidance "
2021 "and insights on how it works."
2024 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><title>
2025 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1543
2026 msgid "How to Be Made with Creative Commons"
2029 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><attribution>
2030 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1545
2031 msgid "Sarah Hinchliff Pearson"
2034 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2035 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1548
2037 "When we began this project in August 2015, we set out to write a book about "
2038 "business models that involve Creative Commons licenses in some significant "
2039 "way—what we call being Made with Creative Commons. With the help of our "
2040 "Kickstarter backers, we chose twenty-four endeavors from all around the "
2041 "world that are Made with Creative Commons. The mix is diverse, from an "
2042 "individual musician to a university-textbook publisher to an electronics "
2043 "manufacturer. Some make their own content and share under Creative Commons "
2044 "licensing. Others are platforms for CC-licensed creative work made by "
2045 "others. Many sit somewhere in between, both using and contributing creative "
2046 "work that’s shared with the public. Like all who use the licenses, these "
2047 "endeavors share their work—whether it’s open data or furniture designs—in a "
2048 "way that enables the public not only to access it but also to make use of "
2052 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2053 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1564
2055 "We analyzed the revenue models, customer segments, and value propositions of "
2056 "each endeavor. We searched for ways that putting their content under "
2057 "Creative Commons licenses helped boost sales or increase reach. Using "
2058 "traditional measures of economic success, we tried to map these business "
2059 "models in a way that meaningfully incorporated the impact of Creative "
2060 "Commons. In our interviews, we dug into the motivations, the role of CC "
2061 "licenses, modes of revenue generation, definitions of success."
2064 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2065 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1574
2067 "In fairly short order, we realized the book we set out to write was quite "
2068 "different from the one that was revealing itself in our interviews and "
2072 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2073 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1579
2075 "It isn’t that we were wrong to think you can make money while using Creative "
2076 "Commons licenses. In many instances, CC can help make you more money. Nor "
2077 "were we wrong that there are business models out there that others who want "
2078 "to use CC licensing as part of their livelihood or business could "
2079 "replicate. What we didn’t realize was just how misguided it would be to "
2080 "write a book about being Made with Creative Commons using only a business "
2084 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
2085 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1592
2087 "Alex Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur, Business Model Generation (Hoboken, NJ: "
2088 "John Wiley and Sons, 2010), 14. A preview of the book is available at <ulink "
2089 "url=\"http://strategyzer.com/books/business-model-generation\"/>."
2092 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2093 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1588
2095 "According to the seminal handbook Business Model Generation, a business "
2096 "model <quote>describes the rationale of how an organization creates, "
2097 "delivers, and captures value.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
2098 "id=\"0\"/> Thinking about sharing in terms of creating and capturing value "
2099 "always felt inappropriately transactional and out of place, something we "
2100 "heard time and time again in our interviews. And as Cory Doctorow told us in "
2101 "our interview with him, <quote>Business model can mean anything you want it "
2105 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2106 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1604
2108 "Eventually, we got it. Being Made with Creative Commons is more than a "
2109 "business model. While we will talk about specific revenue models as one "
2110 "piece of our analysis (and in more detail in the case studies), we scrapped "
2111 "that as our guiding rubric for the book."
2114 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2115 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1611
2117 "Admittedly, it took me a long time to get there. When Paul and I divided up "
2118 "our writing after finishing the research, my charge was to distill "
2119 "everything we learned from the case studies and write up the practical "
2120 "lessons and takeaways. I spent months trying to jam what we learned into the "
2121 "business-model box, convinced there must be some formula for the way things "
2122 "interacted. But there is no formula. You’ll probably have to discard that "
2123 "way of thinking before you read any further."
2126 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2127 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1621
2129 "In every interview, we started from the same simple questions. Amid all the "
2130 "diversity among the creators, organizations, and businesses we profiled, "
2131 "there was one constant. Being Made with Creative Commons may be good for "
2132 "business, but that is not why they do it. Sharing work with Creative Commons "
2133 "is, at its core, a moral decision. The commercial and other self-interested "
2134 "benefits are secondary. Most decided to use CC licenses first and found a "
2135 "revenue model later. This was our first hint that writing a book solely "
2136 "about the impact of sharing on business might be a little off track."
2139 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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2142 "But we also started to realize something about what it means to be Made with "
2143 "Creative Commons. When people talked to us about how and why they used CC, "
2144 "it was clear that it meant something more than using a copyright license. It "
2145 "also represented a set of values. There is symbolism behind using CC, and "
2146 "that symbolism has many layers."
2149 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2150 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1641
2152 "At one level, being Made with Creative Commons expresses an affinity for the "
2153 "value of Creative Commons. While there are many different flavors of CC "
2154 "licenses and nearly infinite ways to be Made with Creative Commons, the "
2155 "basic value system is rooted in a fundamental belief that knowledge and "
2156 "creativity are building blocks of our culture rather than just commodities "
2157 "from which to extract market value. These values reflect a belief that the "
2158 "common good should always be part of the equation when we determine how to "
2159 "regulate our cultural outputs. They reflect a belief that everyone has "
2160 "something to contribute, and that no one can own our shared culture. They "
2161 "reflect a belief in the promise of sharing."
2164 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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2167 "Whether the public makes use of the opportunity to copy and adapt your work, "
2168 "sharing with a Creative Commons license is a symbol of how you want to "
2169 "interact with the people who consume your work. Whenever you create "
2170 "something, <quote>all rights reserved</quote> under copyright is automatic, "
2171 "so the copyright symbol (©) on the work does not necessarily come across as "
2172 "a marker of distrust or excessive protectionism. But using a CC license can "
2173 "be a symbol of the opposite—of wanting a real human relationship, rather "
2174 "than an impersonal market transaction. It leaves open the possibility of "
2178 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2179 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1667
2181 "Being Made with Creative Commons not only demonstrates values connected to "
2182 "CC and sharing. It also demonstrates that something other than profit drives "
2183 "what you do. In our interviews, we always asked what success looked like for "
2184 "them. It was stunning how rarely money was mentioned. Most have a deeper "
2185 "purpose and a different vision of success."
2188 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
2189 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1680
2191 "Cory Doctorow, Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet "
2192 "Age (San Francisco, CA: McSweeney’s, 2014) 68."
2195 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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2198 "The driving motivation varies depending on the type of endeavor. For "
2199 "individual creators, it is most often about personal inspiration. In some "
2200 "ways, this is nothing new. As Doctorow has written, <quote>Creators usually "
2201 "start doing what they do for love.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
2202 "id=\"0\"/> But when you share your creative work under a CC license, that "
2203 "dynamic is even more pronounced. Similarly, for technological innovators, it "
2204 "is often less about creating a specific new thing that will make you rich "
2205 "and more about solving a specific problem you have. The creators of Arduino "
2206 "told us that the key question when creating something is <quote>Do you as "
2207 "the creator want to use it? It has to have personal use and meaning.</quote>"
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2213 "Many that are Made with Creative Commons have an express social mission that "
2214 "underpins everything they do. In many cases, sharing with Creative Commons "
2215 "expressly advances that social mission, and using the licenses can be the "
2216 "difference between legitimacy and hypocrisy. Noun Project co-founder Edward "
2217 "Boatman told us they could not have stated their social mission of sharing "
2218 "with a straight face if they weren’t willing to show the world that it was "
2219 "OK to share their content using a Creative Commons license."
2222 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2223 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1702
2225 "This dynamic is probably one reason why there are so many nonprofit examples "
2226 "of being Made with Creative Commons. The content is the result of a labor of "
2227 "love or a tool to drive social change, and money is like gas in the car, "
2228 "something that you need to keep going but not an end in itself. Being Made "
2229 "with Creative Commons is a different vision of a business or livelihood, "
2230 "where profit is not paramount, and producing social good and human "
2231 "connection are integral to success."
2234 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2235 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1712
2237 "Even if profit isn’t the end goal, you have to bring in money to be "
2238 "successfully Made with Creative Commons. At a bare minimum, you have to make "
2239 "enough money to keep the lights on."
2242 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2243 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1717
2245 "The costs of doing business vary widely for those made with CC, but there is "
2246 "generally a much lower threshold for sustainability than there used to be "
2247 "for any creative endeavor. Digital technology has made it easier than ever "
2248 "to create, and easier than ever to distribute. As Doctorow put it in his "
2249 "book Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, <quote>If analog dollars have "
2250 "turned into digital dimes (as the critics of ad-supported media have it), "
2251 "there is the fact that it’s possible to run a business that gets the same "
2252 "amount of advertising as its forebears at a fraction of the price.</quote>"
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2260 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2261 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1729
2263 "Some creation costs are the same as they always were. It takes the same "
2264 "amount of time and money to write a peer-reviewed journal article or paint a "
2265 "painting. Technology can’t change that. But other costs are dramatically "
2266 "reduced by technology, particularly in production-heavy domains like "
2267 "filmmaking.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> CC-licensed content and "
2268 "content in the public domain, as well as the work of volunteer "
2269 "collaborators, can also dramatically reduce costs if they’re being used as "
2270 "resources to create something new. And, of course, there is the reality that "
2271 "some content would be created whether or not the creator is paid because it "
2272 "is a labor of love."
2275 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
2276 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1746
2278 "Chris Anderson, Free: How Today’s Smartest Businesses Profit by Giving "
2279 "Something for Nothing, reprint with new preface (New York: Hyperion, 2010), "
2283 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2284 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1743
2286 "Distributing content is almost universally cheaper than ever. Once content "
2287 "is created, the costs to distribute copies digitally are essentially "
2288 "zero.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> The costs to distribute "
2289 "physical copies are still significant, but lower than they have been "
2290 "historically. And it is now much easier to print and distribute physical "
2291 "copies on-demand, which also reduces costs. Depending on the endeavor, there "
2292 "can be a whole host of other possible expenses like marketing and promotion, "
2293 "and even expenses associated with the various ways money is being made, like "
2294 "touring or custom training."
2297 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
2298 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1768
2299 msgid "Doctorow, Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, 44."
2302 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2303 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1758
2305 "It’s important to recognize that the biggest impact of technology on "
2306 "creative endeavors is that creators can now foot the costs of creation and "
2307 "distribution themselves. People now often have a direct route to their "
2308 "potential public without necessarily needing intermediaries like record "
2309 "labels and book publishers. Doctorow wrote, <quote>If you’re a creator who "
2310 "never got the time of day from one of the great imperial powers, this is "
2311 "your time. Where once you had no means of reaching an audience without the "
2312 "assistance of the industry-dominating megacompanies, now you have hundreds "
2313 "of ways to do it without them.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
2314 "id=\"0\"/> Previously, distribution of creative work involved the costs "
2315 "associated with sustaining a monolithic entity, now creators can do the work "
2316 "themselves. That means the financial needs of creative endeavors can be a "
2320 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2321 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1775
2323 "Whether for an individual creator or a larger endeavor, it usually isn’t "
2324 "enough to break even if you want to make what you’re doing a livelihood. You "
2325 "need to build in some support for the general operation. This extra bit "
2326 "looks different for everyone, but importantly, in nearly all cases for those "
2327 "Made with Creative Commons, the definition of <quote>enough money</quote> "
2328 "looks a lot different than it does in the world of venture capital and stock "
2329 "options. It is more about sustainability and less about unlimited growth and "
2330 "profit. SparkFun founder Nathan Seidle told us, <quote>Business model is a "
2331 "really grandiose word for it. It is really just about keeping the operation "
2332 "going day to day.</quote>"
2335 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2336 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1788
2338 "This book is a testament to the notion that it is possible to make money "
2339 "while using CC licenses and CC-licensed content, but we are still very much "
2340 "at an experimental stage. The creators, organizations, and businesses we "
2341 "profile in this book are blazing the trail and adapting in real time as they "
2342 "pursue this new way of operating."
2345 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
2346 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1796
2348 "There are, however, plenty of ways in which CC licensing can be good for "
2349 "business in fairly predictable ways. The first is how it helps solve "
2350 "<quote>problem zero.</quote>"
2353 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><title>
2354 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1801
2355 msgid "Problem Zero: Getting Discovered"
2358 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2359 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1808
2361 "Amanda Palmer, The Art of Asking: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let "
2362 "People Help (New York: Grand Central, 2014), 121."
2365 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2366 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1823
2368 "Chris Anderson, Makers: The New Industrial Revolution (New York: Signal, "
2372 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2373 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1803
2375 "Once you create or collect your content, the next step is finding users, "
2376 "customers, fans—in other words, your people. As Amanda Palmer wrote, "
2377 "<quote>It has to start with the art. The songs had to touch people "
2378 "initially, and mean something, for anything to work at "
2379 "all.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> There isn’t any magic "
2380 "to finding your people, and there is certainly no formula. Your work has to "
2381 "connect with people and offer them some artistic and/or utilitarian "
2382 "value. In some ways, this is easier than ever. Online we are not limited by "
2383 "shelf space, so there is room for every obscure interest, taste, and need "
2384 "imaginable. This is what Chris Anderson dubbed the Long Tail, where "
2385 "consumption becomes less about mainstream mass <quote>hits</quote> and more "
2386 "about micromarkets for every particular niche. As Anderson wrote, <quote>We "
2387 "are all different, with different wants and needs, and the Internet now has "
2388 "a place for all of them in the way that physical markets did "
2389 "not.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/> We are no longer "
2390 "limited to what appeals to the masses."
2393 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2394 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1837
2396 "David Bollier, Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of "
2397 "the Commons (Gabriola Island, BC: New Society, 2014), 70."
2400 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2401 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1844
2402 msgid "Anderson, Makers, 66."
2405 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2406 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1849
2408 "Bryan Kramer, Shareology: How Sharing Is Powering the Human Economy (New "
2409 "York: Morgan James, 2016), 10."
2412 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2413 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1829
2415 "While finding <quote>your people</quote> online is theoretically easier than "
2416 "in the analog world, as a practical matter it can still be difficult to "
2417 "actually get noticed. The Internet is a firehose of content, one that only "
2418 "grows larger by the minute. As a content creator, not only are you "
2419 "competing for attention against more content creators than ever before, you "
2420 "are competing against creativity generated outside the market as "
2421 "well.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Anderson wrote, <quote>The "
2422 "greatest change of the past decade has been the shift in time people spend "
2423 "consuming amateur content instead of professional "
2424 "content.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/> To top it all off, "
2425 "you have to compete against the rest of their lives, too—<quote>friends, "
2426 "family, music playlists, soccer games, and nights on the "
2427 "town.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"2\"/> Somehow, some way, "
2428 "you have to get noticed by the right people."
2431 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2432 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1863
2433 msgid "Anderson, Free, 62."
2436 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2437 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1855
2439 "When you come to the Internet armed with an all-rights-reserved mentality "
2440 "from the start, you are often restricting access to your work before there "
2441 "is even any demand for it. In many cases, requiring payment for your work is "
2442 "part of the traditional copyright system. Even a tiny cost has a big effect "
2443 "on demand. It’s called the penny gap—the large difference in demand between "
2444 "something that is available at the price of one cent versus the price of "
2445 "zero.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> That doesn’t mean it is wrong "
2446 "to charge money for your content. It simply means you need to recognize the "
2447 "effect that doing so will have on demand. The same principle applies to "
2448 "restricting access to copy the work. If your problem is how to get "
2449 "discovered and find <quote>your people,</quote> prohibiting people from "
2450 "copying your work and sharing it with others is counterproductive."
2453 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2454 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1877
2455 msgid "Doctorow, Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, 38."
2458 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2459 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1873
2461 "Of course, it’s not that being discovered by people who like your work will "
2462 "make you rich—far from it. But as Cory Doctorow says, <quote>Recognition is "
2463 "one of many necessary preconditions for artistic "
2464 "success.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
2467 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2468 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1881
2470 "Choosing not to spend time and energy restricting access to your work and "
2471 "policing infringement also builds goodwill. Lumen Learning, a for-profit "
2472 "company that publishes online educational materials, made an early decision "
2473 "not to prevent students from accessing their content, even in the form of a "
2474 "tiny paywall, because it would negatively impact student success in a way "
2475 "that would undermine the social mission behind what they do. They believe "
2476 "this decision has generated an immense amount of goodwill within the "
2480 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2481 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1899
2482 msgid "Bollier, Think Like a Commoner, 68."
2485 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2486 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1892
2488 "It is not just that restricting access to your work may undermine your "
2489 "social mission. It also may alienate the people who most value your creative "
2490 "work. If people like your work, their natural instinct will be to share it "
2491 "with others. But as David Bollier wrote, <quote>Our natural human impulses "
2492 "to imitate and share—the essence of culture—have been "
2493 "criminalized.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
2496 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2497 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1903
2499 "The fact that copying can carry criminal penalties undoubtedly deters "
2500 "copying it, but copying with the click of a button is too easy and "
2501 "convenient to ever fully stop it. Try as the copyright industry might to "
2502 "persuade us otherwise, copying a copyrighted work just doesn’t feel like "
2503 "stealing a loaf of bread. And, of course, that’s because it isn’t. Sharing a "
2504 "creative work has no impact on anyone else’s ability to make use of it."
2507 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2508 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1912
2510 "If you take some amount of copying and sharing your work as a given, you can "
2511 "invest your time and resources elsewhere, rather than wasting them on "
2512 "playing a cat and mouse game with people who want to copy and share your "
2513 "work. Lizzy Jongma from the Rijksmuseum said, <quote>We could spend a lot of "
2514 "money trying to protect works, but people are going to do it anyway. And "
2515 "they will use bad-quality versions.</quote> Instead, they started releasing "
2516 "high-resolution digital copies of their collection into the public domain "
2517 "and making them available for free on their website. For them, sharing was a "
2518 "form of quality control over the copies that were inevitably being shared "
2519 "online. Doing this meant forgoing the revenue they previously got from "
2520 "selling digital images. But Lizzy says that was a small price to pay for all "
2521 "of the opportunities that sharing unlocked for them."
2524 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2525 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1932
2526 msgid "Anderson, Free, 86."
2529 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2530 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1928
2532 "Being Made with Creative Commons means you stop thinking about ways to "
2533 "artificially make your content scarce, and instead leverage it as the "
2534 "potentially abundant resource it is.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
2535 "id=\"0\"/> When you see information abundance as a feature, not a bug, you "
2536 "start thinking about the ways to use the idling capacity of your content to "
2537 "your advantage. As my friend and colleague Eric Steuer once said, "
2538 "<quote>Using CC licenses shows you get the Internet.</quote>"
2541 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2542 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1943
2543 msgid "Doctorow, Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, 144."
2546 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2547 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1940
2549 "Cory Doctorow says it costs him nothing when other people make copies of his "
2550 "work, and it opens the possibility that he might get something in "
2551 "return.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Similarly, the makers of "
2552 "the Arduino boards knew it was impossible to stop people from copying their "
2553 "hardware, so they decided not to even try and instead look for the benefits "
2554 "of being open. For them, the result is one of the most ubiquitous pieces of "
2555 "hardware in the world, with a thriving online community of tinkerers and "
2556 "innovators that have done things with their work they never could have done "
2560 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2561 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1953
2563 "There are all kinds of way to leverage the power of sharing and remix to "
2564 "your benefit. Here are a few."
2567 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
2568 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1957
2569 msgid "Use CC to grow a larger audience"
2572 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2573 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1959
2575 "Putting a Creative Commons license on your content won’t make it "
2576 "automatically go viral, but eliminating legal barriers to copying the work "
2577 "certainly can’t hurt the chances that your work will be shared. The CC "
2578 "license symbolizes that sharing is welcome. It can act as a little tap on "
2579 "the shoulder to those who come across the work—a nudge to copy the work if "
2580 "they have any inkling of doing so. All things being equal, if one piece of "
2581 "content has a sign that says Share and the other says Don’t Share (which is "
2582 "what <quote>©</quote> means), which do you think people are more likely to "
2586 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2587 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1971
2589 "The Conversation is an online news site with in-depth articles written by "
2590 "academics who are experts on particular topics. All of the articles are "
2591 "CC-licensed, and they are copied and reshared on other sites by design. This "
2592 "proliferating effect, which they track, is a central part of the value to "
2593 "their academic authors who want to reach as many readers as possible."
2596 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2597 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1988
2598 msgid "Anderson, Free, 123."
2601 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2602 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1980
2604 "The idea that more eyeballs equates with more success is a form of the max "
2605 "strategy, adopted by Google and other technology companies. According to "
2606 "Google’s Eric Schmidt, the idea is simple: <quote>Take whatever it is you "
2607 "are doing and do it at the max in terms of distribution. The other way of "
2608 "saying this is that since marginal cost of distribution is free, you might "
2609 "as well put things everywhere.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
2610 "id=\"0\"/> This strategy is what often motivates companies to make their "
2611 "products and services free (i.e., no cost), but the same logic applies to "
2612 "making content freely shareable. Because CC-licensed content is free (as in "
2613 "cost) and can be freely copied, CC licensing makes it even more accessible "
2614 "and likely to spread."
2617 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2618 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2002
2622 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2623 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2007
2627 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2628 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:1997
2630 "If you are successful in reaching more users, readers, listeners, or other "
2631 "consumers of your work, you can start to benefit from the bandwagon "
2632 "effect. The simple fact that there are other people consuming or following "
2633 "your work spurs others to want to do the same.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
2634 "id=\"0\"/> This is, in part, because we simply have a tendency to engage in "
2635 "herd behavior, but it is also because a large following is at least a "
2636 "partial indicator of quality or usefulness.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
2640 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
2641 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2012
2642 msgid "Use CC to get attribution and name recognition"
2645 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2646 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2026
2648 "James Surowiecki, The Wisdom of Crowds (New York: Anchor Books, 2005), "
2649 "124. Surowiecki says, <quote>The measure of success of laws and contracts is "
2650 "how rarely they are invoked.</quote>"
2653 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2654 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2014
2656 "Every Creative Commons license requires that credit be given to the author, "
2657 "and that reusers supply a link back to the original source of the "
2658 "material. CC0, not a license but a tool used to put work in the public "
2659 "domain, does not make attribution a legal requirement, but many communities "
2660 "still give credit as a matter of best practices and social norms. In fact, "
2661 "it is social norms, rather than the threat of legal enforcement, that most "
2662 "often motivate people to provide attribution and otherwise comply with the "
2663 "CC license terms anyway. This is the mark of any well-functioning community, "
2664 "within both the marketplace and the society at large.<placeholder "
2665 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> CC licenses reflect a set of wishes on the part "
2666 "of creators, and in the vast majority of circumstances, people are naturally "
2667 "inclined to follow those wishes. This is particularly the case for something "
2668 "as straightforward and consistent with basic notions of fairness as "
2672 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2673 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2037
2675 "The fact that the name of the creator follows a CC-licensed work makes the "
2676 "licenses an important means to develop a reputation or, in corporate speak, "
2677 "a brand. The drive to associate your name with your work is not just based "
2678 "on commercial motivations, it is fundamental to authorship. Knowledge "
2679 "Unlatched is a nonprofit that helps to subsidize the print production of "
2680 "CC-licensed academic texts by pooling contributions from libraries around "
2681 "the United States. The CEO, Frances Pinter, says that the Creative Commons "
2682 "license on the works has a huge value to authors because reputation is the "
2683 "most important currency for academics. Sharing with CC is a way of having "
2684 "the most people see and cite your work."
2687 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2688 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2051
2690 "Attribution can be about more than just receiving credit. It can also be "
2691 "about establishing provenance. People naturally want to know where content "
2692 "came from—the source of a work is sometimes just as interesting as the work "
2693 "itself. Opendesk is a platform for furniture designers to share their "
2694 "designs. Consumers who like those designs can then get matched with local "
2695 "makers who turn the designs into real-life furniture. The fact that I, "
2696 "sitting in the middle of the United States, can pick out a design created by "
2697 "a designer in Tokyo and then use a maker within my own community to "
2698 "transform the design into something tangible is part of the power of their "
2699 "platform. The provenance of the design is a special part of the product."
2702 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2703 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2066
2705 "Knowing the source of a work is also critical to ensuring its "
2706 "credibility. Just as a trademark is designed to give consumers a way to "
2707 "identify the source and quality of a particular good and service, knowing "
2708 "the author of a work gives the public a way to assess its credibility. In a "
2709 "time when online discourse is plagued with misinformation, being a trusted "
2710 "information source is more valuable than ever."
2713 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
2714 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2076
2715 msgid "Use CC-licensed content as a marketing tool"
2718 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2719 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2078
2721 "As we will cover in more detail later, many endeavors that are Made with "
2722 "Creative Commons make money by providing a product or service other than the "
2723 "CC-licensed work. Sometimes that other product or service is completely "
2724 "unrelated to the CC content. Other times it’s a physical copy or live "
2725 "performance of the CC content. In all cases, the CC content can attract "
2726 "people to your other product or service."
2729 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2730 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2100
2731 msgid "Anderson, Free, 44."
2734 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2735 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2087
2737 "Knowledge Unlatched’s Pinter told us she has seen time and again how "
2738 "offering CC-licensed content—that is, digitally for free—actually increases "
2739 "sales of the printed goods because it functions as a marketing tool. We see "
2740 "this phenomenon regularly with famous artwork. The Mona Lisa is likely the "
2741 "most recognizable painting on the planet. Its ubiquity has the effect of "
2742 "catalyzing interest in seeing the painting in person, and in owning physical "
2743 "goods with the image. Abundant copies of the content often entice more "
2744 "demand, not blunt it. Another example came with the advent of the "
2745 "radio. Although the music industry did not see it coming (and fought it!), "
2746 "free music on the radio functioned as advertising for the paid version "
2747 "people bought in music stores.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Free "
2748 "can be a form of promotion."
2751 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2752 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2104
2754 "In some cases, endeavors that are Made with Creative Commons do not even "
2755 "need dedicated marketing teams or marketing budgets. Cards Against Humanity "
2756 "is a CC-licensed card game available as a free download. And because of this "
2757 "(thanks to the CC license on the game), the creators say it is one of the "
2758 "best-marketed games in the world, and they have never spent a dime on "
2759 "marketing. The textbook publisher OpenStax has also avoided hiring a "
2760 "marketing team. Their products are free, or cheaper to buy in the case of "
2761 "physical copies, which makes them much more attractive to students who then "
2762 "demand them from their universities. They also partner with service "
2763 "providers who build atop the CC-licensed content and, in turn, spend money "
2764 "and resources marketing those services (and by extension, the OpenStax "
2768 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
2769 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2121
2770 msgid "Use CC to enable hands-on engagement with your work"
2773 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2774 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2124
2776 "The great promise of Creative Commons licensing is that it signifies an "
2777 "embrace of remix culture. Indeed, this is the great promise of digital "
2778 "technology. The Internet opened up a whole new world of possibilities for "
2779 "public participation in creative work."
2782 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2783 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2138
2784 msgid "Osterwalder and Pigneur, Business Model Generation, 23."
2787 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2788 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2131
2790 "Four of the six CC licenses enable reusers to take apart, build upon, or "
2791 "otherwise adapt the work. Depending on the context, adaptation can mean "
2792 "wildly different things—translating, updating, localizing, improving, "
2793 "transforming. It enables a work to be customized for particular needs, uses, "
2794 "people, and communities, which is another distinct value to offer the "
2795 "public.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Adaptation is more game "
2796 "changing in some contexts than others. With educational materials, the "
2797 "ability to customize and update the content is critically important for its "
2798 "usefulness. For photography, the ability to adapt a photo is less important."
2801 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2802 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2151
2803 msgid "Anderson, Free, 67."
2806 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2807 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2156
2811 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2812 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2159
2813 msgid "Anderson, Makers, 71."
2816 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2817 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2164
2819 "Clay Shirky, Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into "
2820 "Collaborators (London: Penguin Books, 2010), 78."
2823 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2824 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2146
2826 "This is a way to counteract a potential downside of the abundance of free "
2827 "and open content described above. As Anderson wrote in Free, <quote>People "
2828 "often don’t care as much about things they don’t pay for, and as a result "
2829 "they don’t think as much about how they consume them.</quote><placeholder "
2830 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> If even the tiny act of volition of paying one "
2831 "penny for something changes our perception of that thing, then surely the "
2832 "act of remixing it enhances our perception exponentially.<placeholder "
2833 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/> We know that people will pay more for products "
2834 "they had a part in creating.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"2\"/> And we "
2835 "know that creating something, no matter what quality, brings with it a type "
2836 "of creative satisfaction that can never be replaced by consuming something "
2837 "created by someone else.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"3\"/>"
2840 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2841 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2177
2845 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2846 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2170
2848 "Actively engaging with the content helps us avoid the type of aimless "
2849 "consumption that anyone who has absentmindedly scrolled through their "
2850 "social-media feeds for an hour knows all too well. In his book, Cognitive "
2851 "Surplus, Clay Shirky says, <quote>To participate is to act as if your "
2852 "presence matters, as if, when you see something or hear something, your "
2853 "response is part of the event.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
2854 "id=\"0\"/> Opening the door to your content can get people more deeply tied "
2858 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
2859 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2183
2860 msgid "Use CC to differentiate yourself"
2863 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2864 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2192
2865 msgid "Doctorow, Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, 43."
2868 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2869 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2185
2871 "Operating under a traditional copyright regime usually means operating under "
2872 "the rules of establishment players in the media. Business strategies that "
2873 "are embedded in the traditional copyright system, like using digital rights "
2874 "management (DRM) and signing exclusivity contracts, can tie the hands of "
2875 "creators, often at the expense of the creator’s best interest.<placeholder "
2876 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Being Made with Creative Commons means you can "
2877 "function without those barriers and, in many cases, use the increased "
2878 "openness as a competitive advantage. David Harris from OpenStax said they "
2879 "specifically pursue strategies they know that traditional publishers "
2880 "cannot. <quote>Don’t go into a market and play by the incumbent "
2881 "rules,</quote> David said. <quote>Change the rules of engagement.</quote>"
2884 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><title>
2885 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2204
2886 msgid "Making Money"
2889 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2890 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2214
2892 "William Landes Foster, Peter Kim, and Barbara Christiansen, <quote>Ten "
2893 "Nonprofit Funding Models,</quote> Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring "
2895 "url=\"http://ssir.org/articles/entry/ten_nonprofit_funding_models\"/>."
2898 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2899 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2206
2901 "Like any moneymaking endeavor, those that are Made with Creative Commons "
2902 "have to generate some type of value for their audience or "
2903 "customers. Sometimes that value is subsidized by funders who are not "
2904 "actually beneficiaries of that value. Funders, whether philanthropic "
2905 "institutions, governments, or concerned individuals, provide money to the "
2906 "organization out of a sense of pure altruism. This is the way traditional "
2907 "nonprofit funding operates.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> But in "
2908 "many cases, the revenue streams used by endeavors that are Made with "
2909 "Creative Commons are directly tied to the value they generate, where the "
2910 "recipient is paying for the value they receive like any standard market "
2911 "transaction. In still other cases, rather than the quid pro quo exchange of "
2912 "money for value that typically drives market transactions, the recipient "
2913 "gives money out of a sense of reciprocity."
2916 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para><footnote><para>
2917 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2235
2918 msgid "Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, 111."
2921 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2922 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2227
2924 "Most who are Made with Creative Commons use a variety of methods to bring in "
2925 "revenue, some market-based and some not. One common strategy is using grant "
2926 "funding for content creation when research-and-development costs are "
2927 "particularly high, and then finding a different revenue stream (or streams) "
2928 "for ongoing expenses. As Shirky wrote, <quote>The trick is in knowing when "
2929 "markets are an optimal way of organizing interactions and when they are "
2930 "not.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
2933 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
2934 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2239
2936 "Our case studies explore in more detail the various revenue-generating "
2937 "mechanisms used by the creators, organizations, and businesses we "
2938 "interviewed. There is nuance hidden within the specific ways each of them "
2939 "makes money, so it is a bit dangerous to generalize too much about what we "
2940 "learned. Nonetheless, zooming out and viewing things from a higher level of "
2941 "abstraction can be instructive."
2944 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
2945 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2248
2946 msgid "Market-based revenue streams"
2949 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2950 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2253
2951 msgid "Osterwalder and Pigneur, Business Model Generation, 30."
2954 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2955 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2260
2957 "Jim Whitehurst, The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and Performance "
2958 "(Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2015), 202."
2961 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2962 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2250
2964 "In the market, the central question when determining how to bring in revenue "
2965 "is what value people are willing to pay for.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
2966 "id=\"0\"/> By definition, if you are Made with Creative Commons, the content "
2967 "you provide is available for free and not a market commodity. Like the "
2968 "ubiquitous freemium business model, any possible market transaction with a "
2969 "consumer of your content has to be based on some added value you "
2970 "provide.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
2973 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2974 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2276
2975 msgid "Anderson, Free, 71."
2978 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
2979 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2266
2981 "In many ways, this is the way of the future for all content-driven "
2982 "endeavors. In the market, value lives in things that are scarce. Because the "
2983 "Internet makes a universe of content available to all of us for free, it is "
2984 "difficult to get people to pay for content online. The struggling newspaper "
2985 "industry is a testament to this fact. This is compounded by the fact that at "
2986 "least some amount of copying is probably inevitable. That means you may end "
2987 "up competing with free versions of your own content, whether you condone it "
2988 "or not.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> If people can easily find "
2989 "your content for free, getting people to buy it will be difficult, "
2990 "particularly in a context where access to content is more important than "
2991 "owning it. In Free, Anderson wrote, <quote>Copyright protection schemes, "
2992 "whether coded into either law or software, are simply holding up a price "
2993 "against the force of gravity.</quote>"
2996 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
2997 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2295
3001 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3002 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2285
3004 "Of course, this doesn’t mean that content-driven endeavors have no future in "
3005 "the traditional marketplace. In Free, Anderson explains how when one product "
3006 "or service becomes free, as information and content largely have in the "
3007 "digital age, other things become more valuable. <quote>Every abundance "
3008 "creates a new scarcity,</quote> he wrote. You just have to find some way "
3009 "other than the content to provide value to your audience or customers. As "
3010 "Anderson says, <quote>It’s easy to compete with Free: simply offer something "
3011 "better or at least different from the free version.</quote><placeholder "
3012 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
3015 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3016 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2299
3018 "In light of this reality, in some ways endeavors that are Made with Creative "
3019 "Commons are at a level playing field with all content-based endeavors in the "
3020 "digital age. In fact, they may even have an advantage because they can use "
3021 "the abundance of content to derive revenue from something scarce. They can "
3022 "also benefit from the goodwill that stems from the values behind being Made "
3023 "with Creative Commons."
3026 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3027 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2308
3029 "For content creators and distributors, there are nearly infinite ways to "
3030 "provide value to the consumers of your work, above and beyond the value that "
3031 "lives within your free digital content. Often, the CC-licensed content "
3032 "functions as a marketing tool for the paid product or service."
3035 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3036 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2315
3037 msgid "Here are the most common high-level categories."
3040 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3041 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2319
3043 "Providing a custom service to consumers of your work "
3044 "<emphasis>[MARKET-BASED]</emphasis>"
3047 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3048 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2329
3052 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3053 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2322
3055 "In this age of information abundance, we don’t lack for content. The trick "
3056 "is finding content that matches our needs and wants, so customized services "
3057 "are particularly valuable. As Anderson wrote, <quote>Commodity information "
3058 "(everybody gets the same version) wants to be free. Customized information "
3059 "(you get something unique and meaningful to you) wants to be "
3060 "expensive.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> This can be "
3061 "anything from the artistic and cultural consulting services provided by "
3062 "Ártica to the custom-song business of Jonathan <quote>Song-A-Day</quote> "
3066 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3067 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2337
3068 msgid "Charging for the physical copy <emphasis>[MARKET-BASED]</emphasis>"
3071 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3072 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2344
3073 msgid "Anderson, Makers, 107."
3076 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3077 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2340
3079 "In his book about maker culture, Anderson characterizes this model as giving "
3080 "away the bits and selling the atoms (where bits refers to digital content "
3081 "and atoms refer to a physical object).<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
3082 "id=\"0\"/> This is particularly successful in domains where the digital "
3083 "version of the content isn’t as valuable as the analog version, like book "
3084 "publishing where a significant subset of people still prefer reading "
3085 "something they can hold in their hands. Or in domains where the content "
3086 "isn’t useful until it is in physical form, like furniture designs. In those "
3087 "situations, a significant portion of consumers will pay for the convenience "
3088 "of having someone else put the physical version together for them. Some "
3089 "endeavors squeeze even more out of this revenue stream by using a Creative "
3090 "Commons license that only allows noncommercial uses, which means no one else "
3091 "can sell physical copies of their work in competition with them. This "
3092 "strategy of reserving commercial rights can be particularly important for "
3093 "items like books, where every printed copy of the same work is likely to be "
3094 "the same quality, so it is harder to differentiate one publishing service "
3095 "from another. On the other hand, for items like furniture or electronics, "
3096 "the provider of the physical goods can compete with other providers of the "
3097 "same works based on quality, service, or other traditional business "
3101 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3102 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2368
3103 msgid "Charging for the in-person version <emphasis>[MARKET-BASED]</emphasis>"
3106 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3107 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2371
3109 "As anyone who has ever gone to a concert will tell you, experiencing "
3110 "creativity in person is a completely different experience from consuming a "
3111 "digital copy on your own. Far from acting as a substitute for face-to-face "
3112 "interaction, CC-licensed content can actually create demand for the "
3113 "in-person version of experience. You can see this effect when people go view "
3114 "original art in person or pay to attend a talk or training course."
3117 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3118 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2382
3119 msgid "Selling merchandise <emphasis>[MARKET-BASED]</emphasis>"
3122 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3123 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2385
3125 "In many cases, people who like your work will pay for products demonstrating "
3126 "a connection to your work. As a child of the 1980s, I can personally attest "
3127 "to the power of a good concert T-shirt. This can also be an important "
3128 "revenue stream for museums and galleries."
3131 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3132 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2402
3133 msgid "Osterwalder and Pigneur, Business Model Generation, 89."
3136 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3137 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2392
3139 "Sometimes the way to find a market-based revenue stream is by providing "
3140 "value to people other than those who consume your CC-licensed content. In "
3141 "these revenue streams, the free content is being subsidized by an entirely "
3142 "different category of people or businesses. Often, those people or "
3143 "businesses are paying to access your main audience. The fact that the "
3144 "content is free increases the size of the audience, which in turn makes the "
3145 "offer more valuable to the paying customers. This is a variation of a "
3146 "traditional business model built on free called multi-sided "
3147 "platforms.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Access to your audience "
3148 "isn’t the only thing people are willing to pay for—there are other services "
3149 "you can provide as well."
3152 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3153 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2409
3154 msgid "Charging advertisers or sponsors <emphasis>[MARKET-BASED]</emphasis>"
3157 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3158 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2417
3162 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3163 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2421
3164 msgid "Anderson, Free, 142."
3167 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3168 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2412
3170 "The traditional model of subsidizing free content is advertising. In this "
3171 "version of multi-sided platforms, advertisers pay for the opportunity to "
3172 "reach the set of eyeballs the content creators provide in the form of their "
3173 "audience.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> The Internet has made "
3174 "this model more difficult because the number of potential channels available "
3175 "to reach those eyeballs has become essentially infinite.<placeholder "
3176 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/> Nonetheless, it remains a viable revenue stream "
3177 "for many content creators, including those who are Made with Creative "
3178 "Commons. Often, instead of paying to display advertising, the advertiser "
3179 "pays to be an official sponsor of particular content or projects, or of the "
3183 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3184 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2430
3185 msgid "Charging your content creators <emphasis>[MARKET-BASED]</emphasis>"
3188 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3189 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2433
3191 "Another type of multisided platform is where the content creators themselves "
3192 "pay to be featured on the platform. Obviously, this revenue stream is only "
3193 "available to those who rely on work created, at least in part, by "
3194 "others. The most well-known version of this model is the "
3195 "<quote>author-processing charge</quote> of open-access journals like those "
3196 "published by the Public Library of Science, but there are other "
3197 "variations. The Conversation is primarily funded by a university-membership "
3198 "model, where universities pay to have their faculties participate as writers "
3199 "of the content on the Conversation website."
3202 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3203 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2447
3204 msgid "Charging a transaction fee <emphasis>[MARKET-BASED]</emphasis>"
3207 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3208 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2452
3209 msgid "Osterwalder and Pigneur, Business Model Generation, 32."
3212 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3213 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2450
3215 "This is a version of a traditional business model based on brokering "
3216 "transactions between parties.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> "
3217 "Curation is an important element of this model. Platforms like the Noun "
3218 "Project add value by wading through CC-licensed content to curate a "
3219 "high-quality set and then derive revenue when creators of that content make "
3220 "transactions with customers. Other platforms make money when service "
3221 "providers transact with their customers; for example, Opendesk makes money "
3222 "every time someone on their site pays a maker to make furniture based on one "
3223 "of the designs on the platform."
3226 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3227 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2464
3228 msgid "Providing a service to your creators <emphasis>[MARKET-BASED]</emphasis>"
3231 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3232 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2467
3234 "As mentioned above, endeavors can make money by providing customized "
3235 "services to their users. Platforms can undertake a variation of this service "
3236 "model directed at the creators that provide the content they feature. The "
3237 "data platforms Figure.NZ and Figshare both capitalize on this model by "
3238 "providing paid tools to help their users make the data they contribute to "
3239 "the platform more discoverable and reusable."
3242 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3243 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2477
3244 msgid "Licensing a trademark <emphasis>[MARKET-BASED]</emphasis>"
3247 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3248 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2480
3250 "Finally, some that are Made with Creative Commons make money by selling use "
3251 "of their trademarks. Well known brands that consumers associate with "
3252 "quality, credibility, or even an ethos can license that trademark to "
3253 "companies that want to take advantage of that goodwill. By definition, "
3254 "trademarks are scarce because they represent a particular source of a good "
3255 "or service. Charging for the ability to use that trademark is a way of "
3256 "deriving revenue from something scarce while taking advantage of the "
3257 "abundance of CC content."
3260 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3261 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2492
3262 msgid "Reciprocity-based revenue streams"
3265 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3266 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2494
3268 "Even if we set aside grant funding, we found that the traditional economic "
3269 "framework of understanding the market failed to fully capture the ways the "
3270 "endeavors we analyzed were making money. It was not simply about monetizing "
3274 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3275 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2501
3277 "Rather than devising a scheme to get people to pay money in exchange for "
3278 "some direct value provided to them, many of the revenue streams were more "
3279 "about providing value, building a relationship, and then eventually finding "
3280 "some money that flows back out of a sense of reciprocity. While some look "
3281 "like traditional nonprofit funding models, they aren’t charity. The endeavor "
3282 "exchange value with people, just not necessarily synchronously or in a way "
3283 "that requires that those values be equal. As David Bollier wrote in Think "
3284 "Like a Commoner, <quote>There is no self-serving calculation of whether the "
3285 "value given and received is strictly equal.</quote>"
3288 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3289 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2514
3291 "This should be a familiar dynamic—it is the way you deal with your friends "
3292 "and family. We give without regard for what and when we will get back. David "
3293 "Bollier wrote, <quote>Reciprocal social exchange lies at the heart of human "
3294 "identity, community and culture. It is a vital brain function that helps the "
3295 "human species survive and evolve.</quote>"
3298 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3299 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2524
3300 msgid "Bollier, Think Like a Commoner, 150."
3303 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3304 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2528
3308 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3309 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2522
3311 "What is rare is to incorporate this sort of relationship into an endeavor "
3312 "that also engages with the market.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> "
3313 "We almost can’t help but think of relationships in the market as being "
3314 "centered on an even-steven exchange of value.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
3318 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3319 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2533
3321 "Memberships and individual donations "
3322 "<emphasis>[RECIPROCITY-BASED]</emphasis>"
3325 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3326 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2536
3328 "While memberships and donations are traditional nonprofit funding models, in "
3329 "the Made with Creative Commons context, they are directly tied to the "
3330 "reciprocal relationship that is cultivated with the beneficiaries of their "
3331 "work. The bigger the pool of those receiving value from the content, the "
3332 "more likely this strategy will work, given that only a small percentage of "
3333 "people are likely to contribute. Since using CC licenses can grease the "
3334 "wheels for content to reach more people, this strategy can be more effective "
3335 "for endeavors that are Made with Creative Commons. The greater the argument "
3336 "that the content is a public good or that the entire endeavor is furthering "
3337 "a social mission, the more likely this strategy is to succeed."
3340 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3341 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2552
3342 msgid "The pay-what-you-want model <emphasis>[RECIPROCITY-BASED]</emphasis>"
3345 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3346 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2555
3348 "In the pay-what-you-want model, the beneficiary of Creative Commons content "
3349 "is invited to give—at any amount they can and feel is appropriate, based on "
3350 "the public and personal value they feel is generated by the open "
3351 "content. Critically, these models are not touted as <quote>buying</quote> "
3352 "something free. They are similar to a tip jar. People make financial "
3353 "contributions as an act of gratitude. These models capitalize on the fact "
3354 "that we are naturally inclined to give money for things we value in the "
3355 "marketplace, even in situations where we could find a way to get it for "
3359 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3360 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2568
3361 msgid "Crowdfunding <emphasis>[RECIPROCITY-BASED]</emphasis>"
3364 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3365 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2571
3367 "Crowdfunding models are based on recouping the costs of creating and "
3368 "distributing content before the content is created. If the endeavor is Made "
3369 "with Creative Commons, anyone who wants the work in question could simply "
3370 "wait until it’s created and then access it for free. That means, for this "
3371 "model to work, people have to care about more than just receiving the "
3372 "work. They have to want you to succeed. Amanda Palmer credits the success of "
3373 "her crowdfunding on Kickstarter and Patreon to the years she spent building "
3374 "her community and creating a connection with her fans. She wrote in The Art "
3375 "of Asking, <quote>Good art is made, good art is shared, help is offered, "
3376 "ears are bent, emotions are exchanged, the compost of real, deep connection "
3377 "is sprayed all over the fields. Then one day, the artist steps up and asks "
3378 "for something. And if the ground has been fertilized enough, the audience "
3379 "says, without hesitation: of course.</quote>"
3382 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3383 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2589
3385 "Other types of crowdfunding rely on a sense of responsibility that a "
3386 "particular community may feel. Knowledge Unlatched pools funds from major "
3387 "U.S. libraries to subsidize CC-licensed academic work that will be, by "
3388 "definition, available to everyone for free. Libraries with bigger budgets "
3389 "tend to give more out of a sense of commitment to the library community and "
3390 "to the idea of open access generally."
3393 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><title>
3394 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2600
3395 msgid "Making Human Connections"
3398 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
3399 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2602
3401 "Regardless of how they made money, in our interviews, we repeatedly heard "
3402 "language like <quote>persuading people to buy</quote> and <quote>inviting "
3403 "people to pay.</quote> We heard it even in connection with revenue streams "
3404 "that sit squarely within the market. Cory Doctorow told us, <quote>I have to "
3405 "convince my readers that the right thing to do is to pay me.</quote> The "
3406 "founders of the for-profit company Lumen Learning showed us the letter they "
3407 "send to those who opt not to pay for the services they provide in connection "
3408 "with their CC-licensed educational content. It isn’t a cease-and-desist "
3409 "letter; it’s an invitation to pay because it’s the right thing to do. This "
3410 "sort of behavior toward what could be considered nonpaying customers is "
3411 "largely unheard of in the traditional marketplace. But it seems to be part "
3412 "of the fabric of being Made with Creative Commons."
3415 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
3416 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2619
3418 "Nearly every endeavor we profiled relied, at least in part, on people being "
3419 "invested in what they do. The closer the Creative Commons content is to "
3420 "being <quote>the product,</quote> the more pronounced this dynamic has to "
3421 "be. Rather than simply selling a product or service, they are making "
3422 "ideological, personal, and creative connections with the people who value "
3426 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
3427 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2627
3429 "It took me a very long time to see how this avoidance of thinking about what "
3430 "they do in pure market terms was deeply tied to being Made with Creative "
3434 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
3435 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2632
3437 "I came to the research with preconceived notions about what Creative Commons "
3438 "is and what it means to be Made with Creative Commons. It turned out I was "
3439 "wrong on so many counts."
3442 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
3443 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2637
3445 "Obviously, being Made with Creative Commons means using Creative Commons "
3446 "licenses. That much I knew. But in our interviews, people spoke of so much "
3447 "more than copyright permissions when they explained how sharing fit into "
3448 "what they do. I was thinking about sharing too narrowly, and as a result, I "
3449 "was missing vast swaths of the meaning packed within Creative "
3450 "Commons. Rather than parsing the specific and narrow role of the copyright "
3451 "license in the equation, it is important not to disaggregate the rest of "
3452 "what comes with sharing. You have to widen the lens."
3455 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
3456 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2648
3458 "Being Made with Creative Commons is not just about the simple act of "
3459 "licensing a copyrighted work under a set of standardized terms, but also "
3460 "about community, social good, contributing ideas, expressing a value system, "
3461 "working together. These components of sharing are hard to cultivate if you "
3462 "think about what you do in purely market terms. Decent social behavior isn’t "
3463 "as intuitive when we are doing something that involves monetary exchange. It "
3464 "takes a conscious effort to foster the context for real sharing, based not "
3465 "strictly on impersonal market exchange, but on connections with the people "
3466 "with whom you share—connections with you, with your work, with your values, "
3470 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><para>
3471 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2662
3473 "The rest of this section will explore some of the common strategies that "
3474 "creators, companies, and organizations use to remind us that there are "
3475 "humans behind every creative endeavor. To remind us we have obligations to "
3476 "each other. To remind us what sharing really looks like."
3479 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3480 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2669
3484 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3485 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2673
3487 "Dan Ariely, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our "
3488 "Decisions, rev. ed. (New York: Harper Perennial, 2010), 109."
3491 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3492 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2671
3494 "Humans are social animals, which means we are naturally inclined to treat "
3495 "each other well.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> But the further "
3496 "removed we are from the person with whom we are interacting, the less caring "
3497 "our behavior will be. While the Internet has democratized cultural "
3498 "production, increased access to knowledge, and connected us in extraordinary "
3499 "ways, it can also make it easy forget we are dealing with another human."
3502 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3503 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2697
3505 "Austin Kleon, Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get "
3506 "Discovered (New York: Workman, 2014), 93."
3509 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3510 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2684
3512 "To counteract the anonymous and impersonal tendencies of how we operate "
3513 "online, individual creators and corporations who use Creative Commons "
3514 "licenses work to demonstrate their humanity. For some, this means pouring "
3515 "their lives out on the page. For others, it means showing their creative "
3516 "process, giving a glimpse into how they do what they do. As writer Austin "
3517 "Kleon wrote, <quote>Our work doesn’t speak for itself. Human beings want to "
3518 "know where things came from, how they were made, and who made them. The "
3519 "stories you tell about the work you do have a huge effect on how people feel "
3520 "and what they understand about your work, and how people feel and what they "
3521 "understand about your work affects how they value it.</quote><placeholder "
3522 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
3525 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3526 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2703
3528 "A critical component to doing this effectively is not worrying about being a "
3529 "<quote>brand.</quote> That means not being afraid to be vulnerable. Amanda "
3530 "Palmer says, <quote>When you’re afraid of someone’s judgment, you can’t "
3531 "connect with them. You’re too preoccupied with the task of impressing "
3532 "them.</quote> Not everyone is suited to live life as an open book like "
3533 "Palmer, and that’s OK. There are a lot of ways to be human. The trick is "
3534 "just avoiding pretense and the temptation to artificially craft an "
3535 "image. People don’t just want the glossy version of you. They can’t relate "
3536 "to it, at least not in a meaningful way."
3539 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3540 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2724
3541 msgid "Kramer, Shareology, 76."
3544 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3545 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2716
3547 "This advice is probably even more important for businesses and organizations "
3548 "because we instinctively conceive of them as nonhuman (though in the United "
3549 "States, corporations are people!). When corporations and organizations make "
3550 "the people behind them more apparent, it reminds people that they are "
3551 "dealing with something other than an anonymous corporate entity. In "
3552 "business-speak, this is about <quote>humanizing your interactions</quote> "
3553 "with the public.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> But it can’t be a "
3554 "gimmick. You can’t fake being human."
3557 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3558 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2730
3559 msgid "Be open and accountable"
3562 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3563 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2739
3564 msgid "Palmer, Art of Asking, 252."
3567 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3568 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2744
3569 msgid "Whitehurst, Open Organization, 145."
3572 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3573 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2732
3575 "Transparency helps people understand who you are and why you do what you do, "
3576 "but it also inspires trust. Max Temkin of Cards Against Humanity told us, "
3577 "<quote>One of the most surprising things you can do in capitalism is just be "
3578 "honest with people.</quote> That means sharing the good and the bad. As "
3579 "Amanda Palmer wrote, <quote>You can fix almost anything by authentically "
3580 "communicating.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> It isn’t "
3581 "about trying to satisfy everyone or trying to sugarcoat mistakes or bad "
3582 "news, but instead about explaining your rationale and then being prepared to "
3583 "defend it when people are critical.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
3586 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3587 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2753
3588 msgid "Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds, 203."
3591 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3592 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2760
3593 msgid "Whitehurst, Open Organization, 80."
3596 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3597 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2748
3599 "Being accountable does not mean operating on consensus. According to James "
3600 "Surowiecki, consensus-driven groups tend to resort to "
3601 "lowest-common-denominator solutions and avoid the sort of candid exchange of "
3602 "ideas that cultivates healthy collaboration.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
3603 "id=\"0\"/> Instead, it can be as simple as asking for input and then giving "
3604 "context and explanation about decisions you make, even if soliciting "
3605 "feedback and inviting discourse is time-consuming. If you don’t go through "
3606 "the effort to actually respond to the input you receive, it can be worse "
3607 "than not inviting input in the first place.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
3608 "id=\"1\"/> But when you get it right, it can guarantee the type of diversity "
3609 "of thought that helps endeavors excel. And it is another way to get people "
3610 "involved and invested in what you do."
3613 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3614 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2768
3615 msgid "Design for the good actors"
3618 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3619 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2772
3620 msgid "Bollier, Think Like a Commoner, 25."
3623 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3624 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2777
3628 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3629 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2770
3631 "Traditional economics assumes people make decisions based solely on their "
3632 "own economic self-interest.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Any "
3633 "relatively introspective human knows this is a fiction—we are much more "
3634 "complicated beings with a whole range of needs, emotions, and "
3635 "motivations. In fact, we are hardwired to work together and ensure "
3636 "fairness.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/> Being Made with Creative "
3637 "Commons requires an assumption that people will largely act on those social "
3638 "motivations, motivations that would be considered <quote>irrational</quote> "
3639 "in an economic sense. As Knowledge Unlatched’s Pinter told us, <quote>It is "
3640 "best to ignore people who try to scare you about free riding. That fear is "
3641 "based on a very shallow view of what motivates human behavior.</quote> There "
3642 "will always be people who will act in purely selfish ways, but endeavors "
3643 "that are Made with Creative Commons design for the good actors."
3646 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3647 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2796
3648 msgid "Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, 112."
3651 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3652 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2790
3654 "The assumption that people will largely do the right thing can be a "
3655 "self-fulfilling prophecy. Shirky wrote in Cognitive Surplus, <quote>Systems "
3656 "that assume people will act in ways that create public goods, and that give "
3657 "them opportunities and rewards for doing so, often let them work together "
3658 "better than neoclassical economics would predict.</quote><placeholder "
3659 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> When we acknowledge that people are often "
3660 "motivated by something other than financial self-interest, we design our "
3661 "endeavors in ways that encourage and accentuate our social instincts."
3664 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3665 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2814
3666 msgid "Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds, 124."
3669 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3670 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2803
3672 "Rather than trying to exert control over people’s behavior, this mode of "
3673 "operating requires a certain level of trust. We might not realize it, but "
3674 "our daily lives are already built on trust. As Surowiecki wrote in The "
3675 "Wisdom of Crowds, <quote>It’s impossible for a society to rely on law alone "
3676 "to make sure citizens act honestly and responsibly. And it’s impossible for "
3677 "any organization to rely on contracts alone to make sure that its managers "
3678 "and workers live up to their obligation.</quote> Instead, we largely trust "
3679 "that people—mostly strangers—will do what they are supposed to "
3680 "do.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> And most often, they do."
3683 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3684 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2819
3685 msgid "Treat humans like, well, humans"
3688 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3689 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2824
3690 msgid "Kleon, Show Your Work, 127."
3693 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3694 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2832
3695 msgid "Palmer, Art of Asking, 121."
3698 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3699 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2821
3701 "For creators, treating people as humans means not treating them like "
3702 "fans. As Kleon says, <quote>If you want fans, you have to be a fan "
3703 "first.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Even if you happen "
3704 "to be one of the few to reach celebrity levels of fame, you are better off "
3705 "remembering that the people who follow your work are human, too. Cory "
3706 "Doctorow makes a point to answer every single email someone sends him. "
3707 "Amanda Palmer spends vast quantities of time going online to communicate "
3708 "with her public, making a point to listen just as much as she "
3709 "talks.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
3712 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3713 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2836
3715 "The same idea goes for businesses and organizations. Rather than automating "
3716 "its customer service, the music platform Tribe of Noise makes a point to "
3717 "ensure its employees have personal, one-on-one interaction with users."
3720 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3721 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2847
3722 msgid "Ariely, Predictably Irrational, 87."
3725 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3726 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2857
3730 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3731 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2842
3733 "When we treat people like humans, they typically return the gift in "
3734 "kind. It’s called karma. But social relationships are fragile. It is all too "
3735 "easy to destroy them if you make the mistake of treating people as anonymous "
3736 "customers or free labor.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Platforms "
3737 "that rely on content from contributors are especially at risk of creating an "
3738 "exploitative dynamic. It is important to find ways to acknowledge and pay "
3739 "back the value that contributors generate. That does not mean you can solve "
3740 "this problem by simply paying contributors for their time or "
3741 "contributions. As soon as we introduce money into a relationship—at least "
3742 "when it takes a form of paying monetary value in exchange for other value—it "
3743 "can dramatically change the dynamic.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
3747 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3748 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2862
3749 msgid "State your principles and stick to them"
3752 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3753 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2864
3755 "Being Made with Creative Commons makes a statement about who you are and "
3756 "what you do. The symbolism is powerful. Using Creative Commons licenses "
3757 "demonstrates adherence to a particular belief system, which generates "
3758 "goodwill and connects like-minded people to your work. Sometimes people will "
3759 "be drawn to endeavors that are Made with Creative Commons as a way of "
3760 "demonstrating their own commitment to the Creative Commons value system, "
3761 "akin to a political statement. Other times people will identify and feel "
3762 "connected with an endeavor’s separate social mission. Often both."
3765 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3766 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2876
3768 "The expression of your values doesn’t have to be implicit. In fact, many of "
3769 "the people we interviewed talked about how important it is to state your "
3770 "guiding principles up front. Lumen Learning attributes a lot of their "
3771 "success to having been outspoken about the fundamental values that guide "
3772 "what they do. As a for-profit company, they think their expressed commitment "
3773 "to low-income students and open licensing has been critical to their "
3774 "credibility in the OER (open educational resources) community in which they "
3778 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3779 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2891
3783 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3784 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2887
3786 "When your end goal is not about making a profit, people trust that you "
3787 "aren’t just trying to extract value for your own gain. People notice when "
3788 "you have a sense of purpose that transcends your own "
3789 "self-interest.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> It attracts "
3790 "committed employees, motivates contributors, and builds trust."
3793 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3794 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2897
3795 msgid "Build a community"
3798 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3799 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2905
3801 "Jono Bacon, The Art of Community, 2nd ed. (Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, "
3805 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3806 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2899
3808 "Endeavors that are Made with Creative Commons thrive when community is built "
3809 "around what they do. This may mean a community collaborating together to "
3810 "create something new, or it may simply be a collection of like-minded people "
3811 "who get to know each other and rally around common interests or "
3812 "beliefs.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> To a certain extent, "
3813 "simply being Made with Creative Commons automatically brings with it some "
3814 "element of community, by helping connect you to like-minded others who "
3815 "recognize and are drawn to the values symbolized by using CC."
3818 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3819 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2921
3820 msgid "Palmer, Art of Asking, 98."
3823 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3824 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2928
3825 msgid "Whitehurst, Open Organization, 34."
3828 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3829 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2913
3831 "To be sustainable, though, you have to work to nurture community. People "
3832 "have to care—about you and each other. One critical piece to this is "
3833 "fostering a sense of belonging. As Jono Bacon writes in The Art of "
3834 "Community, <quote>If there is no belonging, there is no community.</quote> "
3835 "For Amanda Palmer and her band, that meant creating an accepting and "
3836 "inclusive environment where people felt a part of their <quote>weird little "
3837 "family.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> For organizations "
3838 "like Red Hat, that means connecting around common beliefs or goals. As the "
3839 "CEO Jim Whitehurst wrote in The Open Organization, <quote>Tapping into "
3840 "passion is especially important in building the kinds of participative "
3841 "communities that drive open organizations.</quote><placeholder "
3842 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
3845 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3846 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2940
3847 msgid "Surowiecki, Wisdom of Crowds, 200."
3850 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3851 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2944
3852 msgid "Bollier, Think Like a Commoner, 29."
3855 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3856 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2932
3858 "Communities that collaborate together take deliberate planning. Surowiecki "
3859 "wrote, <quote>It takes a lot of work to put the group together. It’s "
3860 "difficult to ensure that people are working in the group’s interest and not "
3861 "in their own. And when there’s a lack of trust between the members of the "
3862 "group (which isn’t surprising given that they don’t really know each other), "
3863 "considerable energy is wasted trying to determine each other’s bona "
3864 "fides.</quote><placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Building true "
3865 "community requires giving people within the community the power to create or "
3866 "influence the rules that govern the community.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
3867 "id=\"1\"/> If the rules are created and imposed in a top-down manner, people "
3868 "feel like they don’t have a voice, which in turn leads to disengagement."
3871 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3872 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2950
3874 "Community takes work, but working together, or even simply being connected "
3875 "around common interests or values, is in many ways what sharing is about."
3878 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3879 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2956
3880 msgid "Give more to the commons than you take"
3883 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3884 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2967
3886 "Giana Eckhardt and Fleura Bardhi, <quote>The Sharing Economy Isn’t about "
3887 "Sharing at All,</quote> Harvard Business Review (website), January 28, 2015, "
3889 "url=\"http://hbr.org/2015/01/the-sharing-economy-isnt-about-sharing-at-all\"/>."
3892 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3893 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2975
3895 "Lisa Gansky, The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing, reprint with "
3896 "new epilogue (New York: Portfolio, 2012)."
3899 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3900 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2958
3902 "Conventional wisdom in the marketplace dictates that people should try to "
3903 "extract as much money as possible from resources. This is essentially what "
3904 "defines so much of the so-called sharing economy. In an article on the "
3905 "Harvard Business Review website called <quote>The Sharing Economy Isn’t "
3906 "about Sharing at All,</quote> authors Giana Eckhardt and Fleura Bardhi "
3907 "explained how the anonymous market-driven trans-actions in most "
3908 "sharing-economy businesses are purely about monetizing access.<placeholder "
3909 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> As Lisa Gansky put it in her book The Mesh, the "
3910 "primary strategy of the sharing economy is to sell the same product multiple "
3911 "times, by selling access rather than ownership.<placeholder "
3912 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/> That is not sharing."
3915 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3916 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2991
3918 "David Lee, <quote>Inside Medium: An Attempt to Bring Civility to the "
3919 "Internet,</quote> BBC News, March 3, 2016, <ulink "
3920 "url=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35709680\"/>."
3923 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3924 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:2981
3926 "Sharing requires adding as much or more value to the ecosystem than you "
3927 "take. You can’t simply treat open content as a free pool of resources from "
3928 "which to extract value. Part of giving back to the ecosystem is contributing "
3929 "content back to the public under CC licenses. But it doesn’t have to just be "
3930 "about creating content; it can be about adding value in other ways. The "
3931 "social blogging platform Medium provides value to its community by "
3932 "incentivizing good behavior, and the result is an online space with "
3933 "remarkably high-quality user-generated content and limited "
3934 "trolling.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Opendesk contributes to "
3935 "its community by committing to help its designers make money, in part by "
3936 "actively curating and displaying their work on its platform effectively."
3939 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3940 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3000
3942 "In all cases, it is important to openly acknowledge the amount of value you "
3943 "add versus that which you draw on that was created by others. Being "
3944 "transparent about this builds credibility and shows you are a contributing "
3945 "player in the commons. When your endeavor is making money, that also means "
3946 "apportioning financial compensation in a way that reflects the value "
3947 "contributed by others, providing more to contributors when the value they "
3948 "add outweighs the value provided by you."
3951 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><title>
3952 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3011
3953 msgid "Involve people in what you do"
3956 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3957 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3016
3958 msgid "Anderson, Makers, 148."
3961 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3962 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3020
3963 msgid "Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, 164."
3966 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3967 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3027 MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3091
3968 msgid "Whitehurst, foreword to Open Organization."
3971 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3972 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3013
3974 "Thanks to the Internet, we can tap into the talents and expertise of people "
3975 "around the globe. Chris Anderson calls it the Long Tail of "
3976 "talent.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> But to make collaboration "
3977 "work, the group has to be effective at what it is doing, and the people "
3978 "within the group have to find satisfaction from being involved.<placeholder "
3979 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/> This is easier to facilitate for some types of "
3980 "creative work than it is for others. Groups tied together online collaborate "
3981 "best when people can work independently and asynchronously, and particularly "
3982 "for larger groups with loose ties, when contributors can make simple "
3983 "improvements without a particularly heavy time commitment.<placeholder "
3984 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"2\"/>"
3987 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
3988 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3040
3989 msgid "Shirky, Cognitive Surplus, 144."
3992 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
3993 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3031
3995 "As the success of Wikipedia demonstrates, editing an online encyclopedia is "
3996 "exactly the sort of activity that is perfect for massive co-creation because "
3997 "small, incremental edits made by a diverse range of people acting on their "
3998 "own are immensely valuable in the aggregate. Those same sorts of small "
3999 "contributions would be less useful for many other types of creative work, "
4000 "and people are inherently less motivated to contribute when it doesn’t "
4001 "appear that their efforts will make much of a difference.<placeholder "
4002 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
4005 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><quote><footnote><para>
4006 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3052
4010 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
4011 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3064
4012 msgid "Palmer, Art of Asking, 163."
4015 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
4016 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3044
4018 "It is easy to romanticize the opportunities for global cocreation made "
4019 "possible by the Internet, and, indeed, the successful examples of it are "
4020 "truly incredible and inspiring. But in a wide range of "
4021 "circumstances—perhaps more often than not—community cocreation is not part "
4022 "of the equation, even within endeavors built on CC content. Shirky wrote, "
4023 "<quote>Sometimes the value of professional work trumps the value of amateur "
4024 "sharing or a feeling of belonging.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> "
4025 "The textbook publisher OpenStax, which distributes all of its material for "
4026 "free under CC licensing, is an example of this dynamic. Rather than tapping "
4027 "the community to help cocreate their college textbooks, they invest a "
4028 "significant amount of time and money to develop professional content. For "
4029 "individual creators, where the creative work is the basis for what they do, "
4030 "community cocreation is only rarely a part of the picture. Even musician "
4031 "Amanda Palmer, who is famous for her openness and involvement with her fans, "
4032 "said,</quote>The only department where I wasn’t open to input was the "
4033 "writing, the music itself.\"<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
4036 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
4037 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3075
4038 msgid "Anderson, Makers, 173."
4041 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
4042 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3082
4044 "Tom Kelley and David Kelley, Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Potential "
4045 "within Us All (New York: Crown, 2013), 82."
4048 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
4049 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3068
4051 "While we tend to immediately think of cocreation and remixing when we hear "
4052 "the word collaboration, you can also involve others in your creative process "
4053 "in more informal ways, by sharing half-baked ideas and early drafts, and "
4054 "interacting with the public to incubate ideas and get feedback. So-called "
4055 "<quote>making in public</quote> opens the door to letting people feel more "
4056 "invested in your creative work.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> And "
4057 "it shows a nonterritorial approach to ideas and information. Stephen Covey "
4058 "(of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People fame) calls this the abundance "
4059 "mentality—treating ideas like something plentiful—and it can create an "
4060 "environment where collaboration flourishes.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
4064 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para><footnote><para>
4065 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3099
4067 "Rachel Botsman and Roo Rogers, What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of "
4068 "Collaborative Consumption (New York: Harper Business, 2010), 188."
4071 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><sect1><sect2><para>
4072 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3088
4074 "There is no one way to involve people in what you do. They key is finding a "
4075 "way for people to contribute on their terms, compelled by their own "
4076 "motivations.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> What that looks like "
4077 "varies wildly depending on the project. Not every endeavor that is Made with "
4078 "Creative Commons can be Wikipedia, but every endeavor can find ways to "
4079 "invite the public into what they do. The goal for any form of collaboration "
4080 "is to move away from thinking of consumers as passive recipients of your "
4081 "content and transition them into active participants.<placeholder "
4082 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
4085 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><title>
4086 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3108
4087 msgid "The Creative Commons Licenses"
4090 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4091 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3110
4093 "All of the Creative Commons licenses grant a basic set of permissions. At a "
4094 "minimum, a CC- licensed work can be copied and shared in its original form "
4095 "for noncommercial purposes so long as attribution is given to the "
4096 "creator. There are six licenses in the CC license suite that build on that "
4097 "basic set of permissions, ranging from the most restrictive (allowing only "
4098 "those basic permissions to share unmodified copies for noncommercial "
4099 "purposes) to the most permissive (reusers can do anything they want with "
4100 "the work, even for commercial purposes, as long as they give the creator "
4101 "credit). The licenses are built on copyright and do not cover other types of "
4102 "rights that creators might have in their works, like patents or trademarks."
4105 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4106 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3124
4107 msgid "Here are the six licenses:"
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4116 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3127 MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3141 MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3157 MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3169 MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3182 MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3195 MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3215 MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3227
4117 msgid "<placeholder type=\"inlinemediaobject\" id=\"0\"/>"
4120 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4121 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3134
4123 "The Attribution license (CC BY) lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and "
4124 "build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the "
4125 "original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses "
4126 "offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed "
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4132 msgid "Pictures/10000201000001930000008DFD3592CB17C4EC38.png"
4135 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4136 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3148
4138 "The Attribution-Share-Alike license (CC BY-SA) lets others remix, tweak, and "
4139 "build upon your work, even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit "
4140 "you and license their new creations under identical terms. This license is "
4141 "often compared to <quote>copyleft</quote> free and open source software "
4142 "licenses. All new works based on yours will carry the same license, so any "
4143 "derivatives will also allow commercial use."
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4148 msgid "Pictures/10000201000001930000008D254882DE24793FEA.png"
4151 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4152 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3164
4154 "The Attribution-NoDerivs license (CC BY-ND) allows for redistribution, "
4155 "commercial and noncommercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged with "
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4161 msgid "Pictures/10000201000001930000008DCAF78FB61D1CBDA6.png"
4164 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4165 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3176
4167 "The Attribution-NonCommercial license (CC BY-NC) lets others remix, tweak, "
4168 "and build upon your work noncommercially. Although their new works must also "
4169 "acknowledge you, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the "
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4175 msgid "Pictures/10000201000001930000008D16DA603376395620.png"
4178 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4179 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3189
4181 "The Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license (CC BY-NC-SA) lets others "
4182 "remix, tweak, and build upon your work noncommercially, as long as they "
4183 "credit you and license their new creations under the same terms."
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4188 msgid "Pictures/10000201000001930000008DC3FEF92B21310965.png"
4191 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4192 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3202
4194 "The Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license (CC BY-NC-ND) is the most "
4195 "restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download your "
4196 "works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t "
4197 "change them or use them commercially."
4200 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4201 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3209
4203 "In addition to these six licenses, Creative Commons has two public-domain "
4204 "tools—one for creators and the other for those who manage collections of "
4205 "existing works by authors whose terms of copyright have expired:"
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4210 msgid "Pictures/10000201000001900000008DBE3414994CD27786.png"
4213 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4214 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3222
4216 "CC0 enables authors and copyright owners to dedicate their works to the "
4217 "worldwide public domain (<quote>no rights reserved</quote>)."
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4222 msgid "Pictures/10000201000001900000008D36DCD649C5B1411F.png"
4225 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4226 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3234
4228 "The Creative Commons Public Domain Mark facilitates the labeling and "
4229 "discovery of works that are already free of known copyright restrictions."
4232 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4233 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3239
4235 "In our case studies, some use just one Creative Commons license, others use "
4236 "several. Attribution (found in thirteen case studies) and "
4237 "Attribution-ShareAlike (found in eight studies) were the most common, with "
4238 "the other licenses coming up in four or so case studies, including the "
4239 "public-domain tool CC0. Some of the organizations we profiled offer both "
4240 "digital content and software: by using open-source-software licenses for the "
4241 "software code and Creative Commons licenses for digital content, they "
4242 "amplify their involvement with and commitment to sharing."
4245 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4246 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3250
4248 "There is a popular misconception that the three NonCommercial licenses "
4249 "offered by CC are the only options for those who want to make money off "
4250 "their work. As we hope this book makes clear, there are many ways to make "
4251 "endeavors that are Made with Creative Commons sustainable. Reserving "
4252 "commercial rights is only one of those ways. It is certainly true that a "
4253 "license that allows others to make commercial use of your work (CC BY, CC "
4254 "BY-SA, and CC BY-ND) forecloses some traditional revenue streams. If you "
4255 "apply an Attribution (CC BY) license to your book, you can’t force a film "
4256 "company to pay you royalties if they turn your book into a feature-length "
4257 "film, or prevent another company from selling physical copies of your work."
4260 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4261 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3264
4263 "The decision to choose a NonCommercial and/or NoDerivs license comes down to "
4264 "how much you need to retain control over the creative work. The "
4265 "NonCommercial and NoDerivs licenses are ways of reserving some significant "
4266 "portion of the exclusive bundle of rights that copyright grants to "
4267 "creators. In some cases, reserving those rights is important to how you "
4268 "bring in revenue. In other cases, creators use a NonCommercial or NoDerivs "
4269 "license because they can’t give up on the dream of hitting the creative "
4270 "jackpot. The music platform Tribe of Noise told us the NonCommercial "
4271 "licenses were popular among their users because people still held out the "
4272 "dream of having a major record label discover their work."
4275 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4276 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3277
4278 "Other times the decision to use a more restrictive license is due to a "
4279 "concern about the integrity of the work. For example, the nonprofit "
4280 "TeachAIDS uses a NoDerivs license for its educational materials because the "
4281 "medical subject matter is particularly important to get right."
4284 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4285 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3284
4287 "There is no one right way. The NonCommercial and NoDerivs restrictions "
4288 "reflect the values and preferences of creators about how their creative work "
4289 "should be reused, just as the ShareAlike license reflects a different set of "
4290 "values, one that is less about controlling access to their own work and more "
4291 "about ensuring that whatever gets created with their work is available to "
4292 "all on the same terms. Since the beginning of the commons, people have been "
4293 "setting up structures that helped regulate the way in which shared resources "
4294 "were used. The CC licenses are an attempt to standardize norms across all "
4298 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4299 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3296
4303 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4304 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3299
4306 "For more about the licenses including examples and tips on sharing your work "
4307 "in the digital commons, start with the Creative Commons page called "
4308 "<quote>Share Your Work</quote> at <ulink "
4309 "url=\"http://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/\"/>."
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4313 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3307
4314 msgid "The Case Studies"
4317 #. type: Content of: <book><part><partintro><para>
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4320 "The twenty-four case studies in this section were chosen from hundreds of "
4321 "nominations received from Kickstarter backers, Creative Commons staff, and "
4322 "the global Creative Commons community. We selected eighty potential "
4323 "candidates that represented a mix of industries, content types, revenue "
4324 "streams, and parts of the world. Twelve of the case studies were selected "
4325 "from that group based on votes cast by Kickstarter backers, and the other "
4326 "twelve were selected by us."
4329 #. type: Content of: <book><part><partintro><para>
4330 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3320
4332 "We did background research and conducted interviews for each case study, "
4333 "based on the same set of basic questions about the endeavor. The idea for "
4334 "each case study is to tell the story about the endeavor and the role sharing "
4335 "plays within it, largely the way in which it was told to us by those we "
4339 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><title>
4340 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3328
4344 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4345 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3331
4347 "Arduino is a for-profit open-source electronics platform and computer "
4348 "hardware and software company. Founded in 2005 in Italy."
4351 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4352 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3336
4353 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.arduino.cc\"/>"
4356 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4357 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3338
4359 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging for physical "
4360 "copies (sales of boards, modules, shields, and kits), licensing a trademark "
4361 "(fees paid by those who want to sell Arduino products using their name)"
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4366 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: February 4, 2016"
4369 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4370 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3346
4372 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewees</emphasis>: David Cuartielles and Tom "
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4378 msgid "Profile written by Paul Stacey"
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4384 "In 2005, at the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea in northern Italy, "
4385 "teachers and students needed an easy way to use electronics and programming "
4386 "to quickly prototype design ideas. As musicians, artists, and designers, "
4387 "they needed a platform that didn’t require engineering expertise. A group of "
4388 "teachers and students, including Massimo Banzi, David Cuartielles, Tom Igoe, "
4389 "Gianluca Martino, and David Mellis, built a platform that combined different "
4390 "open technologies. They called it Arduino. The platform integrated software, "
4391 "hardware, microcontrollers, and electronics. All aspects of the platform "
4392 "were openly licensed: hardware designs and documentation with the "
4393 "Attribution-Share-Alike license (CC BY-SA), and software with the GNU "
4394 "General Public License."
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4400 "Arduino boards are able to read inputs—light on a sensor, a finger on a "
4401 "button, or a Twitter message—and turn it into outputs—activating a motor, "
4402 "turning on an LED, publishing something online. You send a set of "
4403 "instructions to the microcontroller on the board by using the Arduino "
4404 "programming language and Arduino software (based on a piece of open-source "
4405 "software called Processing, a programming tool used to make visual art)."
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4411 "<quote>The reasons for making Arduino open source are complicated,</quote> "
4412 "Tom says. Partly it was about supporting flexibility. The open-source nature "
4413 "of Arduino empowers users to modify it and create a lot of different "
4414 "variations, adding on top of what the founders build. David says this "
4415 "<quote>ended up strengthening the platform far beyond what we had even "
4416 "thought of building.</quote>"
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4422 "For Tom another factor was the impending closure of the Ivrea design "
4423 "school. He’d seen other organizations close their doors and all their work "
4424 "and research just disappear. Open-sourcing ensured that Arduino would "
4425 "outlive the Ivrea closure. Persistence is one thing Tom really likes about "
4426 "open source. If key people leave, or a company shuts down, an open-source "
4427 "product lives on. In Tom’s view, <quote>Open sourcing makes it easier to "
4428 "trust a product.</quote>"
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4434 "With the school closing, David and some of the other Arduino founders "
4435 "started a consulting firm and multidisciplinary design studio they called "
4436 "Tinker, in London. Tinker designed products and services that bridged the "
4437 "digital and the physical, and they taught people how to use new technologies "
4438 "in creative ways. Revenue from Tinker was invested in sustaining and "
4439 "enhancing Arduino."
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4445 "For Tom, part of Arduino’s success is because the founders made themselves "
4446 "the first customer of their product. They made products they themselves "
4447 "personally wanted. It was a matter of <quote>I need this thing,</quote> not "
4448 "<quote>If we make this, we’ll make a lot of money.</quote> Tom notes that "
4449 "being your own first customer makes you more confident and convincing at "
4450 "selling your product."
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4456 "Arduino’s business model has evolved over time—and Tom says model is a "
4457 "grandiose term for it. Originally, they just wanted to make a few boards and "
4458 "get them out into the world. They started out with two hundred boards, sold "
4459 "them, and made a little profit. They used that to make another thousand, "
4460 "which generated enough revenue to make five thousand. In the early days, "
4461 "they simply tried to generate enough funding to keep the venture going day "
4462 "to day. When they hit the ten thousand mark, they started to think about "
4463 "Arduino as a company. By then it was clear you can open-source the design "
4464 "but still manufacture the physical product. As long as it’s a quality "
4465 "product and sold at a reasonable price, people will buy it."
4468 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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4471 "Arduino now has a worldwide community of makers—students, hobbyists, "
4472 "artists, programmers, and professionals. Arduino provides a wiki called "
4473 "Playground (a wiki is where all users can edit and add pages, contributing "
4474 "to and benefiting from collective research). People share code, circuit "
4475 "diagrams, tutorials, DIY instructions, and tips and tricks, and show off "
4476 "their projects. In addition, there’s a multilanguage discussion forum where "
4477 "users can get help using Arduino, discuss topics like robotics, and make "
4478 "suggestions for new Arduino product designs. As of January 2017, 324,928 "
4479 "members had made 2,989,489 posts on 379,044 topics. The worldwide community "
4480 "of makers has contributed an incredible amount of accessible knowledge "
4481 "helpful to novices and experts alike."
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4487 "Transitioning Arduino from a project to a company was a big step. Other "
4488 "businesses who made boards were charging a lot of money for them. Arduino "
4489 "wanted to make theirs available at a low price to people across a wide range "
4490 "of industries. As with any business, pricing was key. They wanted prices "
4491 "that would get lots of customers but were also high enough to sustain the "
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4498 "For a business, getting to the end of the year and not being in the red is a "
4499 "success. Arduino may have an open-licensing strategy, but they are still a "
4500 "business, and all the things needed to successfully run one still "
4501 "apply. David says, <quote>If you do those other things well, sharing things "
4502 "in an open-source way can only help you.</quote>"
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4508 "While openly licensing the designs, documentation, and software ensures "
4509 "longevity, it does have risks. There’s a possibility that others will create "
4510 "knockoffs, clones, and copies. The CC BY-SA license means anyone can produce "
4511 "copies of their boards, redesign them, and even sell boards that copy the "
4512 "design. They don’t have to pay a license fee to Arduino or even ask "
4513 "permission. However, if they republish the design of the board, they have to "
4514 "give attribution to Arduino. If they change the design, they must release "
4515 "the new design using the same Creative Commons license to ensure that the "
4516 "new version is equally free and open."
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4522 "Tom and David say that a lot of people have built companies off of Arduino, "
4523 "with dozens of Arduino derivatives out there. But in contrast to closed "
4524 "business models that can wring money out of the system over many years "
4525 "because there is no competition, Arduino founders saw competition as keeping "
4526 "them honest, and aimed for an environment of collaboration. A benefit of "
4527 "open over closed is the many new ideas and designs others have contributed "
4528 "back to the Arduino ecosystem, ideas and designs that Arduino and the "
4529 "Arduino community use and incorporate into new products."
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4534 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.arduino.cc/en/Main/Products\"/>"
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4540 "Over time, the range of Arduino products has diversified, changing and "
4541 "adapting to new needs and challenges. In addition to simple entry level "
4542 "boards, new products have been added ranging from enhanced boards that "
4543 "provide advanced functionality and faster performance, to boards for "
4544 "creating Internet of Things applications, wearables, and 3-D printing. The "
4545 "full range of official Arduino products includes boards, modules (a smaller "
4546 "form-factor of classic boards), shields (elements that can be plugged onto a "
4547 "board to give it extra features), and kits.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
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4554 "Arduino’s focus is on high-quality boards, well-designed support materials, "
4555 "and the building of community; this focus is one of the keys to their "
4556 "success. And being open lets you build a real community. David says "
4557 "Arduino’s community is a big strength and something that really does "
4558 "matter—in his words, <quote>It’s good business.</quote> When they started, "
4559 "the Arduino team had almost entirely no idea how to build a community. They "
4560 "started by conducting numerous workshops, working directly with people using "
4561 "the platform to make sure the hardware and software worked the way it was "
4562 "meant to work and solved people’s problems. The community grew organically "
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4569 "A key decision for Arduino was trademarking the name. The founders needed a "
4570 "way to guarantee to people that they were buying a quality product from a "
4571 "company committed to open-source values and knowledge sharing. Trademarking "
4572 "the Arduino name and logo expresses that guarantee and helps customers "
4573 "easily identify their products, and the products sanctioned by them. If "
4574 "others want to sell boards using the Arduino name and logo, they have to pay "
4575 "a small fee to Arduino. This allows Arduino to scale up manufacturing and "
4576 "distribution while at the same time ensuring the Arduino brand isn’t hurt by "
4577 "low-quality copies."
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4583 "Current official manufacturers are Smart Projects in Italy, SparkFun in the "
4584 "United States, and Dog Hunter in Taiwan/China. These are the only "
4585 "manufacturers that are allowed to use the Arduino logo on their "
4586 "boards. Trademarking their brand provided the founders with a way to protect "
4587 "Arduino, build it out further, and fund software and tutorial "
4588 "development. The trademark-licensing fee for the brand became Arduino’s "
4589 "revenue-generating model."
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4595 "How far to open things up wasn’t always something the founders perfectly "
4596 "agreed on. David, who was always one to advocate for opening things up more, "
4597 "had some fears about protecting the Arduino name, thinking people would be "
4598 "mad if they policed their brand. There was some early backlash with a "
4599 "project called Freeduino, but overall, trademarking and branding has been a "
4600 "critical tool for Arduino."
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4605 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://blog.arduino.cc/2013/07/10/send-in-the-clones/\"/>"
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4611 "David encourages people and businesses to start by sharing everything as a "
4612 "default strategy, and then think about whether there is anything that really "
4613 "needs to be protected and why. There are lots of good reasons to not open up "
4614 "certain elements. This strategy of sharing everything is certainly the "
4615 "complete opposite of how today’s world operates, where nothing is "
4616 "shared. Tom suggests a business formalize which elements are based on open "
4617 "sharing and which are closed. An Arduino blog post from 2013 entitled "
4618 "<quote>Send In the Clones,</quote> by one of the founders Massimo Banzi, "
4619 "does a great job of explaining the full complexities of how trademarking "
4620 "their brand has played out, distinguishing between official boards and those "
4621 "that are clones, derivatives, compatibles, and counterfeits.<placeholder "
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4628 "For David, an exciting aspect of Arduino is the way lots of people can use "
4629 "it to adapt technology in many different ways. Technology is always making "
4630 "more things possible but doesn’t always focus on making it easy to use and "
4631 "adapt. This is where Arduino steps in. Arduino’s goal is <quote>making "
4632 "things that help other people make things.</quote>"
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4638 "Arduino has been hugely successful in making technology and electronics "
4639 "reach a larger audience. For Tom, Arduino has been about <quote>the "
4640 "democratization of technology.</quote> Tom sees Arduino’s open-source "
4641 "strategy as helping the world get over the idea that technology has to be "
4642 "protected. Tom says, <quote>Technology is a literacy everyone should "
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4649 "Ultimately, for Arduino, going open has been good business—good for product "
4650 "development, good for distribution, good for pricing, and good for "
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4660 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3576
4662 "Ártica provides online courses and consulting services focused on how to use "
4663 "digital technology to share knowledge and enable collaboration in arts and "
4664 "culture. Founded in 2011 in Uruguay."
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4669 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.articaonline.com\"/>"
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4675 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging for custom "
4679 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4680 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3586
4681 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: March 9, 2016"
4684 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4685 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3588
4687 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewees</emphasis>: Mariana Fossatti and "
4688 "Jorge Gemetto, cofounders"
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4693 msgid "Profile written by Sarah Hinchliff Pearson"
4696 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4697 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3596
4699 "The story of Mariana Fossatti and Jorge Gemetto’s business, Ártica, is the "
4700 "ultimate example of DIY. Not only are they successful entrepreneurs, the "
4701 "niche in which their small business operates is essentially one they built "
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4707 msgid "Their dream jobs didn’t exist, so they created them."
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4713 "In 2011, Mariana was a sociologist working for an international organization "
4714 "to develop research and online education about rural-development "
4715 "issues. Jorge was a psychologist, also working in online education. Both "
4716 "were bloggers and heavy users of social media, and both had a passion for "
4717 "arts and culture. They decided to take their skills in digital technology "
4718 "and online learning and apply them to a topic area they loved. They launched "
4719 "Ártica, an online business that provides education and consulting for people "
4720 "and institutions creating artistic and cultural projects on the Internet."
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4726 "Ártica feels like a uniquely twenty-first century business. The small "
4727 "company has a global online presence with no physical offices. Jorge and "
4728 "Mariana live in Uruguay, and the other two full-time employees, who Jorge "
4729 "and Mariana have never actually met in person, live in Spain. They started "
4730 "by creating a MOOC (massive open online course) about remix culture and "
4731 "collaboration in the arts, which gave them a direct way to reach an "
4732 "international audience, attracting students from across Latin America and "
4733 "Spain. In other words, it is the classic Internet story of being able to "
4734 "directly tap into an audience without relying upon gatekeepers or "
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4741 "Ártica offers personalized education and consulting services, and helps "
4742 "clients implement projects. All of these services are customized. They call "
4743 "it an <quote>artisan</quote> process because of the time and effort it takes "
4744 "to adapt their work for the particular needs of students and "
4745 "clients. <quote>Each student or client is paying for a specific solution to "
4746 "his or her problems and questions,</quote> Mariana said. Rather than sell "
4747 "access to their content, they provide it for free and charge for the "
4748 "personalized services."
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4754 "When they started, they offered a smaller number of courses designed to "
4755 "attract large audiences. <quote>Over the years, we realized that online "
4756 "communities are more specific than we thought,</quote> Mariana said. Ártica "
4757 "now provides more options for classes and has lower enrollment in each "
4758 "course. This means they can provide more attention to individual students "
4759 "and offer classes on more specialized topics."
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4765 "Online courses are their biggest revenue stream, but they also do more than "
4766 "a dozen consulting projects each year, ranging from digitization to event "
4767 "planning to marketing campaigns. Some are significant in scope, particularly "
4768 "when they work with cultural institutions, and some are smaller projects "
4769 "commissioned by individual artists."
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4775 "Ártica also seeks out public and private funding for specific "
4776 "projects. Sometimes, even if they are unsuccessful in subsidizing a project "
4777 "like a new course or e-book, they will go ahead because they believe in "
4778 "it. They take the stance that every new project leads them to something new, "
4779 "every new resource they create opens new doors."
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4785 "Ártica relies heavily on their free Creative Commons–licensed content to "
4786 "attract new students and clients. Everything they create—online education, "
4787 "blog posts, videos—is published under an Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC "
4788 "BY-SA). <quote>We use a ShareAlike license because we want to give the "
4789 "greatest freedom to our students and readers, and we also want that freedom "
4790 "to be viral,</quote> Jorge said. For them, giving others the right to reuse "
4791 "and remix their content is a fundamental value. <quote>How can you offer an "
4792 "online educational service without giving permission to download, make and "
4793 "keep copies, or print the educational resources?</quote> Jorge "
4794 "said. <quote>If we want to do the best for our students—those who trust in "
4795 "us to the point that they are willing to pay online without face-to-face "
4796 "contact—we have to offer them a fair and ethical agreement.</quote>"
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4802 "They also believe sharing their ideas and expertise openly helps them build "
4803 "their reputation and visibility. People often share and cite their work. A "
4804 "few years ago, a publisher even picked up one of their e-books and "
4805 "distributed printed copies. Ártica views reuse of their work as a way to "
4806 "open up new opportunities for their business."
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4812 "This belief that openness creates new opportunities reflects another "
4813 "belief—in serendipity. When describing their process for creating content, "
4814 "they spoke of all of the spontaneous and organic ways they find "
4815 "inspiration. <quote>Sometimes, the collaborative process starts with a "
4816 "conversation between us, or with friends from other projects,</quote> Jorge "
4817 "said. <quote>That can be the first step for a new blog post or another "
4818 "simple piece of content, which can evolve to a more complex product in the "
4819 "future, like a course or a book.</quote>"
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4825 "Rather than planning their work in advance, they let their creative process "
4826 "be dynamic. <quote>This doesn’t mean that we don’t need to work hard in "
4827 "order to get good professional results, but the design process is more "
4828 "flexible,</quote> Jorge said. They share early and often, and they adjust "
4829 "based on what they learn, always exploring and testing new ideas and ways of "
4830 "operating. In many ways, for them, the process is just as important as the "
4834 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4835 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3711
4837 "People and relationships are also just as important, sometimes "
4838 "more. <quote>In the educational and cultural business, it is more important "
4839 "to pay attention to people and process, rather than content or specific "
4840 "formats or materials,</quote> Mariana said. <quote>Materials and content "
4841 "are fluid. The important thing is the relationships.</quote>"
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4847 "Ártica believes in the power of the network. They seek to make connections "
4848 "with people and institutions across the globe so they can learn from them "
4849 "and share their knowledge."
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4855 "At the core of everything Ártica does is a set of values. <quote>Good "
4856 "content is not enough,</quote> Jorge said. <quote>We also think that it is "
4857 "very important to take a stand for some things in the cultural "
4858 "sector.</quote> Mariana and Jorge are activists. They defend free culture "
4859 "(the movement promoting the freedom to modify and distribute creative work) "
4860 "and work to demonstrate the intersection between free culture and other "
4861 "social-justice movements. Their efforts to involve people in their work and "
4862 "enable artists and cultural institutions to better use technology are all "
4863 "tied closely to their belief system. Ultimately, what drives their work is "
4864 "a mission to democratize art and culture."
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4870 "Of course, Ártica also has to make enough money to cover its expenses. Human "
4871 "resources are, by far, their biggest expense. They tap a network of "
4872 "collaborators on a case-by-case basis and hire contractors for specific "
4873 "projects. Whenever possible, they draw from artistic and cultural resources "
4874 "in the commons, and they rely on free software. Their operation is small, "
4875 "efficient, and sustainable, and because of that, it is a success."
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4881 "<quote>There are lots of people offering online courses,</quote> Jorge "
4882 "said. <quote>But it is easy to differentiate us. We have an approach that is "
4883 "very specific and personal.</quote> Ártica’s model is rooted in the personal "
4884 "at every level. For Mariana and Jorge, success means doing what brings them "
4885 "personal meaning and purpose, and doing it sustainably and collaboratively."
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4891 "In their work with younger artists, Mariana and Jorge try to emphasize that "
4892 "this model of success is just as valuable as the picture of success we get "
4893 "from the media. <quote>If they seek only the traditional type of success, "
4894 "they will get frustrated,</quote> Mariana said. <quote>We try to show them "
4895 "another image of what it looks like.</quote>"
4898 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><title>
4899 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3763
4900 msgid "Blender Institute"
4903 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4904 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3766
4906 "The Blender Institute is an animation studio that creates 3-D films using "
4907 "Blender software. Founded in 2006 in the Netherlands."
4910 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4911 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3771
4912 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.blender.org\"/>"
4915 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4916 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3773
4918 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: crowdfunding "
4919 "(subscription-based), charging for physical copies, selling merchandise"
4922 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4923 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3777
4924 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: March 8, 2016"
4927 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
4928 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3779
4930 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Francesco Siddi, "
4931 "production coordinator"
4934 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4935 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3787
4937 "For Ton Roosendaal, the creator of Blender software and its related "
4938 "entities, sharing is practical. Making their 3-D content creation software "
4939 "available under a free software license has been integral to its development "
4940 "and popularity. Using that software to make movies that were licensed with "
4941 "Creative Commons pushed that development even further. Sharing enables "
4942 "people to participate and to interact with and build upon the technology and "
4943 "content they create in a way that benefits Blender and its community in "
4947 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4948 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3798
4950 "Each open-movie project Blender runs produces a host of openly licensed "
4951 "outputs, not just the final film itself but all of the source material as "
4952 "well. The creative process also enhances the development of the Blender "
4953 "software because the technical team responds directly to the needs of the "
4954 "film production team, creating tools and features that make their lives "
4955 "easier. And, of course, each project involves a long, rewarding process for "
4956 "the creative and technical community working together."
4959 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4960 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3808
4962 "Rather than just talking about the theoretical benefits of sharing and free "
4963 "culture, Ton is very much about doing and making free culture. Blender’s "
4964 "production coordinator Francesco Siddi told us, <quote>Ton believes if you "
4965 "don’t make content using your tools, then you’re not doing anything.</quote>"
4968 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4969 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3815
4971 "Blender’s history begins in the late 1990s, when Ton created the Blender "
4972 "software. Originally, the software was an in-house resource for his "
4973 "animation studio based in the Netherlands. Investors became interested in "
4974 "the software, so he began marketing the software to the public, offering a "
4975 "free version in addition to a paid version. Sales were disappointing, and "
4976 "his investors gave up on the endeavor in the early 2000s. He made a deal "
4977 "with investors—if he could raise enough money, he could then make the "
4978 "Blender software available under the GNU General Public License."
4981 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4982 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3826
4984 "This was long before Kickstarter and other online crowdfunding sites "
4985 "existed, but Ton ran his own version of a crowdfunding campaign and quickly "
4986 "raised the money he needed. The Blender software became freely available for "
4987 "anyone to use. Simply applying the General Public License to the software, "
4988 "however, was not enough to create a thriving community around it. Francesco "
4989 "told us, <quote>Software of this complexity relies on people and their "
4990 "vision of how people work together. Ton is a fantastic community builder and "
4991 "manager, and he put a lot of work into fostering a community of developers "
4992 "so that the project could live.</quote>"
4995 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
4996 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3839
4998 "Like any successful free and open-source software project, Blender developed "
4999 "quickly because the community could make fixes and "
5000 "improvements. <quote>Software should be free and open to hack,</quote> "
5001 "Francesco said. <quote>Otherwise, everyone is doing the same thing in the "
5002 "dark for ten years.</quote> Ton set up the Blender Foundation to oversee and "
5003 "steward the software development and maintenance."
5006 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5007 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3848
5009 "After a few years, Ton began looking for new ways to push development of the "
5010 "software. He came up with the idea of creating CC-licensed films using the "
5011 "Blender software. Ton put a call online for all interested and skilled "
5012 "artists. Francesco said the idea was to get the best artists available, put "
5013 "them in a building together with the best developers, and have them work "
5014 "together. They would not only produce high-quality openly licensed content, "
5015 "they would improve the Blender software in the process."
5018 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5019 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3858
5021 "They turned to crowdfunding to subsidize the costs of the project. They had "
5022 "about twenty people working full-time for six to ten months, so the costs "
5023 "were significant. Francesco said that when their crowdfunding campaign "
5024 "succeeded, people were astounded. <quote>The idea that making money was "
5025 "possible by producing CC-licensed material was mind-blowing to "
5026 "people,</quote> he said. <quote>They were like, <quote>I have to see it to "
5027 "believe it.</quote></quote>"
5030 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5031 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3868
5033 "The first film, which was released in 2006, was an experiment. It was so "
5034 "successful that Ton decided to set up the Blender Institute, an entity "
5035 "dedicated to hosting open-movie projects. The Blender Institute’s next "
5036 "project was an even bigger success. The film, Big Buck Bunny, went viral, "
5037 "and its animated characters were picked up by marketers."
5040 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5041 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3876
5043 "Francesco said that, over time, the Blender Institute projects have gotten "
5044 "bigger and more prominent. That means the filmmaking process has become more "
5045 "complex, combining technical experts and artists who focus on "
5046 "storytelling. Francesco says the process is almost on an industrial scale "
5047 "because of the number of moving parts. This requires a lot of specialized "
5048 "assistance, but the Blender Institute has no problem finding the talent it "
5049 "needs to help on projects. <quote>Blender hardly does any recruiting for "
5050 "film projects because the talent emerges naturally,</quote> Francesco "
5051 "said. <quote>So many people want to work with us, and we can’t always hire "
5052 "them because of budget constraints.</quote>"
5055 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5056 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3889
5058 "Blender has had a lot of success raising money from its community over the "
5059 "years. In many ways, the pitch has gotten easier to make. Not only is "
5060 "crowdfunding simply more familiar to the public, but people know and trust "
5061 "Blender to deliver, and Ton has developed a reputation as an effective "
5062 "community leader and visionary for their work. <quote>There is a whole "
5063 "community who sees and understands the benefit of these projects,</quote> "
5067 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5068 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3898
5070 "While these benefits of each open-movie project make a compelling pitch for "
5071 "crowdfunding campaigns, Francesco told us the Blender Institute has found "
5072 "some limitations in the standard crowdfunding model where you propose a "
5073 "specific project and ask for funding. <quote>Once a project is over, "
5074 "everyone goes home,</quote> he said. <quote>It is great fun, but then it "
5075 "ends. That is a problem.</quote>"
5078 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5079 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3907
5081 "To make their work more sustainable, they needed a way to receive ongoing "
5082 "support rather than on a project-by-project basis. Their solution is Blender "
5083 "Cloud, a subscription-style crowdfunding model akin to the online "
5084 "crowdfunding platform, Patreon. For about ten euros each month, subscribers "
5085 "get access to download everything the Blender Institute produces—software, "
5086 "art, training, and more. All of the assets are available under an "
5087 "Attribution license (CC BY) or placed in the public domain (CC0), but they "
5088 "are initially made available only to subscribers. Blender Cloud enables "
5089 "subscribers to follow Blender’s movie projects as they develop, sharing "
5090 "detailed information and content used in the creative process. Blender Cloud "
5091 "also has extensive training materials and libraries of characters and other "
5092 "assets used in various projects."
5095 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5096 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3922
5098 "The continuous financial support provided by Blender Cloud subsidizes five "
5099 "to six full-time employees at the Blender Institute. Francesco says their "
5100 "goal is to grow their subscriber base. <quote>This is our freedom,</quote> "
5101 "he told us, <quote>and for artists, freedom is everything.</quote>"
5104 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5105 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3929
5107 "Blender Cloud is the primary revenue stream of the Blender Institute. The "
5108 "Blender Foundation is funded primarily by donations, and that money goes "
5109 "toward software development and maintenance. The revenue streams of the "
5110 "Institute and Foundation are deliberately kept separate. Blender also has "
5111 "other revenue streams, such as the Blender Store, where people can purchase "
5112 "DVDs, T-shirts, and other Blender products."
5115 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5116 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3938
5118 "Ton has worked on projects relating to his Blender software for nearly "
5119 "twenty years. Throughout most of that time, he has been committed to making "
5120 "the software and the content produced with the software free and "
5121 "open. Selling a license has never been part of the business model."
5124 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5125 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3945
5127 "Since 2006, he has been making films available along with all of their "
5128 "source material. He says he has hardly ever seen people stepping into "
5129 "Blender’s shoes and trying to make money off of their content. Ton believes "
5130 "this is because the true value of what they do is in the creative and "
5131 "production process. <quote>Even when you share everything, all your original "
5132 "sources, it still takes a lot of talent, skills, time, and budget to "
5133 "reproduce what you did,</quote> Ton said."
5136 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5137 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3955
5138 msgid "For Ton and Blender, it all comes back to doing."
5141 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><title>
5142 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3959
5143 msgid "Cards Against Humanity"
5146 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
5147 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3962
5149 "Cards Against Humanity is a private, for-profit company that makes a popular "
5150 "party game by the same name. Founded in 2011 in the U.S."
5153 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
5154 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3967
5155 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.cardsagainsthumanity.com\"/>"
5158 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
5159 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3969
5161 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging for physical "
5165 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
5166 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3972
5167 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: February 3, 2016"
5170 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
5171 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3975
5172 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Max Temkin, cofounder"
5175 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5176 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3983
5178 "If you ask cofounder Max Temkin, there is nothing particularly interesting "
5179 "about the Cards Against Humanity business model. <quote>We make a "
5180 "product. We sell it for money. Then we spend less money than we "
5181 "make,</quote> Max said."
5184 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5185 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3989
5187 "He is right. Cards Against Humanity is a simple party game, modeled after "
5188 "the game Apples to Apples. To play, one player asks a question or "
5189 "fill-in-the-blank statement from a black card, and the other players submit "
5190 "their funniest white card in response. The catch is that all of the cards "
5191 "are filled with crude, gruesome, and otherwise awful things. For the right "
5192 "kind of people (<quote>horrible people,</quote> according to Cards Against "
5193 "Humanity advertising), this makes for a hilarious and fun game."
5196 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5197 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:3999
5199 "The revenue model is simple. Physical copies of the game are sold for a "
5200 "profit. And it works. At the time of this writing, Cards Against Humanity is "
5201 "the number-one best-selling item out of all toys and games on Amazon. There "
5202 "are official expansion packs available, and several official themed packs "
5203 "and international editions as well."
5206 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5207 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4007
5209 "But Cards Against Humanity is also available for free. Anyone can download a "
5210 "digital version of the game on the Cards Against Humanity website. More than "
5211 "one million people have downloaded the game since the company began tracking "
5215 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5216 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4013
5218 "The game is available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license "
5219 "(CC BY-NC-SA). That means, in addition to copying the game, anyone can "
5220 "create new versions of the game as long as they make it available under the "
5221 "same noncommercial terms. The ability to adapt the game is like an entire "
5222 "new game unto itself."
5225 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5226 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4021
5228 "All together, these factors—the crass tone of the game and company, the free "
5229 "download, the openness to fans remixing the game—give the game a massive "
5233 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5234 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4026
5236 "Their success is not the result of a grand plan. Instead, Cards Against "
5237 "Humanity was the last in a long line of games and comedy projects that Max "
5238 "Temkin and his friends put together for their own amusement. As Max tells "
5239 "the story, they made the game so they could play it themselves on New Year’s "
5240 "Eve because they were too nerdy to be invited to other parties. The game was "
5241 "a hit, so they decided to put it up online as a free PDF. People started "
5242 "asking if they could pay to have the game printed for them, and eventually "
5243 "they decided to run a Kickstarter to fund the printing. They set their "
5244 "Kickstarter goal at $4,000—and raised $15,000. The game was officially "
5245 "released in May 2011."
5248 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5249 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4039
5251 "The game caught on quickly, and it has only grown more popular over "
5252 "time. Max says the eight founders never had a meeting where they decided to "
5253 "make it an ongoing business. <quote>It kind of just happened,</quote> he "
5257 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5258 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4045
5260 "But this tale of a <quote>happy accident</quote> belies marketing "
5261 "genius. Just like the game, the Cards Against Humanity brand is irreverent "
5262 "and memorable. It is hard to forget a company that calls the FAQ on their "
5263 "website <quote>Your dumb questions.</quote>"
5266 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5267 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4051
5269 "Like most quality satire, however, there is more to the joke than vulgarity "
5270 "and shock value. The company’s marketing efforts around Black Friday "
5271 "illustrate this particularly well. For those outside the United States, "
5272 "Black Friday is the term for the day after the Thanksgiving holiday, the "
5273 "biggest shopping day of the year. It is an incredibly important day for "
5274 "Cards Against Humanity, like it is for all U.S. retailers. Max said they "
5275 "struggled with what to do on Black Friday because they didn’t want to "
5276 "support what he called the <quote>orgy of consumerism</quote> the day has "
5277 "become, particularly since it follows a day that is about being grateful for "
5278 "what you have. In 2013, after deliberating, they decided to have an "
5279 "Everything Costs $5 More sale."
5282 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5283 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4064
5285 "<quote>We sweated it out the night before Black Friday, wondering if our "
5286 "fans were going to hate us for it,</quote> he said. <quote>But it made us "
5287 "laugh so we went with it. People totally caught the joke.</quote>"
5290 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5291 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4070
5293 "This sort of bold transparency delights the media, but more importantly, it "
5294 "engages their fans. <quote>One of the most surprising things you can do in "
5295 "capitalism is just be honest with people,</quote> Max said. <quote>It shocks "
5296 "people that there is transparency about what you are doing.</quote>"
5299 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5300 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4077
5302 "Max also likened it to a grand improv scene. <quote>If we do something a "
5303 "little subversive and unexpected, the public wants to be a part of the "
5304 "joke.</quote> One year they did a Give Cards Against Humanity $5 event, "
5305 "where people literally paid them five dollars for no reason. Their fans "
5306 "wanted to make the joke funnier by making it successful. They made $70,000 "
5310 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5311 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4085
5313 "This remarkable trust they have in their customers is what inspired their "
5314 "decision to apply a Creative Commons license to the game. Trusting your "
5315 "customers to reuse and remix your work requires a leap of faith. Cards "
5316 "Against Humanity obviously isn’t afraid of doing the unexpected, but there "
5317 "are lines even they do not want to cross. Before applying the license, Max "
5318 "said they worried that some fans would adapt the game to include all of the "
5319 "jokes they intentionally never made because they crossed that "
5320 "line. <quote>It happened, and the world didn’t end,</quote> Max "
5321 "said. <quote>If that is the worst cost of using CC, I’d pay that a hundred "
5322 "times over because there are so many benefits.</quote>"
5325 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5326 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4098
5328 "Any successful product inspires its biggest fans to create remixes of it, "
5329 "but unsanctioned adaptations are more likely to fly under the radar. The "
5330 "Creative Commons license gives fans of Cards Against Humanity the freedom to "
5331 "run with the game and copy, adapt, and promote their creations openly. Today "
5332 "there are thousands of fan expansions of the game."
5335 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5336 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4106
5338 "Max said, <quote>CC was a no-brainer for us because it gets the most people "
5339 "involved. Making the game free and available under a CC license led to the "
5340 "unbelievable situation where we are one of the best-marketed games in the "
5341 "world, and we have never spent a dime on marketing.</quote>"
5344 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5345 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4113
5347 "Of course, there are limits to what the company allows its customers to do "
5348 "with the game. They chose the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license "
5349 "because it restricts people from using the game to make money. It also "
5350 "requires that adaptations of the game be made available under the same "
5351 "licensing terms if they are shared publicly. Cards Against Humanity also "
5352 "polices its brand. <quote>We feel like we’re the only ones who can use our "
5353 "brand and our game and make money off of it,</quote> Max said. About 99.9 "
5354 "percent of the time, they just send an email to those making commercial use "
5355 "of the game, and that is the end of it. There have only been a handful of "
5356 "instances where they had to get a lawyer involved."
5359 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5360 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4127
5362 "Just as there is more than meets the eye to the Cards Against Humanity "
5363 "business model, the same can be said of the game itself. To be playable, "
5364 "every white card has to work syntactically with enough black cards. The "
5365 "eight creators invest an incredible amount of work into creating new cards "
5366 "for the game. <quote>We have daylong arguments about commas,</quote> Max "
5367 "said. <quote>The slacker tone of the cards gives people the impression that "
5368 "it is easy to write them, but it is actually a lot of work and "
5369 "quibbling.</quote>"
5372 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5373 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4138
5375 "That means cocreation with their fans really doesn’t work. The company has a "
5376 "submission mechanism on their website, and they get thousands of "
5377 "suggestions, but it is very rare that a submitted card is adopted. Instead, "
5378 "the eight initial creators remain the primary authors of expansion decks and "
5379 "other new products released by the company. Interestingly, the creativity of "
5380 "their customer base is really only an asset to the company once their "
5381 "original work is created and published when people make their own "
5382 "adaptations of the game."
5385 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5386 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4149
5388 "For all of their success, the creators of Cards Against Humanity are only "
5389 "partially motivated by money. Max says they have always been interested in "
5390 "the Walt Disney philosophy of financial success. <quote>We don’t make jokes "
5391 "and games to make money—we make money so we can make more jokes and "
5392 "games,</quote> he said."
5395 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5396 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4156
5398 "In fact, the company has given more than $4 million to various charities and "
5399 "causes. <quote>Cards is not our life plan,</quote> Max said. <quote>We all "
5400 "have other interests and hobbies. We are passionate about other things going "
5401 "on in our lives. A lot of the activism we have done comes out of us taking "
5402 "things from the rest of our lives and channeling some of the excitement from "
5403 "the game into it.</quote>"
5406 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5407 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4165
5409 "Seeing money as fuel rather than the ultimate goal is what has enabled them "
5410 "to embrace Creative Commons licensing without reservation. CC licensing "
5411 "ended up being a savvy marketing move for the company, but nonetheless, "
5412 "giving up exclusive control of your work necessarily means giving up some "
5413 "opportunities to extract more money from customers."
5416 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
5417 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4172
5419 "<quote>It’s not right for everyone to release everything under CC "
5420 "licensing,</quote> Max said. <quote>If your only goal is to make a lot of "
5421 "money, then CC is not best strategy. This kind of business model, though, "
5422 "speaks to your values, and who you are and why you’re making things.</quote>"
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5426 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4180
5427 msgid "The Conversation"
5430 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
5431 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:4183
5433 "The Conversation is an independent source of news, sourced from the academic "
5434 "and research community and delivered direct to the public over the "
5435 "Internet. Founded in 2011 in Australia."
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5440 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://theconversation.com\"/>"
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5446 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging content "
5447 "creators (universities pay membership fees to have their faculties serve as "
5448 "writers), grant funding"
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5453 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Andrew Jaspan, founder"
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5459 "Andrew Jaspan spent years as an editor of major newspapers including the "
5460 "Observer in London, the Sunday Herald in Glasgow, and the Age in Melbourne, "
5461 "Australia. He experienced firsthand the decline of newspapers, including the "
5462 "collapse of revenues, layoffs, and the constant pressure to reduce "
5463 "costs. After he left the Age in 2005, his concern for the future journalism "
5464 "didn’t go away. Andrew made a commitment to come up with an alternative "
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5471 "Around the time he left his job as editor of the Melbourne Age, Andrew "
5472 "wondered where citizens would get news grounded in fact and evidence rather "
5473 "than opinion or ideology. He believed there was still an appetite for "
5474 "journalism with depth and substance but was concerned about the increasing "
5475 "focus on the sensational and sexy."
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5481 "While at the Age, he’d become friends with a vice-chancellor of a university "
5482 "in Melbourne who encouraged him to talk to smart people across campus—an "
5483 "astrophysicist, a Nobel laureate, earth scientists, economists . . . These "
5484 "were the kind of smart people he wished were more involved in informing the "
5485 "world about what is going on and correcting the errors that appear in "
5486 "media. However, they were reluctant to engage with mass media. Often, "
5487 "journalists didn’t understand what they said, or unilaterally chose what "
5488 "aspect of a story to tell, putting out a version that these people felt was "
5489 "wrong or mischaracterized. Newspapers want to attract a mass "
5490 "audience. Scholars want to communicate serious news, findings, and "
5491 "insights. It’s not a perfect match. Universities are massive repositories of "
5492 "knowledge, research, wisdom, and expertise. But a lot of that stays behind a "
5493 "wall of their own making—there are the walled garden and ivory tower "
5494 "metaphors, and in more literal terms, the paywall. Broadly speaking, "
5495 "universities are part of society but disconnected from it. They are an "
5496 "enormous public resource but not that good at presenting their expertise to "
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5503 "Andrew believed he could to help connect academics back into the public "
5504 "arena, and maybe help society find solutions to big problems. He thought "
5505 "about pairing professional editors with university and research experts, "
5506 "working one-on-one to refine everything from story structure to headline, "
5507 "captions, and quotes. The editors could help turn something that is "
5508 "academic into something understandable and readable. And this would be a key "
5509 "difference from traditional journalism—the subject matter expert would get a "
5510 "chance to check the article and give final approval before it is "
5511 "published. Compare this with reporters just picking and choosing the quotes "
5512 "and writing whatever they want."
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5518 "The people he spoke to liked this idea, and Andrew embarked on raising money "
5519 "and support with the help of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial "
5520 "Research Organisation (CSIRO), the University of Melbourne, Monash "
5521 "University, the University of Technology Sydney, and the University of "
5522 "Western Australia. These founding partners saw the value of an independent "
5523 "information channel that would also showcase the talent and knowledge of the "
5524 "university and research sector. With their help, in 2011, the Conversation, "
5525 "was launched as an independent news site in Australia. Everything published "
5526 "in the Conversation is openly licensed with Creative Commons."
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5532 "The Conversation is founded on the belief that underpinning a functioning "
5533 "democracy is access to independent, high-quality, informative "
5534 "journalism. The Conversation’s aim is for people to have a better "
5535 "understanding of current affairs and complex issues—and hopefully a better "
5536 "quality of public discourse. The Conversation sees itself as a source of "
5537 "trusted information dedicated to the public good. Their core mission is "
5538 "simple: to provide readers with a reliable source of evidence-based "
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5550 "Andrew worked hard to reinvent a methodology for creating reliable, credible "
5551 "content. He introduced strict new working practices, a charter, and codes of "
5552 "conduct.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> These include fully "
5553 "disclosing who every author is (with their relevant expertise); who is "
5554 "funding their research; and if there are any potential or real conflicts of "
5555 "interest. Also important is where the content originates, and even though it "
5556 "comes from the university and research community, it still needs to be fully "
5557 "disclosed. The Conversation does not sit behind a paywall. Andrew believes "
5558 "access to information is an issue of equality—everyone should have access, "
5559 "like access to clean water. The Conversation is committed to an open and "
5560 "free Internet. Everyone should have free access to their content, and be "
5561 "able to share it or republish it."
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5567 "Creative Commons help with these goals; articles are published with the "
5568 "Attribution- NoDerivs license (CC BY-ND). They’re freely available for "
5569 "others to republish elsewhere as long as attribution is given and the "
5570 "content is not edited. Over five years, more than twenty-two thousand sites "
5571 "have republished their content. The Conversation website gets about 2.9 "
5572 "million unique views per month, but through republication they have "
5573 "thirty-five million readers. This couldn’t have been done without the "
5574 "Creative Commons license, and in Andrew’s view, Creative Commons is central "
5575 "to everything the Conversation does."
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5581 "When readers come across the Conversation, they seem to like what they find "
5582 "and recommend it to their friends, peers, and networks. Readership has "
5583 "grown primarily through word of mouth. While they don’t have sales and "
5584 "marketing, they do promote their work through social media (including "
5585 "Twitter and Facebook), and by being an accredited supplier to Google News."
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5591 "It’s usual for the founders of any company to ask themselves what kind of "
5592 "company it should be. It quickly became clear to the founders of the "
5593 "Conversation that they wanted to create a public good rather than make money "
5594 "off of information. Most media companies are working to aggregate as many "
5595 "eyeballs as possible and sell ads. The Conversation founders didn’t want "
5596 "this model. It takes no advertising and is a not-for-profit venture."
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5602 "There are now different editions of the Conversation for Africa, the United "
5603 "Kingdom, France, and the United States, in addition to the one for "
5604 "Australia. All five editions have their own editorial mastheads, advisory "
5605 "boards, and content. The Conversation’s global virtual newsroom has roughly "
5606 "ninety staff working with thirty-five thousand academics from over sixteen "
5607 "hundred universities around the world. The Conversation would like to be "
5608 "working with university scholars from even more parts of the world."
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5614 "Additionally, each edition has its own set of founding partners, strategic "
5615 "partners, and funders. They’ve received funding from foundations, "
5616 "corporates, institutions, and individual donations, but the Conversation is "
5617 "shifting toward paid memberships by universities and research institutions "
5618 "to sustain operations. This would safeguard the current service and help "
5619 "improve coverage and features."
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5625 "When professors from member universities write an article, there is some "
5626 "branding of the university associated with the article. On the Conversation "
5627 "website, paying university members are listed as <quote>members and "
5628 "funders.</quote> Early participants may be designated as <quote>founding "
5629 "members,</quote> with seats on the editorial advisory board."
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5635 "Academics are not paid for their contributions, but they get free editing "
5636 "from a professional (four to five hours per piece, on average). They also "
5637 "get access to a large audience. Every author and member university has "
5638 "access to a special analytics dashboard where they can check the reach of an "
5639 "article. The metrics include what people are tweeting, the comments, "
5640 "countries the readership represents, where the article is being republished, "
5641 "and the number of readers per article."
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5647 "The Conversation plans to expand the dashboard to show not just reach but "
5648 "impact. This tracks activities, behaviors, and events that occurred as a "
5649 "result of publication, including things like a scholar being asked to go on "
5650 "a show to discuss their piece, give a talk at a conference, collaborate, "
5651 "submit a journal paper, and consult a company on a topic."
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5657 "These reach and impact metrics show the benefits of membership. With the "
5658 "Conversation, universities can engage with the public and show why they’re "
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5665 "With its tagline, <quote>Academic Rigor, Journalistic Flair,</quote> the "
5666 "Conversation represents a new form of journalism that contributes to a more "
5667 "informed citizenry and improved democracy around the world. Its open "
5668 "business model and use of Creative Commons show how it’s possible to "
5669 "generate both a public good and operational revenue at the same time."
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5674 msgid "Cory Doctorow"
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5680 "Cory Doctorow is a science fiction writer, activist, blogger, and "
5681 "journalist. Based in the U.S."
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5687 "<ulink url=\"http://craphound.com\"/> and <ulink "
5688 "url=\"http://boingboing.net\"/>"
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5694 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging for physical "
5695 "copies (book sales), pay-what-you-want, selling translation rights to books"
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5700 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: January 12, 2016"
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5706 "Cory Doctorow hates the term <quote>business model,</quote> and he is "
5707 "adamant that he is not a brand. <quote>To me, branding is the idea that you "
5708 "can take a thing that has certain qualities, remove the qualities, and go on "
5709 "selling it,</quote> he said. <quote>I’m not out there trying to figure out "
5710 "how to be a brand. I’m doing this thing that animates me to work crazy "
5711 "insane hours because it’s the most important thing I know how to do.</quote>"
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5717 "Cory calls himself an entrepreneur. He likes to say his success came from "
5718 "making stuff people happened to like and then getting out of the way of them "
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5725 "He is a science fiction writer, activist, blogger, and journalist. "
5726 "Beginning with his first novel, Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, in 2003, "
5727 "his work has been published under a Creative Commons license. Cory is "
5728 "coeditor of the popular CC-licensed site Boing Boing, where he writes about "
5729 "technology, politics, and intellectual property. He has also written several "
5730 "nonfiction books, including the most recent Information Doesn’t Want to Be "
5731 "Free, about the ways in which creators can make a living in the Internet "
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5738 "Cory primarily makes money by selling physical books, but he also takes on "
5739 "paid speaking gigs and is experimenting with pay-what-you-want models for "
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5746 "While Cory’s extensive body of fiction work has a large following, he is "
5747 "just as well known for his activism. He is an outspoken opponent of "
5748 "restrictive copyright and digital-rights-management (DRM) technology used to "
5749 "lock up content because he thinks both undermine creators and the public "
5750 "interest. He is currently a special adviser at the Electronic Frontier "
5751 "Foundation, where he is involved in a lawsuit challenging the U.S. law that "
5752 "protects DRM. Cory says his political work doesn’t directly make him money, "
5753 "but if he gave it up, he thinks he would lose credibility and, more "
5754 "importantly, lose the drive that propels him to create. <quote>My political "
5755 "work is a different expression of the same artistic-political urge,</quote> "
5756 "he said. <quote>I have this suspicion that if I gave up the things that "
5757 "didn’t make me money, the genuineness would leach out of what I do, and the "
5758 "quality that causes people to like what I do would be gone.</quote>"
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5764 "Cory has been financially successful, but money is not his primary "
5765 "motivation. At the start of his book Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, he "
5766 "stresses how important it is not to become an artist if your goal is to get "
5767 "rich. <quote>Entering the arts because you want to get rich is like buying "
5768 "lottery tickets because you want to get rich,</quote> he wrote. <quote>It "
5769 "might work, but it almost certainly won’t. Though, of course, someone always "
5770 "wins the lottery.</quote> He acknowledges that he is one of the lucky few to "
5771 "<quote>make it,</quote> but he says he would be writing no matter "
5772 "what. <quote>I am compelled to write,</quote> he wrote. <quote>Long before "
5773 "I wrote to keep myself fed and sheltered, I was writing to keep myself "
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5780 "Just as money is not his primary motivation to create, money is not his "
5781 "primary motivation to share. For Cory, sharing his work with Creative "
5782 "Commons is a moral imperative. <quote>It felt morally right,</quote> he said "
5783 "of his decision to adopt Creative Commons licenses. <quote>I felt like I "
5784 "wasn’t contributing to the culture of surveillance and censorship that has "
5785 "been created to try to stop copying.</quote> In other words, using CC "
5786 "licenses symbolizes his worldview."
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5792 "He also feels like there is a solid commercial basis for licensing his work "
5793 "with Creative Commons. While he acknowledges he hasn’t been able to do a "
5794 "controlled experiment to compare the commercial benefits of licensing with "
5795 "CC against reserving all rights, he thinks he has sold more books using a CC "
5796 "license than he would have without it. Cory says his goal is to convince "
5797 "people they should pay him for his work. <quote>I started by not calling "
5798 "them thieves,</quote> he said."
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5804 "Cory started using CC licenses soon after they were first created. At the "
5805 "time his first novel came out, he says the science fiction genre was overrun "
5806 "with people scanning and downloading books without permission. When he and "
5807 "his publisher took a closer look at who was doing that sort of thing online, "
5808 "they realized it looked a lot like book promotion. <quote>I knew there was a "
5809 "relationship between having enthusiastic readers and having a successful "
5810 "career as a writer,</quote> he said. <quote>At the time, it took eighty "
5811 "hours to OCR a book, which is a big effort. I decided to spare them the time "
5812 "and energy, and give them the book for free in a format destined to "
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5819 "Cory admits the stakes were pretty low for him when he first adopted "
5820 "Creative Commons licenses. He only had to sell two thousand copies of his "
5821 "book to break even. People often said he was only able to use CC licenses "
5822 "successfully at that time because he was just starting out. Now they say he "
5823 "can only do it because he is an established author."
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5829 "The bottom line, Cory says, is that no one has found a way to prevent people "
5830 "from copying the stuff they like. Rather than fighting the tide, Cory makes "
5831 "his work intrinsically shareable. <quote>Getting the hell out of the way "
5832 "for people who want to share their love of you with other people sounds "
5833 "obvious, but it’s remarkable how many people don’t do it,</quote> he said."
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5839 "Making his work available under Creative Commons licenses enables him to "
5840 "view his biggest fans as his ambassadors. <quote>Being open to fan activity "
5841 "makes you part of the conversation about what fans do with your work and how "
5842 "they interact with it,</quote> he said. Cory’s own website routinely "
5843 "highlights cool things his audience has done with his work. Unlike "
5844 "corporations like Disney that tend to have a hands-off relationship with "
5845 "their fan activity, he has a symbiotic relationship with his "
5846 "audience. <quote>Engaging with your audience can’t guarantee you "
5847 "success,</quote> he said. <quote>And Disney is an example of being able to "
5848 "remain aloof and still being the most successful company in the creative "
5849 "industry in history. But I figure my likelihood of being Disney is pretty "
5850 "slim, so I should take all the help I can get.</quote>"
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5856 "His first book was published under the most restrictive Creative Commons "
5857 "license, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND). It allows only "
5858 "verbatim copying for noncommercial purposes. His later work is published "
5859 "under the Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license (CC BY-NC-SA), which "
5860 "gives people the right to adapt his work for noncommercial purposes but only "
5861 "if they share it back under the same license terms. Before releasing his "
5862 "work under a CC license that allows adaptations, he always sells the right "
5863 "to translate the book to other languages to a commercial publisher first. He "
5864 "wants to reach new potential buyers in other parts of the world, and he "
5865 "thinks it is more difficult to get people to pay for translations if there "
5866 "are fan translations already available for free."
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5872 "In his book Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free, Cory likens his philosophy "
5873 "to thinking like a dandelion. Dandelions produce thousands of seeds each "
5874 "spring, and they are blown into the air going in every direction. The "
5875 "strategy is to maximize the number of blind chances the dandelion has for "
5876 "continuing its genetic line. Similarly, he says there are lots of people out "
5877 "there who may want to buy creative work or compensate authors for it in some "
5878 "other way. <quote>The more places your work can find itself, the greater the "
5879 "likelihood that it will find one of those would-be customers in some "
5880 "unsuspected crack in the metaphorical pavement,</quote> he wrote. <quote>The "
5881 "copies that others make of my work cost me nothing, and present the "
5882 "possibility that I’ll get something.</quote>"
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5888 "Applying a CC license to his work increases the chances it will be shared "
5889 "more widely around the Web. He avoids DRM—and openly opposes the "
5890 "practice—for similar reasons. DRM has the effect of tying a work to a "
5891 "particular platform. This digital lock, in turn, strips the authors of "
5892 "control over their own work and hands that control over to the platform. He "
5893 "calls it Cory’s First Law: <quote>Anytime someone puts a lock on something "
5894 "that belongs to you and won’t give you the key, that lock isn’t there for "
5895 "your benefit.</quote>"
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5901 "Cory operates under the premise that artists benefit when there are more, "
5902 "rather than fewer, places where people can access their work. The Internet "
5903 "has opened up those avenues, but DRM is designed to limit them. <quote>On "
5904 "the one hand, we can credibly make our work available to a widely dispersed "
5905 "audience,</quote> he said. <quote>On the other hand, the intermediaries we "
5906 "historically sold to are making it harder to go around them.</quote> Cory "
5907 "continually looks for ways to reach his audience without relying upon major "
5908 "platforms that will try to take control over his work."
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5914 "Cory says his e-book sales have been lower than those of his competitors, "
5915 "and he attributes some of that to the CC license making the work available "
5916 "for free. But he believes people are willing to pay for content they like, "
5917 "even when it is available for free, as long as it is easy to do. He was "
5918 "extremely successful using Humble Bundle, a platform that allows people to "
5919 "pay what they want for DRM-free versions of a bundle of a particular "
5920 "creator’s work. He is planning to try his own pay-what-you-want experiment "
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5927 "Fans are particularly willing to pay when they feel personally connected to "
5928 "the artist. Cory works hard to create that personal connection. One way he "
5929 "does this is by personally answering every single email he gets. <quote>If "
5930 "you look at the history of artists, most die in penury,</quote> he "
5931 "said. <quote>That reality means that for artists, we have to find ways to "
5932 "support ourselves when public tastes shift, when copyright stops producing. "
5933 "Future-proofing your artistic career in many ways means figuring out how to "
5934 "stay connected to those people who have been touched by your work.</quote>"
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5940 "Cory’s realism about the difficulty of making a living in the arts does not "
5941 "reflect pessimism about the Internet age. Instead, he says the fact that it "
5942 "is hard to make a living as an artist is nothing new. What is new, he writes "
5943 "in his book, <quote>is how many ways there are to make things, and to get "
5944 "them into other people’s hands and minds.</quote>"
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5949 msgid "It has never been easier to think like a dandelion."
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5960 "Figshare is a for-profit company offering an online repository where "
5961 "researchers can preserve and share the output of their research, including "
5962 "figures, data sets, images, and videos. Founded in 2011 in the UK."
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5967 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://figshare.com\"/>"
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5973 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: platform providing paid "
5974 "services to creators"
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5979 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: January 28, 2016"
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5984 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Mark Hahnel, founder"
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5990 "Figshare’s mission is to change the face of academic publishing through "
5991 "improved dissemination, discoverability, and reusability of scholarly "
5992 "research. Figshare is a repository where users can make all the output of "
5993 "their research available—from posters and presentations to data sets and "
5994 "code—in a way that’s easy to discover, cite, and share. Users can upload any "
5995 "file format, which can then be previewed in a Web browser. Research output "
5996 "is disseminated in a way that the current scholarly-publishing model does "
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6003 "Figshare founder Mark Hahnel often gets asked: How do you make money? How do "
6004 "we know you’ll be here in five years? Can you, as a for-profit venture, be "
6005 "trusted? Answers have evolved over time."
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6011 "Mark traces the origins of Figshare back to when he was a graduate student "
6012 "getting his PhD in stem cell biology. His research involved working with "
6013 "videos of stem cells in motion. However, when he went to publish his "
6014 "research, there was no way for him to also publish the videos, figures, "
6015 "graphs, and data sets. This was frustrating. Mark believed publishing his "
6016 "complete research would lead to more citations and be better for his career."
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6022 "Mark does not consider himself an advanced software programmer. "
6023 "Fortunately, things like cloud-based computing and wikis had become "
6024 "mainstream, and he believed it ought to be possible to put all his research "
6025 "online and share it with anyone. So he began working on a solution."
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6031 "There were two key needs: licenses to make the data citable, and persistent "
6032 "identifiers— URL links that always point back to the original object "
6033 "ensuring the research is citable for the long term."
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6039 "Mark chose Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to meet the need for a "
6040 "persistent identifier. In the DOI system, an object’s metadata is stored as "
6041 "a series of numbers in the DOI name. Referring to an object by its DOI is "
6042 "more stable than referring to it by its URL, because the location of an "
6043 "object (the web page or URL) can often change. Mark partnered with DataCite "
6044 "for the provision of DOIs for research data."
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6050 "As for licenses, Mark chose Creative Commons. The open-access and "
6051 "open-science communities were already using and recommending Creative "
6052 "Commons. Based on what was happening in those communities and Mark’s "
6053 "dialogue with peers, he went with CC0 (in the public domain) for data sets "
6054 "and CC BY (Attribution) for figures, videos, and data sets."
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6060 "So Mark began using DOIs and Creative Commons for his own research work. He "
6061 "had a science blog where he wrote about it and made all his data "
6062 "open. People started commenting on his blog that they wanted to do the "
6063 "same. So he opened it up for them to use, too."
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6069 "People liked the interface and simple upload process. People started asking "
6070 "if they could also share theses, grant proposals, and code. Inclusion of "
6071 "code raised new licensing issues, as Creative Commons licenses are not used "
6072 "for software. To allow the sharing of software code, Mark chose the MIT "
6073 "license, but GNU and Apache licenses can also be used."
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6079 "Mark sought investment to make this into a scalable product. After a few "
6080 "unsuccessful funding pitches, UK-based Digital Science expressed interest "
6081 "but insisted on a more viable business model. They made an initial "
6082 "investment, and together they came up with a freemium-like business model."
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6088 "Under the freemium model, academics upload their research to Figshare for "
6089 "storage and sharing for free. Each research object is licensed with Creative "
6090 "Commons and receives a DOI link. The premium option charges researchers a "
6091 "fee for gigabytes of private storage space, and for private online space "
6092 "designed for a set number of research collaborators, which is ideal for "
6093 "larger teams and geographically dispersed research groups. Figshare sums up "
6094 "its value proposition to researchers as <quote>You retain ownership. You "
6095 "license it. You get credit. We just make sure it persists.</quote>"
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6101 "In January 2012, Figshare was launched. (The fig in Figshare stands for "
6102 "figures.) Using investment funds, Mark made significant improvements to "
6103 "Figshare. For example, researchers could quickly preview their research "
6104 "files within a browser without having to download them first or require "
6105 "third-party software. Journals who were still largely publishing articles as "
6106 "static noninteractive PDFs became interested in having Figshare provide that "
6107 "functionality for them."
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6113 "Figshare diversified its business model to include services for "
6114 "journals. Figshare began hosting large amounts of data for the journals’ "
6115 "online articles. This additional data improved the quality of the "
6116 "articles. Outsourcing this service to Figshare freed publishers from having "
6117 "to develop this functionality as part of their own "
6118 "infrastructure. Figshare-hosted data also provides a link back to the "
6119 "article, generating additional click-through and readership—a benefit to "
6120 "both journal publishers and researchers. Figshare now provides "
6121 "research-data infrastructure for a wide variety of publishers including "
6122 "Wiley, Springer Nature, PLOS, and Taylor and Francis, to name a few, and has "
6123 "convinced them to use Creative Commons licenses for the data."
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6129 "Governments allocate significant public funds to research. In parallel with "
6130 "the launch of Figshare, governments around the world began requesting the "
6131 "research they fund be open and accessible. They mandated that researchers "
6132 "and academic institutions better manage and disseminate their research "
6133 "outputs. Institutions looking to comply with this new mandate became "
6134 "interested in Figshare. Figshare once again diversified its business model, "
6135 "adding services for institutions."
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6141 "Figshare now offers a range of fee-based services to institutions, including "
6142 "their own minibranded Figshare space (called Figshare for Institutions) that "
6143 "securely hosts research data of institutions in the cloud. Services include "
6144 "not just hosting but data metrics, data dissemination, and user-group "
6145 "administration. Figshare’s workflow, and the services they offer for "
6146 "institutions, take into account the needs of librarians and administrators, "
6147 "as well as of the researchers."
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6153 "As with researchers and publishers, Fig-share encouraged institutions to "
6154 "share their research with CC BY (Attribution) and their data with CC0 (into "
6155 "the public domain). Funders who require researchers and institutions to use "
6156 "open licensing believe in the social responsibilities and benefits of making "
6157 "research accessible to all. Publishing research in this open way has come to "
6158 "be called open access. But not all funders specify CC BY; some institutions "
6159 "want to offer their researchers a choice, including less permissive licenses "
6160 "like CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial), CC BY-SA "
6161 "(Attribution-ShareAlike), or CC BY-ND (Attribution-NoDerivs)."
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6167 "For Mark this created a conflict. On the one hand, the principles and "
6168 "benefits of open science are at the heart of Figshare, and Mark believes CC "
6169 "BY is the best license for this. On the other hand, institutions were saying "
6170 "they wouldn’t use Figshare unless it offered a choice in licenses. He "
6171 "initially refused to offer anything beyond CC0 and CC BY, but after seeing "
6172 "an open-source CERN project offer all Creative Commons licenses without any "
6173 "negative repercussions, he decided to follow suit."
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6179 "Mark is thinking of doing a Figshare study that tracks research "
6180 "dissemination according to Creative Commons license, and gathering metrics "
6181 "on views, citations, and downloads. You could see which license generates "
6182 "the biggest impact. If the data showed that CC BY is more impactful, Mark "
6183 "believes more and more researchers and institutions will make it their "
6184 "license of choice."
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6204 "Figshare has an Application Programming Interface (API) that makes it "
6205 "possible for data to be pulled from Figshare and used in other "
6206 "applications. As an example, Mark shared a Figshare data set showing the "
6207 "journal subscriptions that higher-education institutions in the United "
6208 "Kingdom paid to ten major publishers.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
6209 "id=\"0\"/> Figshare’s API enables that data to be pulled into an app "
6210 "developed by a completely different researcher that converts the data into a "
6211 "visually interesting graph, which any viewer can alter by changing any of "
6212 "the variables.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"1\"/>"
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6218 "The free version of Figshare has built a community of academics, who through "
6219 "word of mouth and presentations have promoted and spread awareness of "
6220 "Figshare. To amplify and reward the community, Figshare established an "
6221 "Advisor program, providing those who promoted Figshare with hoodies and "
6222 "T-shirts, early access to new features, and travel expenses when they gave "
6223 "presentations outside of their area. These Advisors also helped Mark on what "
6224 "license to use for software code and whether to offer universities an option "
6225 "of using Creative Commons licenses."
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6236 "Mark says his success is partly about being in the right place at the right "
6237 "time. He also believes that the diversification of Figshare’s model over "
6238 "time has been key to success. Figshare now offers a comprehensive set of "
6239 "services to researchers, publishers, and institutions.<placeholder "
6240 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> If he had relied solely on revenue from premium "
6241 "subscriptions, he believes Figshare would have struggled. In Figshare’s "
6242 "early days, their primary users were early-career and late-career "
6243 "academics. It has only been because funders mandated open licensing that "
6244 "Figshare is now being used by the mainstream."
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6250 "Today Figshare has 26 million–plus page views, 7.5 million–plus downloads, "
6251 "800,000–plus user uploads, 2 million–plus articles, 500,000-plus "
6252 "collections, and 5,000–plus projects. Sixty percent of their traffic comes "
6253 "from Google. A sister company called Altmetric tracks the use of Figshare by "
6254 "others, including Wikipedia and news sources."
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6260 "Figshare uses the revenue it generates from the premium subscribers, journal "
6261 "publishers, and institutions to fund and expand what it can offer to "
6262 "researchers for free. Figshare has publicly stuck to its principles—keeping "
6263 "the free service free and requiring the use of CC BY and CC0 from the "
6264 "start—and from Mark’s perspective, this is why people trust Figshare. Mark "
6265 "sees new competitors coming forward who are just in it for money. If "
6266 "Figshare was only in it for the money, they wouldn’t care about offering a "
6267 "free version. Figshare’s principles and advocacy for openness are a key "
6268 "differentiator. Going forward, Mark sees Figshare not only as supporting "
6269 "open access to research but also enabling people to collaborate and make new "
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6281 "Figure.NZ is a nonprofit charity that makes an online data platform designed "
6282 "to make data reusable and easy to understand. Founded in 2012 in New "
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6294 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: platform providing paid "
6295 "services to creators, donations, sponsorships"
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6300 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: May 3, 2016"
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6305 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Lillian Grace, founder"
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6318 "In the paper Harnessing the Economic and Social Power of Data presented at "
6319 "the New Zealand Data Futures Forum in 2014,<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
6320 "id=\"0\"/> Figure.NZ founder Lillian Grace said there are thousands of "
6321 "valuable and relevant data sets freely available to us right now, but most "
6322 "people don’t use them. She used to think this meant people didn’t care about "
6323 "being informed, but she’s come to see that she was wrong. Almost everyone "
6324 "wants to be informed about issues that matter—not only to them, but also to "
6325 "their families, their communities, their businesses, and their country. But "
6326 "there’s a big difference between availability and accessibility of "
6327 "information. Data is spread across thousands of sites and is held within "
6328 "databases and spreadsheets that require both time and skill to engage "
6329 "with. To use data when making a decision, you have to know what specific "
6330 "question to ask, identify a source that has collected the data, and "
6331 "manipulate complex tools to extract and visualize the information within the "
6332 "data set. Lillian established Figure.NZ to make data truly accessible to "
6333 "all, with a specific focus on New Zealand."
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6339 "Lillian had the idea for Figure.NZ in February 2012 while working for the "
6340 "New Zealand Institute, a think tank concerned with improving economic "
6341 "prosperity, social well-being, environmental quality, and environmental "
6342 "productivity for New Zealand and New Zealanders. While giving talks to "
6343 "community and business groups, Lillian realized <quote>every single issue we "
6344 "addressed would have been easier to deal with if more people understood the "
6345 "basic facts.</quote> But understanding the basic facts sometimes requires "
6346 "data and research that you often have to pay for."
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6352 "Lillian began to imagine a website that lifted data up to a visual form that "
6353 "could be easily understood and freely accessed. Initially launched as Wiki "
6354 "New Zealand, the original idea was that people could contribute their data "
6355 "and visuals via a wiki. However, few people had graphs that could be used "
6356 "and shared, and there were no standards or consistency around the data and "
6357 "the visuals. Realizing the wiki model wasn’t working, Lillian brought the "
6358 "process of data aggregation, curation, and visual presentation in-house, and "
6359 "invested in the technology to help automate some of it. Wiki New Zealand "
6360 "became Figure.NZ, and efforts were reoriented toward providing services to "
6361 "those wanting to open their data and present it visually."
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6367 "Here’s how it works. Figure.NZ sources data from other organizations, "
6368 "including corporations, public repositories, government departments, and "
6369 "academics. Figure.NZ imports and extracts that data, and then validates and "
6370 "standardizes it—all with a strong eye on what will be best for users. They "
6371 "then make the data available in a series of standardized forms, both human- "
6372 "and machine-readable, with rich metadata about the sources, the licenses, "
6373 "and data types. Figure.NZ has a chart-designing tool that makes simple bar, "
6374 "line, and area graphs from any data source. The graphs are posted to the "
6375 "Figure.NZ website, and they can also be exported in a variety of formats for "
6376 "print or online use. Figure.NZ makes its data and graphs available using "
6377 "the Attribution (CC BY) license. This allows others to reuse, revise, remix, "
6378 "and redistribute Figure.NZ data and graphs as long as they give attribution "
6379 "to the original source and to Figure.NZ."
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6392 "Lillian characterizes the initial decision to use Creative Commons as "
6393 "naively fortunate. It was first recommended to her by a colleague. Lillian "
6394 "spent time looking at what Creative Commons offered and thought it looked "
6395 "good, was clear, and made common sense. It was easy to use and easy for "
6396 "others to understand. Over time, she’s come to realize just how fortunate "
6397 "and important that decision turned out to be. New Zealand’s government has "
6398 "an open-access and licensing framework called NZGOAL, which provides "
6399 "guidance for agencies when they release copyrighted and noncopyrighted work "
6400 "and material.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> It aims to "
6401 "standardize the licensing of works with government copyright and how they "
6402 "can be reused, and it does this with Creative Commons licenses. As a result, "
6403 "98 percent of all government-agency data is Creative Commons licensed, "
6404 "fitting in nicely with Figure.NZ’s decision."
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6410 "Lillian thinks current ideas of what a business is are relatively new, only "
6411 "a hundred years old or so. She’s convinced that twenty years from now, we "
6412 "will see new and different models for business. Figure.NZ is set up as a "
6413 "nonprofit charity. It is purpose-driven but also strives to pay people well "
6414 "and thinks like a business. Lillian sees the charity-nonprofit status as an "
6415 "essential element for the mission and purpose of Figure.NZ. She believes "
6416 "Wikipedia would not work if it were for profit, and similarly, Figure.NZ’s "
6417 "nonprofit status assures people who have data and people who want to use it "
6418 "that they can rely on Figure.NZ’s motives. People see them as a trusted "
6419 "wrangler and source."
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6425 "Although Figure.NZ is a social enterprise that openly licenses their data "
6426 "and graphs for everyone to use for free, they have taken care not to be "
6427 "perceived as a free service all around the table. Lillian believes hundreds "
6428 "of millions of dollars are spent by the government and organizations to "
6429 "collect data. However, very little money is spent on taking that data and "
6430 "making it accessible, understandable, and useful for decision making. "
6431 "Government uses some of the data for policy, but Lillian believes that it is "
6432 "underutilized and the potential value is much larger. Figure.NZ is focused "
6433 "on solving that problem. They believe a portion of money allocated to "
6434 "collecting data should go into making sure that data is useful and generates "
6435 "value. If the government wants citizens to understand why certain decisions "
6436 "are being made and to be more aware about what the government is doing, why "
6437 "not transform the data it collects into easily understood visuals? It could "
6438 "even become a way for a government or any organization to differentiate, "
6439 "market, and brand itself."
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6445 "Figure.NZ spends a lot of time seeking to understand the motivations of data "
6446 "collectors and to identify the channels where it can provide value. Every "
6447 "part of their business model has been focused on who is going to get value "
6448 "from the data and visuals."
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6454 "Figure.NZ has multiple lines of business. They provide commercial services "
6455 "to organizations that want their data publicly available and want to use "
6456 "Figure.NZ as their publishing platform. People who want to publish open data "
6457 "appreciate Figure.NZ’s ability to do it faster, more easily, and better than "
6458 "they can. Customers are encouraged to help their users find, use, and make "
6459 "things from the data they make available on Figure.NZ’s website. Customers "
6460 "control what is released and the license terms (although Figure.NZ "
6461 "encourages Creative Commons licensing). Figure.NZ also serves customers who "
6462 "want a specific collection of charts created—for example, for their website "
6463 "or annual report. Charging the organizations that want to make their data "
6464 "available enables Figure.NZ to provide their site free to all users, to "
6465 "truly democratize data."
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6471 "Lillian notes that the current state of most data is terrible and often not "
6472 "well understood by the people who have it. This sometimes makes it difficult "
6473 "for customers and Figure.NZ to figure out what it would cost to import, "
6474 "standardize, and display that data in a useful way. To deal with this, "
6475 "Figure.NZ uses <quote>high-trust contracts,</quote> where customers allocate "
6476 "a certain budget to the task that Figure.NZ is then free to draw from, as "
6477 "long as Figure.NZ frequently reports on what they’ve produced so the "
6478 "customer can determine the value for money. This strategy has helped build "
6479 "trust and transparency about the level of effort associated with doing work "
6480 "that has never been done before."
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6492 "Statistics New Zealand are partners who back Figure.NZ’s efforts. As one "
6493 "example, with their support Figure.NZ has been able to create Business "
6494 "Figures, a special way for businesses to find useful data without having to "
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6507 "donate to topic areas they care about, directly enabling Figure.NZ to get "
6508 "data together to flesh out those areas. Patrons do not direct what data is "
6509 "included or excluded."
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6515 "Figure.NZ also accepts philanthropic donations, which are used to provide "
6516 "more content, extend technology, and improve services, or are targeted to "
6517 "fund a specific effort or provide in-kind support. As a charity, donations "
6518 "are tax deductible."
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6524 "Figure.NZ has morphed and grown over time. With data aggregation, curation, "
6525 "and visualizing services all in-house, Figure.NZ has developed a deep "
6526 "expertise in taking random styles of data, standardizing it, and making it "
6527 "useful. Lillian realized that Figure.NZ could easily become a warehouse of "
6528 "seventy people doing data. But for Lillian, growth isn’t always good. In her "
6529 "view, bigger often means less effective. Lillian set artificial constraints "
6530 "on growth, forcing the organization to think differently and be more "
6531 "efficient. Rather than in-house growth, they are growing and building "
6532 "external relationships."
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6536 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5060
6538 "Figure.NZ’s website displays visuals and data associated with a wide range "
6539 "of categories including crime, economy, education, employment, energy, "
6540 "environment, health, information and communications technology, industry, "
6541 "tourism, and many others. A search function helps users find tables and "
6542 "graphs. Figure.NZ does not provide analysis or interpretation of the data or "
6543 "visuals. Their goal is to teach people how to think, not think for them. "
6544 "Figure.NZ wants to create intuitive experiences, not user manuals."
6547 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6548 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5070
6550 "Figure.NZ believes data and visuals should be useful. They provide their "
6551 "customers with a data collection template and teach them why it’s important "
6552 "and how to use it. They’ve begun putting more emphasis on tracking what "
6553 "users of their website want. They also get requests from social media and "
6554 "through email for them to share data for a specific topic—for example, can "
6555 "you share data for water quality? If they have the data, they respond "
6556 "quickly; if they don’t, they try and identify the organizations that would "
6557 "have that data and forge a relationship so they can be included on "
6558 "Figure.NZ’s site. Overall, Figure.NZ is seeking to provide a place for "
6559 "people to be curious about, access, and interpret data on topics they are "
6563 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6564 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5084
6566 "Lillian has a deep and profound vision for Figure.NZ that goes well beyond "
6567 "simply providing open-data services. She says things are different now. \"We "
6568 "used to live in a world where it was really hard to share information "
6569 "widely. And in that world, the best future was created by having a few great "
6570 "leaders who essentially had access to the information and made decisions on "
6571 "behalf of others, whether it was on behalf of a country or companies."
6574 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6575 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5094
6577 "\"But now we live in a world where it’s really easy to share information "
6578 "widely and also to communicate widely. In the world we live in now, the best "
6579 "future is the one where everyone can make well-informed decisions."
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6583 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5100
6585 "\"The use of numbers and data as a way of making well-informed decisions is "
6586 "one of the areas where there is the biggest gaps. We don’t really use "
6587 "numbers as a part of our thinking and part of our understanding yet."
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6591 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5106
6593 "\"Part of the reason is the way data is spread across hundreds of sites. In "
6594 "addition, for the most part, deep thinking based on data is constrained to "
6595 "experts because most people don’t have data literacy. There once was a time "
6596 "when many citizens in society couldn’t read or write. However, as a society, "
6597 "we’ve now come to believe that reading and writing skills should be "
6598 "something all citizens have. We haven’t yet adopted a similar belief around "
6599 "numbers and data literacy. We largely still believe that only a few "
6600 "specially trained people can analyze and think with numbers."
6603 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6604 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5117
6606 "\"Figure.NZ may be the first organization to assert that everyone can use "
6607 "numbers in their thinking, and it’s built a technological platform along "
6608 "with trust and a network of relationships to make that possible. What you "
6609 "can see on Figure.NZ are tens of thousands of graphs, maps, and data."
6612 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6613 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5124
6615 "<quote>Figure.NZ sees this as a new kind of alphabet that can help people "
6616 "analyze what they see around them. A way to be thoughtful and informed about "
6617 "society. A means of engaging in conversation and shaping decision making "
6618 "that transcends personal experience. The long-term value and impact is "
6619 "almost impossible to measure, but the goal is to help citizens gain "
6620 "understanding and work together in more informed ways to shape the "
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6625 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5133
6627 "Lillian sees Figure.NZ’s model as having global potential. But for now, "
6628 "their focus is completely on making Figure.NZ work in New Zealand and to get "
6629 "the <quote>network effect</quote>— users dramatically increasing value for "
6630 "themselves and for others through use of their service. Creative Commons is "
6631 "core to making the network effect possible."
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6635 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5142
6636 msgid "Knowledge Unlatched"
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6640 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5145
6642 "Knowledge Unlatched is a not-for-profit community interest company that "
6643 "brings libraries together to pool funds to publish open-access "
6644 "books. Founded in 2012 in the UK."
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6649 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://knowledgeunlatched.org\"/>"
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6655 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: crowdfunding "
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6660 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5155
6661 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: February 26, 2016"
6664 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
6665 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5158
6666 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Frances Pinter, founder"
6669 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6670 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5166
6672 "The serial entrepreneur Dr. Frances Pinter has been at the forefront of "
6673 "innovation in the publishing industry for nearly forty years. She founded "
6674 "the UK-based Knowledge Unlatched with a mission to enable open access to "
6675 "scholarly books. For Frances, the current scholarly- book-publishing system "
6676 "is not working for anyone, and especially not for monographs in the "
6677 "humanities and social sciences. Knowledge Unlatched is committed to changing "
6678 "this and has been working with libraries to create a sustainable alternative "
6679 "model for publishing scholarly books, sharing the cost of making monographs "
6680 "(released under a Creative Commons license) and savings costs over the long "
6681 "term. Since its launch, Knowledge Unlatched has received several awards, "
6682 "including the IFLA/Brill Open Access award in 2014 and a Curtin University "
6683 "Commercial Innovation Award for Innovation in Education in 2015."
6686 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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6689 "Dr. Pinter has been in academic publishing most of her career. About ten "
6690 "years ago, she became acquainted with the Creative Commons founder Lawrence "
6691 "Lessig and got interested in Creative Commons as a tool for both protecting "
6692 "content online and distributing it free to users."
6695 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6696 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5189
6698 "Not long after, she ran a project in Africa convincing publishers in Uganda "
6699 "and South Africa to put some of their content online for free using a "
6700 "Creative Commons license and to see what happened to print sales. Sales went "
6704 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6705 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5195
6707 "In 2008, Bloomsbury Academic, a new imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing in the "
6708 "United Kingdom, appointed her its founding publisher in London. As part of "
6709 "the launch, Frances convinced Bloomsbury to differentiate themselves by "
6710 "putting out monographs for free online under a Creative Commons license "
6711 "(BY-NC or BY-NC-ND, i.e., Attribution-NonCommercial or "
6712 "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs). This was seen as risky, as the biggest "
6713 "cost for publishers is getting a book to the stage where it can be "
6714 "printed. If everyone read the online book for free, there would be no "
6715 "print-book sales at all, and the costs associated with getting the book to "
6716 "print would be lost. Surprisingly, Bloomsbury found that sales of the print "
6717 "versions of these books were 10 to 20 percent higher than normal. Frances "
6718 "found it intriguing that the Creative Commons–licensed free online book acts "
6719 "as a marketing vehicle for the print format."
6722 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6723 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5212
6725 "Frances began to look at customer interest in the three forms of the book: "
6726 "1) the Creative Commons–licensed free online book in PDF form, 2) the "
6727 "printed book, and 3) a digital version of the book on an aggregator platform "
6728 "with enhanced features. She thought of this as the <quote>ice cream "
6729 "model</quote>: the free PDF was vanilla ice cream, the printed book was an "
6730 "ice cream cone, and the enhanced e-book was an ice cream sundae."
6733 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6734 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5221
6736 "After a while, Frances had an epiphany—what if there was a way to get "
6737 "libraries to underwrite the costs of making these books up until they’re "
6738 "ready be printed, in other words, cover the fixed costs of getting to the "
6739 "first digital copy? Then you could either bring down the cost of the printed "
6740 "book, or do a whole bunch of interesting things with the printed book and "
6741 "e-book—the ice cream cone or sundae part of the model."
6744 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6745 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5230
6747 "This idea is similar to the article-processing charge some open-access "
6748 "journals charge researchers to cover publishing costs. Frances began to "
6749 "imagine a coalition of libraries paying for the prepress costs—a "
6750 "<quote>book-processing charge</quote>—and providing everyone in the world "
6751 "with an open-access version of the books released under a Creative Commons "
6755 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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6758 "This idea really took hold in her mind. She didn’t really have a name for it "
6759 "but began talking about it and making presentations to see if there was "
6760 "interest. The more she talked about it, the more people agreed it had "
6761 "appeal. She offered a bottle of champagne to anyone who could come up with a "
6762 "good name for the idea. Her husband came up with Knowledge Unlatched, and "
6763 "after two years of generating interest, she decided to move forward and "
6764 "launch a community interest company (a UK term for not-for-profit social "
6765 "enterprises) in 2012."
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6771 "She describes the business model in a paper called Knowledge Unlatched: "
6772 "Toward an Open and Networked Future for Academic Publishing:"
6775 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><orderedlist><listitem><para>
6776 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5256
6778 "Publishers offer titles for sale reflecting origination costs only via "
6779 "Knowledge Unlatched."
6782 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><orderedlist><listitem><para>
6783 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5262
6785 "Individual libraries select titles either as individual titles or as "
6786 "collections (as they do from library suppliers now)."
6789 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><orderedlist><listitem><para>
6790 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5268
6792 "Their selections are sent to Knowledge Unlatched specifying the titles to be "
6793 "purchased at the stated price(s)."
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6799 "The price, called a Title Fee (set by publishers and negotiated by Knowledge "
6800 "Unlatched), is paid to publishers to cover the fixed costs of publishing "
6801 "each of the titles that were selected by a minimum number of libraries to "
6802 "cover the Title Fee."
6805 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><orderedlist><listitem><para>
6806 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5283
6808 "Publishers make the selected titles available Open Access (on a Creative "
6809 "Commons or similar open license) and are then paid the Title Fee which is "
6810 "the total collected from the libraries."
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6814 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5293
6815 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.pinter.org.uk/pdfs/Toward_an_Open.pdf\"/>"
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6821 "Publishers make print copies, e-Pub, and other digital versions of selected "
6822 "titles available to member libraries at a discount that reflects their "
6823 "contribution to the Title Fee and incentivizes membership.<placeholder "
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6830 "The first round of this model resulted in a collection of twenty-eight "
6831 "current titles from thirteen recognized scholarly publishers being "
6832 "unlatched. The target was to have two hundred libraries participate. The "
6833 "cost of the package per library was capped at $1,680, which was an average "
6834 "price of sixty dollars per book, but in the end they had nearly three "
6835 "hundred libraries sharing the costs, and the price per book came in at just "
6836 "under forty-three dollars."
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6849 "The open-access, Creative Commons versions of these twenty-eight books are "
6850 "still available online.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Most books "
6851 "have been licensed with CC BY-NC or CC BY-NC-ND. Authors are the copyright "
6852 "holder, not the publisher, and negotiate choice of license as part of the "
6853 "publishing agreement. Frances has found that most authors want to retain "
6854 "control over the commercial and remix use of their work. Publishers list the "
6855 "book in their catalogs, and the noncommercial restriction in the Creative "
6856 "Commons license ensures authors continue to get royalties on sales of "
6860 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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6863 "There are three cost variables to consider for each round: the overall cost "
6864 "incurred by the publishers, total cost for each library to acquire all the "
6865 "books, and the individual price per book. The fee publishers charge for each "
6866 "title is a fixed charge, and Knowledge Unlatched calculates the total amount "
6867 "for all the books being unlatched at a time. The cost of an order for each "
6868 "library is capped at a maximum based on a minimum number of libraries "
6869 "participating. If the number of participating libraries exceeds the minimum, "
6870 "then the cost of the order and the price per book go down for each library."
6873 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6874 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5331
6876 "The second round, recently completed, unlatched seventy-eight books from "
6877 "twenty-six publishers. For this round, Frances was experimenting with the "
6878 "size and shape of the offerings. Books were being bundled into eight small "
6879 "packages separated by subject (including Anthropology, History, Literature, "
6880 "Media and Communications, and Politics), of around ten books per package. "
6881 "Three hundred libraries around the world have to commit to at least six of "
6882 "the eight packages to enable unlatching. The average cost per book was just "
6883 "under fifty dollars. The unlatching process took roughly ten months. It "
6884 "started with a call to publishers for titles, followed by having a library "
6885 "task force select the titles, getting authors’ permissions, getting the "
6886 "libraries to pledge, billing the libraries, and finally, unlatching."
6889 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6890 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5346
6892 "The longest part of the whole process is getting libraries to pledge and "
6893 "commit funds. It takes about five months, as library buy-in has to fit "
6894 "within acquisition cycles, budget cycles, and library-committee meetings."
6897 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
6898 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5352
6900 "Knowledge Unlatched informs and recruits libraries through social media, "
6901 "mailing lists, listservs, and library associations. Of the three hundred "
6902 "libraries that participated in the first round, 80 percent are also "
6903 "participating in the second round, and there are an additional eighty new "
6904 "libraries taking part. Knowledge Unlatched is also working not just with "
6905 "individual libraries but also library consortia, which has been getting even "
6906 "more libraries involved."
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6910 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5362
6912 "Knowledge Unlatched is scaling up, offering 150 new titles in the second "
6913 "half of 2016. It will also offer backlist titles, and in 2017 will start to "
6914 "make journals open access too."
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6918 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5367
6920 "Knowledge Unlatched deliberately chose monographs as the initial type of "
6921 "book to unlatch. Monographs are foundational and important, but also "
6922 "problematic to keep going in the standard closed publishing model."
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6928 "The cost for the publisher to get to a first digital copy of a monograph is "
6929 "$5,000 to $50,000. A good one costs in the $10,000 to $15,000 "
6930 "range. Monographs typically don’t sell a lot of copies. A publisher who in "
6931 "the past sold three thousand copies now typically sells only three "
6932 "hundred. That makes unlatching monographs a low risk for publishers. For the "
6933 "first round, it took five months to get thirteen publishers. For the second "
6934 "round, it took one month to get twenty-six."
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6939 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.knowledgeunlatched.org/featured-authors-section/\"/>"
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6945 "Authors don’t generally make a lot of royalties from monographs. Royalties "
6946 "range from zero dollars to 5 to 10 percent of receipts. The value to the "
6947 "author is the awareness it brings to them; when their book is being read, it "
6948 "increases their reputation. Open access through unlatching generates many "
6949 "more downloads and therefore awareness. (On the Knowledge Unlatched website, "
6950 "you can find interviews with the twenty-eight round-one authors describing "
6951 "their experience and the benefits of taking part.)<placeholder "
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6955 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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6958 "Library budgets are constantly being squeezed, partly due to the inflation "
6959 "of journal subscriptions. But even without budget constraints, academic "
6960 "libraries are moving away from buying physical copies. An academic library "
6961 "catalog entry is typically a URL to wherever the book is hosted. Or if they "
6962 "have enough electronic storage space, they may download the digital file "
6963 "into their digital repository. Only secondarily do they consider getting a "
6964 "print book, and if they do, they buy it separately from the digital version."
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6968 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5404
6970 "Knowledge Unlatched offers libraries a compelling economic argument. Many of "
6971 "the participating libraries would have bought a copy of the monograph "
6972 "anyway, but instead of paying $95 for a print copy or $150 for a digital "
6973 "multiple-use copy, they pay $50 to unlatch. It costs them less, and it opens "
6974 "the book to not just the participating libraries, but to the world."
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6978 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5412
6980 "Not only do the economics make sense, but there is very strong alignment "
6981 "with library mandates. The participating libraries pay less than they would "
6982 "have in the closed model, and the open-access book is available to all "
6983 "libraries. While this means nonparticipating libraries could be seen as free "
6984 "riders, in the library world, wealthy libraries are used to paying more than "
6985 "poor libraries and accept that part of their money should be spent to "
6986 "support open access. <quote>Free ride</quote> is more like community "
6987 "responsibility. By the end of March 2016, the round-one books had been "
6988 "downloaded nearly eighty thousand times in 175 countries."
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6994 "For publishers, authors, and librarians, the Knowledge Unlatched model for "
6995 "monographs is a win-win-win."
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6999 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5429
7001 "In the first round, Knowledge Unlatched’s overheads were covered by "
7002 "grants. In the second round, they aim to demonstrate the model is "
7003 "sustainable. Libraries and publishers will each pay a 7.5 percent service "
7004 "charge that will go toward Knowledge Unlatched’s running costs. With plans "
7005 "to scale up in future rounds, Frances figures they can fully recover costs "
7006 "when they are unlatching two hundred books at a time. Moving forward, "
7007 "Knowledge Unlatched is making investments in technology and "
7008 "processes. Future plans include unlatching journals and older books."
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7014 "Frances believes that Knowledge Unlatched is tapping into new ways of "
7015 "valuing academic content. It’s about considering how many people can find, "
7016 "access, and use your content without pay barriers. Knowledge Unlatched taps "
7017 "into the new possibilities and behaviors of the digital world. In the "
7018 "Knowledge Unlatched model, the content-creation process is exactly the same "
7019 "as it always has been, but the economics are different. For Frances, "
7020 "Knowledge Unlatched is connected to the past but moving into the future, an "
7021 "evolution rather than a revolution."
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7026 msgid "Lumen Learning"
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7032 "Lumen Learning is a for-profit company helping educational institutions use "
7033 "open educational resources (OER). Founded in 2013 in the U.S."
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7038 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://lumenlearning.com\"/>"
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7044 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging for custom "
7045 "services, grant funding"
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7050 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: December 21, 2015"
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7056 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewees</emphasis>: David Wiley and Kim "
7057 "Thanos, cofounders"
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7062 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://lumenlearning.com/innovative-projects/\"/>"
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7068 "Cofounded by open education visionary Dr. David Wiley and "
7069 "education-technology strategist Kim Thanos, Lumen Learning is dedicated to "
7070 "improving student success, bringing new ideas to pedagogy, and making "
7071 "education more affordable by facilitating adoption of open educational "
7072 "resources. In 2012, David and Kim partnered on a grant-funded project called "
7073 "the Kaleidoscope Open Course Initiative.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
7074 "id=\"0\"/> It involved a set of fully open general-education courses across "
7075 "eight colleges predominantly serving at-risk students, with goals to "
7076 "dramatically reduce textbook costs and collaborate to improve the courses to "
7077 "help students succeed. David and Kim exceeded those goals: the cost of the "
7078 "required textbooks, replaced with OER, decreased to zero dollars, and "
7079 "average student-success rates improved by 5 to 10 percent when compared with "
7080 "previous years. After a second round of funding, a total of more than "
7081 "twenty-five institutions participated in and benefited from this project. It "
7082 "was career changing for David and Kim to see the impact this initiative had "
7083 "on low-income students. David and Kim sought further funding from the Bill "
7084 "and Melinda Gates Foundation, who asked them to define a plan to scale their "
7085 "work in a financially sustainable way. That is when they decided to create "
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7092 "David and Kim went back and forth on whether it should be a nonprofit or "
7093 "for- profit. A nonprofit would make it a more comfortable fit with the "
7094 "education sector but meant they’d be constantly fund-raising and seeking "
7095 "grants from philanthropies. Also, grants usually require money to be used "
7096 "in certain ways for specific deliverables. If you learn things along the way "
7097 "that change how you think the grant money should be used, there often isn’t "
7098 "a lot of flexibility to do so."
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7104 "But as a for-profit, they’d have to convince educational institutions to pay "
7105 "for what Lumen had to offer. On the positive side, they’d have more control "
7106 "over what to do with the revenue and investment money; they could make "
7107 "decisions to invest the funds or use them differently based on the situation "
7108 "and shifting opportunities. In the end, they chose the for-profit status, "
7109 "with its different model for and approach to sustainability."
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7115 "Right from the start, David and Kim positioned Lumen Learning as a way to "
7116 "help institutions engage in open educational resources, or OER. OER are "
7117 "teaching, learning, and research materials, in all different media, that "
7118 "reside in the public domain or are released under an open license that "
7119 "permits free use and repurposing by others."
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7125 "Originally, Lumen did custom contracts for each institution. This was "
7126 "complicated and challenging to manage. However, through that process "
7127 "patterns emerged which allowed them to generalize a set of approaches and "
7128 "offerings. Today they don’t customize as much as they used to, and instead "
7129 "they tend to work with customers who can use their off-the-shelf "
7130 "options. Lumen finds that institutions and faculty are generally very good "
7131 "at seeing the value Lumen brings and are willing to pay for it. Serving "
7132 "disadvantaged learner populations has led Lumen to be very pragmatic; they "
7133 "describe what they offer in quantitative terms—with facts and figures—and in "
7134 "a way that is very student-focused. Lumen Learning helps colleges and "
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7140 msgid "replace expensive textbooks in high-enrollment courses with OER;"
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7146 "provide enrolled students day one access to Lumen’s fully customizable OER "
7147 "course materials through the institution’s learning-management system;"
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7153 "measure improvements in student success with metrics like passing rates, "
7154 "persistence, and course completion; and"
7157 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
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7160 "collaborate with faculty to make ongoing improvements to OER based on "
7161 "student success research."
7164 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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7167 "Lumen has developed a suite of open, Creative Commons–licensed courseware in "
7168 "more than sixty-five subjects. All courses are freely and publicly available "
7169 "right off their website. They can be copied and used by others as long as "
7170 "they provide attribution to Lumen Learning following the terms of the "
7171 "Creative Commons license."
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7175 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5575
7177 "Then there are three types of bundled services that cost money. One option, "
7178 "which Lumen calls Candela courseware, offers integration with the "
7179 "institution’s learning-management system, technical and pedagogical support, "
7180 "and tracking of effectiveness. Candela courseware costs institutions ten "
7181 "dollars per enrolled student."
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7187 "A second option is Waymaker, which offers the services of Candela but adds "
7188 "personalized learning technologies, such as study plans, automated messages, "
7189 "and assessments, and helps instructors find and support the students who "
7190 "need it most. Waymaker courses cost twenty-five dollars per enrolled "
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7197 "The third and emerging line of business for Lumen is providing guidance and "
7198 "support for institutions and state systems that are pursuing the development "
7199 "of complete OER degrees. Often called Z-Degrees, these programs eliminate "
7200 "textbook costs for students in all courses that make up the degree (both "
7201 "required and elective) by replacing commercial textbooks and other "
7202 "expensive resources with OER."
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7206 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5599
7208 "Lumen generates revenue by charging for their value-added tools and services "
7209 "on top of their free courses, just as solar-power companies provide the "
7210 "tools and services that help people use a free resource—sunlight. And "
7211 "Lumen’s business model focuses on getting the institutions to pay, not the "
7212 "students. With projects they did prior to Lumen, David and Kim learned that "
7213 "students who have access to all course materials from day one have greater "
7214 "success. If students had to pay, Lumen would have to restrict access to "
7215 "those who paid. Right from the start, their stance was that they would not "
7216 "put their content behind a paywall. Lumen invests zero dollars in "
7217 "technologies and processes for restricting access—no digital rights "
7218 "management, no time bombs. While this has been a challenge from a "
7219 "business-model perspective, from an open-access perspective, it has "
7220 "generated immense goodwill in the community."
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7224 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5616
7226 "In most cases, development of their courses is funded by the institution "
7227 "Lumen has a contract with. When creating new courses, Lumen typically works "
7228 "with the faculty who are teaching the new course. They’re often part of the "
7229 "institution paying Lumen, but sometimes Lumen has to expand the team and "
7230 "contract faculty from other institutions. First, the faculty identifies all "
7231 "of the course’s learning outcomes. Lumen then searches for, aggregates, and "
7232 "curates the best OER they can find that addresses those learning needs, "
7233 "which the faculty reviews."
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7237 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5627
7239 "Sometimes faculty like the existing OER but not the way it is presented. The "
7240 "open licensing of existing OER allows Lumen to pick and choose from images, "
7241 "videos, and other media to adapt and customize the course. Lumen creates new "
7242 "content as they discover gaps in existing OER. Test-bank items and feedback "
7243 "for students on their progress are areas where new content is frequently "
7244 "needed. Once a course is created, Lumen puts it on their platform with all "
7245 "the attributions and links to the original sources intact, and any of "
7246 "Lumen’s new content is given an Attribution (CC BY) license."
7249 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
7250 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5638
7252 "Using only OER made them experience firsthand how complex it could be to mix "
7253 "differently licensed work together. A common strategy with OER is to place "
7254 "the Creative Commons license and attribution information in the website’s "
7255 "footer, which stays the same for all pages. This doesn’t quite work, "
7256 "however, when mixing different OER together."
7259 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
7260 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5646
7262 "Remixing OER often results in multiple attributions on every page of every "
7263 "course—text from one place, images from another, and videos from yet "
7264 "another. Some are licensed as Attribution (CC BY), others as "
7265 "Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA). If this information is put within the "
7266 "text of the course, faculty members sometimes try to edit it and students "
7267 "find it a distraction. Lumen dealt with this challenge by capturing the "
7268 "license and attribution information as metadata, and getting it to show up "
7269 "at the end of each page."
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7275 "Lumen’s commitment to open licensing and helping low-income students has led "
7276 "to strong relationships with institutions, open-education enthusiasts, and "
7277 "grant funders. People in their network generously increase the visibility of "
7278 "Lumen through presentations, word of mouth, and referrals. Sometimes the "
7279 "number of general inquiries exceed Lumen’s sales capacity."
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7285 "To manage demand and ensure the success of projects, their strategy is to be "
7286 "proactive and focus on what’s going on in higher education in different "
7287 "regions of the United States, watching out for things happening at the "
7288 "system level in a way that fits with what Lumen offers. A great example is "
7289 "the Virginia community college system, which is building out "
7290 "Z-Degrees. David and Kim say there are nine other U.S. states with similar "
7291 "system-level activity where Lumen is strategically focusing its "
7292 "efforts. Where there are projects that would require a lot of resources on "
7293 "Lumen’s part, they prioritize the ones that would impact the largest number "
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7300 "As a business, Lumen is committed to openness. There are two core "
7301 "nonnegotiables: Lumen’s use of CC BY, the most permissive of the Creative "
7302 "Commons licenses, for all the materials it creates; and day-one access for "
7303 "students. Having clear nonnegotiables allows them to then engage with the "
7304 "education community to solve for other challenges and work with institutions "
7305 "to identify new business models that achieve institution goals, while "
7306 "keeping Lumen healthy."
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7312 "Openness also means that Lumen’s OER must necessarily be nonexclusive and "
7313 "nonrivalrous. This represents several big challenges for the business model: "
7314 "Why should you invest in creating something that people will be reluctant to "
7315 "pay for? How do you ensure that the investment the diverse education "
7316 "community makes in OER is not exploited? Lumen thinks we all need to be "
7317 "clear about how we are benefiting from and contributing to the open "
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7324 "In the OER sector, there are examples of corporations, and even "
7325 "institutions, acting as free riders. Some simply take and use open resources "
7326 "without paying anything or contributing anything back. Others give back the "
7327 "minimum amount so they can save face. Sustainability will require those "
7328 "using open resources to give back an amount that seems fair or even give "
7329 "back something that is generous."
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7335 "Lumen does track institutions accessing and using their free content. They "
7336 "proactively contact those institutions, with an estimate of how much their "
7337 "students are saving and encouraging them to switch to a paid model. Lumen "
7338 "explains the advantages of the paid model: a more interactive relationship "
7339 "with Lumen; integration with the institution’s learning-management system; a "
7340 "guarantee of support for faculty and students; and future sustainability "
7341 "with funding supporting the evolution and improvement of the OER they are "
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7348 "Lumen works hard to be a good corporate citizen in the OER community. For "
7349 "David and Kim, a good corporate citizen gives more than they take, adds "
7350 "unique value, and is very transparent about what they are taking from "
7351 "community, what they are giving back, and what they are monetizing. Lumen "
7352 "believes these are the building blocks of a sustainable model and strives "
7353 "for a correct balance of all these factors."
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7359 "Licensing all the content they produce with CC BY is a key part of giving "
7360 "more value than they take. They’ve also worked hard at finding the right "
7361 "structure for their value-add and how to package it in a way that is "
7362 "understandable and repeatable."
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7368 "As of the fall 2016 term, Lumen had eighty-six different open courses, "
7369 "working relationships with ninety-two institutions, and more than "
7370 "seventy-five thousand student enrollments. Lumen received early start-up "
7371 "funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Hewlett Foundation, "
7372 "and the Shuttleworth Foundation. Since then, Lumen has also attracted "
7373 "investment funding. Over the last three years, Lumen has been roughly 60 "
7374 "percent grant funded, 20 percent revenue earned, and 20 percent funded with "
7375 "angel capital. Going forward, their strategy is to replace grant funding "
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7382 "In creating Lumen Learning, David and Kim say they’ve landed on solutions "
7383 "they never imagined, and there is still a lot of learning taking place. For "
7384 "them, open business models are an emerging field where we are all learning "
7385 "through sharing. Their biggest recommendations for others wanting to pursue "
7386 "the open model are to make your commitment to open resources public, let "
7387 "people know where you stand, and don’t back away from it. It really is about "
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7392 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5756
7393 msgid "Jonathan Mann"
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7399 "Jonathan Mann is a singer and songwriter who is most well known as the "
7400 "<quote>Song A Day</quote> guy. Based in the U.S."
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7406 "<ulink url=\"http://jonathanmann.net\"/> and <ulink "
7407 "url=\"http://jonathanmann.bandcamp.com\"/>"
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7413 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging for custom "
7414 "services, pay-what-you-want, crowdfunding (subscription-based), charging for "
7415 "in-person version (speaking engagements and musical performances)"
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7420 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: February 22, 2016"
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7426 "Jonathan Mann thinks of his business model as "
7427 "<quote>hustling</quote>—seizing nearly every opportunity he sees to make "
7428 "money. The bulk of his income comes from writing songs under commission for "
7429 "people and companies, but he has a wide variety of income sources. He has "
7430 "supporters on the crowdfunding site Patreon. He gets advertising revenue "
7431 "from YouTube and Bandcamp, where he posts all of his music. He gives paid "
7432 "speaking engagements about creativity and motivation. He has been hired by "
7433 "major conferences to write songs summarizing what speakers have said in the "
7434 "conference sessions."
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7440 "His entrepreneurial spirit is coupled with a willingness to take action "
7441 "quickly. A perfect illustration of his ability to act fast happened in 2010, "
7442 "when he read that Apple was having a conference the following day to address "
7443 "a snafu related to the iPhone 4. He decided to write and post a song about "
7444 "the iPhone 4 that day, and the next day he got a call from the public "
7445 "relations people at Apple wanting to use and promote his video at the Apple "
7446 "conference. The song then went viral, and the experience landed him in Time "
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7453 "Jonathan’s successful <quote>hustling</quote> is also about old-fashioned "
7454 "persistence. He is currently in his eighth straight year of writing one song "
7455 "each day. He holds the Guinness World Record for consecutive daily "
7456 "songwriting, and he is widely known as the <quote>song-a-day guy.</quote>"
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7462 "He fell into this role by, naturally, seizing a random opportunity a friend "
7463 "alerted him to seven years ago—an event called Fun-A-Day, where people are "
7464 "supposed to create a piece of art every day for thirty-one days straight. He "
7465 "was in need of a new project, so he decided to give it a try by writing and "
7466 "posting a song each day. He added a video component to the songs because he "
7467 "knew people were more likely to watch video online than simply listening to "
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7474 "He had a really good time doing the thirty-one-day challenge, so he decided "
7475 "to see if he could continue it for one year. He never stopped. He has "
7476 "written and posted a new song literally every day, seven days a week, since "
7477 "he began the project in 2009. When he isn’t writing songs that he is hired "
7478 "to write by clients, he writes songs about whatever is on his mind that "
7479 "day. His songs are catchy and mostly lighthearted, but they often contain at "
7480 "least an undercurrent of a deeper theme or meaning. Occasionally, they are "
7481 "extremely personal, like the song he cowrote with his exgirlfriend "
7482 "announcing their breakup. Rain or shine, in sickness or health, Jonathan "
7483 "posts and writes a song every day. If he is on a flight or otherwise "
7484 "incapable of getting Internet access in time to meet the deadline, he will "
7485 "prepare ahead and have someone else post the song for him."
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7491 "Over time, the song-a-day gig became the basis of his livelihood. In the "
7492 "beginning, he made money one of two ways. The first was by entering a wide "
7493 "variety of contests and winning a handful. The second was by having the "
7494 "occasional song and video go some varying degree of viral, which would bring "
7495 "more eyeballs and mean that there were more people wanting him to write "
7496 "songs for them. Today he earns most of his money this way."
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7502 "His website explains his gig as <quote>taking any message, from the super "
7503 "simple to the totally complicated, and conveying that message through a "
7504 "heartfelt, fun and quirky song.</quote> He charges $500 to create a produced "
7505 "song and $300 for an acoustic song. He has been hired for product launches, "
7506 "weddings, conferences, and even Kickstarter campaigns like the one that "
7507 "funded the production of this book."
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7513 "Jonathan can’t recall when exactly he first learned about Creative Commons, "
7514 "but he began applying CC licenses to his songs and videos as soon as he "
7515 "discovered the option. <quote>CC seems like such a no-brainer,</quote> "
7516 "Jonathan said. <quote>I don’t understand how anything else would make "
7517 "sense. It seems like such an obvious thing that you would want your work to "
7518 "be able to be shared.</quote>"
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7524 "His songs are essentially marketing for his services, so obviously the "
7525 "further his songs spread, the better. Using CC licenses helps grease the "
7526 "wheels, letting people know that Jonathan allows and encourages them to "
7527 "copy, interact with, and remix his music. <quote>If you let someone cover "
7528 "your song or remix it or use parts of it, that’s how music is supposed to "
7529 "work,</quote> Jonathan said. <quote>That is how music has worked since the "
7530 "beginning of time. Our me-me, mine-mine culture has undermined that.</quote>"
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7536 "There are some people who cover his songs fairly regularly, and he would "
7537 "never shut that down. But he acknowledges there is a lot more he could do to "
7538 "build community. <quote>There is all of this conventional wisdom about how "
7539 "to build an audience online, and I generally think I don’t do any of "
7540 "that,</quote> Jonathan said."
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7546 "He does have a fan community he cultivates on Bandcamp, but it isn’t his "
7547 "major focus. <quote>I do have a core audience that has stuck around for a "
7548 "really long time, some even longer than I’ve been doing song-a-day,</quote> "
7549 "he said. <quote>There is also a transitional aspect that drop in and get "
7550 "what they need and then move on.</quote> Focusing less on community building "
7551 "than other artists makes sense given Jonathan’s primary income source of "
7552 "writing custom songs for clients."
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7558 "Jonathan recognizes what comes naturally to him and leverages those "
7559 "skills. Through the practice of daily songwriting, he realized he has a gift "
7560 "for distilling complicated subjects into simple concepts and putting them to "
7561 "music. In his song <quote>How to Choose a Master Password,</quote> Jonathan "
7562 "explained the process of creating a secure password in a silly, simple "
7563 "song. He was hired to write the song by a client who handed him a long "
7564 "technical blog post from which to draw the information. Like a good (and "
7565 "rare) journalist, he translated the technical concepts into something "
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7572 "When he is hired by a client to write a song, he first asks them to send a "
7573 "list of talking points and other information they want to include in the "
7574 "song. He puts all of that into a text file and starts moving things around, "
7575 "cutting and pasting until the message starts to come together. The first "
7576 "thing he tries to do is grok the core message and develop the chorus. Then "
7577 "he looks for connections or parts he can make rhyme. The entire process "
7578 "really does resemble good journalism, but of course the final product of his "
7579 "work is a song rather than news. <quote>There is something about being "
7580 "challenged and forced to take information that doesn’t seem like it should "
7581 "be sung about or doesn’t seem like it lends itself to a song,</quote> he "
7582 "said. <quote>I find that creative challenge really satisfying. I enjoy "
7583 "getting lost in that process.</quote>"
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7589 "Jonathan admits that in an ideal world, he would exclusively write the music "
7590 "he wanted to write, rather than what clients hire him to write. But his "
7591 "business model is about capitalizing on his strengths as a songwriter, and "
7592 "he has found a way to keep it interesting for himself."
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7598 "Jonathan uses nearly every tool possible to make money from his art, but he "
7599 "does have lines he won’t cross. He won’t write songs about things he "
7600 "fundamentally does not believe in, and there are times he has turned down "
7601 "jobs on principle. He also won’t stray too much from his natural "
7602 "style. <quote>My style is silly, so I can’t really accommodate people who "
7603 "want something super serious,</quote> Jonathan said. <quote>I do what I do "
7604 "very easily, and it’s part of who I am.</quote> Jonathan hasn’t gotten into "
7605 "writing commercials for the same reasons; he is best at using his own unique "
7606 "style rather than mimicking others."
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7612 "Jonathan’s song-a-day commitment exemplifies the power of habit and "
7613 "grit. Conventional wisdom about creative productivity, including advice in "
7614 "books like the best-seller The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp, routinely "
7615 "emphasizes the importance of ritual and action. No amount of planning can "
7616 "replace the value of simple practice and just doing. Jonathan Mann’s work is "
7617 "a living embodiment of these principles."
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7623 "When he speaks about his work, he talks about how much the song-a-day "
7624 "process has changed him. Rather than seeing any given piece of work as "
7625 "precious and getting stuck on trying to make it perfect, he has become "
7626 "comfortable with just doing. If today’s song is a bust, tomorrow’s song "
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7633 "Jonathan seems to have this mentality about his career more generally. He is "
7634 "constantly experimenting with ways to make a living while sharing his work "
7635 "as widely as possible, seeing what sticks. While he has major "
7636 "accomplishments he is proud of, like being in the Guinness World Records or "
7637 "having his song used by Steve Jobs, he says he never truly feels successful."
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7643 "<quote>Success feels like it’s over,</quote> he said. <quote>To a certain "
7644 "extent, a creative person is not ever going to feel completely satisfied "
7645 "because then so much of what drives you would be gone.</quote>"
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7650 msgid "Noun Project"
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7656 "The Noun Project is a for-profit company offering an online platform to "
7657 "display visual icons from a global network of designers. Founded in 2010 in "
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7663 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://thenounproject.com\"/>"
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7669 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging a transaction "
7670 "fee, charging for custom services"
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7675 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: October 6, 2015"
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7680 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Edward Boatman, cofounder"
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7684 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:5989
7686 "The Noun Project creates and shares visual language. There are millions who "
7687 "use Noun Project symbols to simplify communication across borders, "
7688 "languages, and cultures."
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7694 "The original idea for the Noun Project came to cofounder Edward Boatman "
7695 "while he was a student in architecture design school. He’d always done a lot "
7696 "of sketches and started to draw what used to fascinate him as a child, like "
7697 "trains, sequoias, and bulldozers. He began thinking how great it would be "
7698 "if he had a simple image or small icon of every single object or concept on "
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7705 "When Edward went on to work at an architecture firm, he had to make a lot of "
7706 "presentation boards for clients. But finding high-quality sources for "
7707 "symbols and icons was difficult. He couldn’t find any website that could "
7708 "provide them. Perhaps his idea for creating a library of icons could "
7709 "actually help people in similar situations."
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7715 "With his partner, Sofya Polyakov, he began collecting symbols for a website "
7716 "and writing a business plan. Inspiration came from the book Professor and "
7717 "the Madman, which chronicles the use of crowdsourcing to create the Oxford "
7718 "English Dictionary in 1870. Edward began to imagine crowdsourcing icons and "
7719 "symbols from volunteer designers around the world."
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7726 "url=\"http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tnp/building-a-free-collection-of-our-worlds-visual-sy/description\"/>"
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7732 "Then Edward got laid off during the recession, which turned out to be a huge "
7733 "catalyst. He decided to give his idea a go, and in 2010 Edward and Sofya "
7734 "launched the Noun Project with a Kickstarter campaign, back when Kickstarter "
7735 "was in its infancy.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> They thought "
7736 "it’d be a good way to introduce the global web community to their "
7737 "idea. Their goal was to raise $1,500, but in twenty days they got over "
7738 "$14,000. They realized their idea had the potential to be something much "
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7745 "They created a platform where symbols and icons could be uploaded, and "
7746 "Edward began recruiting talented designers to contribute their designs, a "
7747 "process he describes as a relatively easy sell. Lots of designers have old "
7748 "drawings just gathering <quote>digital dust</quote> on their hard "
7749 "drives. It’s easy to convince them to finally share them with the world."
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7755 "The Noun Project currently has about seven thousand designers from around "
7756 "the world. But not all submissions are accepted. The Noun Project’s "
7757 "quality-review process means that only the best works become part of its "
7758 "collection. They make sure to provide encouraging, constructive feedback "
7759 "whenever they reject a piece of work, which maintains and builds the "
7760 "relationship they have with their global community of designers."
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7766 "Creative Commons is an integral part of the Noun Project’s business model; "
7767 "this decision was inspired by Chris Anderson’s book Free: The Future of "
7768 "Radical Price, which introduced Edward to the idea that you could build a "
7769 "business model around free content."
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7775 "Edward knew he wanted to offer a free visual language while still providing "
7776 "some protection and reward for its contributors. There is a tension between "
7777 "those two goals, but for Edward, Creative Commons licenses bring this "
7778 "idealism and business opportunity together elegantly. He chose the "
7779 "Attribution (CC BY) license, which means people can download the icons for "
7780 "free and modify them and even use them commercially. The requirement to give "
7781 "attribution to the original creator ensures that the creator can build a "
7782 "reputation and get global recognition for their work. And if they simply "
7783 "want to offer an icon that people can use without having to give credit, "
7784 "they can use CC0 to put the work into the public domain."
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7790 "Noun Project’s business model and means of generating revenue have evolved "
7791 "significantly over time. Their initial plan was to sell T-shirts with the "
7792 "icons on it, which in retrospect Edward says was a horrible idea. They did "
7793 "get a lot of email from people saying they loved the icons but asking if "
7794 "they could pay a fee instead of giving attribution. Ad agencies (among "
7795 "others) wanted to keep marketing and presentation materials clean and free "
7796 "of attribution statements. For Edward, <quote>That’s when our lightbulb went "
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7803 "They asked their global network of designers whether they’d be open to "
7804 "receiving modest remuneration instead of attribution. Designers saw it as a "
7805 "win-win. The idea that you could offer your designs for free and have a "
7806 "global audience and maybe even make some money was pretty exciting for most "
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7813 "The Noun Project first adopted a model whereby using an icon without giving "
7814 "attribution would cost $1.99 per icon. The model’s second iteration added a "
7815 "subscription component, where there would be a monthly fee to access a "
7816 "certain number of icons—ten, fifty, a hundred, or five hundred. However, "
7817 "users didn’t like these hard-count options. They preferred to try out many "
7818 "similar icons to see which worked best before eventually choosing the one "
7819 "they wanted to use. So the Noun Project moved to an unlimited model, whereby "
7820 "users have unlimited access to the whole library for a flat monthly "
7821 "fee. This service is called NounPro and costs $9.99 per month. Edward says "
7822 "this model is working well—good for customers, good for creators, and good "
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7829 "Customers then began asking for an application-programming interface (API), "
7830 "which would allow Noun Project icons and symbols to be directly accessed "
7831 "from within other applications. Edward knew that the icons and symbols would "
7832 "be valuable in a lot of different contexts and that they couldn’t possibly "
7833 "know all of them in advance, so they built an API with a lot of "
7834 "flexibility. Knowing that most API applications would want to use the icons "
7835 "without giving attribution, the API was built with the aim of charging for "
7836 "its use. You can use what’s called the <quote>Playground API</quote> for "
7837 "free to test how it integrates with your application, but full "
7838 "implementation will require you to purchase the API Pro version."
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7844 "The Noun Project shares revenue with its international designers. For "
7845 "one-off purchases, the revenue is split 70 percent to the designer and 30 "
7846 "percent to Noun Project."
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7852 "The revenue from premium purchases (the subscription and API options) is "
7853 "split a little differently. At the end of each month, the total revenue from "
7854 "subscriptions is divided by Noun Project’s total number of downloads, "
7855 "resulting in a rate per download—for example, it could be $0.13 per download "
7856 "for that month. For each download, the revenue is split 40 percent to the "
7857 "designer and 60 percent to the Noun Project. (For API usage, it’s per use "
7858 "instead of per download.) Noun Project’s share is higher this time as it’s "
7859 "providing more service to the user."
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7864 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://thenounproject.com/handbook/royalties/#getting_paid\"/>"
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7870 "The Noun Project tries to be completely transparent about their royalty "
7871 "structure.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> They tend to over "
7872 "communicate with creators about it because building trust is the top "
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7879 "For most creators, contributing to the Noun Project is not a full-time job "
7880 "but something they do on the side. Edward categorizes monthly earnings for "
7881 "creators into three broad categories: enough money to buy beer; enough to "
7882 "pay the bills; and most successful of all, enough to pay the rent."
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7888 "Recently the Noun Project launched a new app called Lingo. Designers can "
7889 "use Lingo to organize not just their Noun Project icons and symbols but also "
7890 "their photos, illustrations, UX designs, et cetera. You simply drag any "
7891 "visual item directly into Lingo to save it. Lingo also works for teams so "
7892 "people can share visuals with each other and search across their combined "
7893 "collections. Lingo is free for personal use. A pro version for $9.99 per "
7894 "month lets you add guests. A team version for $49.95 per month allows up to "
7895 "twenty-five team members to collaborate, and to view, use, edit, and add new "
7896 "assets to each other’s collections. And if you subscribe to NounPro, you "
7897 "can access Noun Project from within Lingo."
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7903 "The Noun Project gives a ton of value away for free. A very large percentage "
7904 "of their roughly one million members have a free account, but there are "
7905 "still lots of paid accounts coming from digital designers, advertising and "
7906 "design agencies, educators, and others who need to communicate ideas "
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7913 "For Edward, <quote>creating, sharing, and celebrating the world’s visual "
7914 "language</quote> is the most important aspect of what they do; it’s their "
7915 "stated mission. It differentiates them from others who offer graphics, "
7916 "icons, or clip art."
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7922 "Noun Project creators agree. When surveyed on why they participate in the "
7923 "Noun Project, this is how designers rank their reasons: 1) to support the "
7924 "Noun Project mission, 2) to promote their own personal brand, and 3) to "
7925 "generate money. It’s striking to see that money comes third, and mission, "
7926 "first. If you want to engage a global network of contributors, it’s "
7927 "important to have a mission beyond making money."
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7933 "In Edward’s view, Creative Commons is central to their mission of sharing "
7934 "and social good. Using Creative Commons makes the Noun Project’s mission "
7935 "genuine and has generated a lot of their initial traction and "
7936 "credibility. CC comes with a built-in community of users and fans."
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7942 "Edward told us, <quote>Don’t underestimate the power of a passionate "
7943 "community around your product or your business. They are going to go to bat "
7944 "for you when you’re getting ripped in the media. If you go down the road of "
7945 "choosing to work with Creative Commons, you’re taking the first step to "
7946 "building a great community and tapping into a really awesome community that "
7947 "comes with it. But you need to continue to foster that community through "
7948 "other initiatives and continue to nurture it.</quote>"
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7954 "The Noun Project nurtures their creators’ second motivation—promoting a "
7955 "personal brand—by connecting every icon and symbol to the creator’s name and "
7956 "profile page; each profile features their full collection. Users can also "
7957 "search the icons by the creator’s name."
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7963 "The Noun Project also builds community through Iconathons—hackathons for "
7964 "icons.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> In partnership with a "
7965 "sponsoring organization, the Noun Project comes up with a theme (e.g., "
7966 "sustainable energy, food bank, guerrilla gardening, human rights) and a list "
7967 "of icons that are needed, which designers are invited to create at the "
7968 "event. The results are vectorized, and added to the Noun Project using CC0 "
7969 "so they can be used by anyone for free."
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7975 "Providing a free version of their product that satisfies a lot of their "
7976 "customers’ needs has actually enabled the Noun Project to build the paid "
7977 "version, using a service-oriented model. The Noun Project’s success lies in "
7978 "creating services and content that are a strategic mix of free and paid "
7979 "while staying true to their mission—creating, sharing, and celebrating the "
7980 "world’s visual language. Integrating Creative Commons into their model has "
7981 "been key to that goal."
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7986 msgid "Open Data Institute"
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7992 "The Open Data Institute is an independent nonprofit that connects, equips, "
7993 "and inspires people around the world to innovate with data. Founded in 2012 "
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7999 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://theodi.org\"/>"
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8011 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: November 11, 2015"
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8017 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Jeni Tennison, technical "
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8024 "Cofounded by Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Sir Nigel Shadbolt in 2012, the "
8025 "London-based Open Data Institute (ODI) offers data-related training, events, "
8026 "consulting services, and research. For ODI, Creative Commons licenses are "
8027 "central to making their own business model and their customers’ open. CC BY "
8028 "(Attribution), CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike), and CC0 (placed in the "
8029 "public domain) all play a critical role in ODI’s mission to help people "
8030 "around the world innovate with data."
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8036 "Data underpins planning and decision making across all aspects of "
8037 "society. Weather data helps farmers know when to plant their crops, flight "
8038 "time data from airplane companies helps us plan our travel, data on local "
8039 "housing informs city planning. When this data is not only accurate and "
8040 "timely, but open and accessible, it opens up new possibilities. Open data "
8041 "can be a resource businesses use to build new products and services. It can "
8042 "help governments measure progress, improve efficiency, and target "
8043 "investments. It can help citizens improve their lives by better "
8044 "understanding what is happening around them."
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8050 "The Open Data Institute’s 2012–17 business plan starts out by describing its "
8051 "vision to establish itself as a world-leading center and to research and be "
8052 "innovative with the opportunities created by the UK government’s open data "
8053 "policy. (The government was an early pioneer in open policy and open-data "
8054 "initiatives.) It goes on to say that the ODI wants to—"
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8060 "demonstrate the commercial value of open government data and how open-data "
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8066 msgid "develop the economic benefits case and business models for open data;"
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8071 msgid "help UK businesses use open data; and"
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8084 "show how open data can improve public services.<placeholder "
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8091 "ODI is very explicit about how it wants to make open business models, and "
8092 "defining what this means. Jeni Tennison, ODI’s technical director, puts it "
8093 "this way: <quote>There is a whole ecosystem of open—open-source software, "
8094 "open government, open-access research—and a whole ecosystem of data. ODI’s "
8095 "work cuts across both, with an emphasis on where they overlap—with open "
8096 "data.</quote> ODI’s particular focus is to show open data’s potential for "
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8103 "As an independent nonprofit, ODI secured £10 million over five years from "
8104 "the UK government via Innovate UK, an agency that promotes innovation in "
8105 "science and technology. For this funding, ODI has to secure matching funds "
8106 "from other sources, some of which were met through a $4.75-million "
8107 "investment from the Omidyar Network."
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8113 "Jeni started out as a developer and technical architect for data.gov.uk, the "
8114 "UK government’s pioneering open-data initiative. She helped make data sets "
8115 "from government departments available as open data. She joined ODI in 2012 "
8116 "when it was just starting up, as one of six people. It now has a staff of "
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8123 "ODI strives to have half its annual budget come from the core UK government "
8124 "and Omidyar grants, and the other half from project-based research and "
8125 "commercial work. In Jeni’s view, having this balance of revenue sources "
8126 "establishes some stability, but also keeps them motivated to go out and "
8127 "generate these matching funds in response to market needs."
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8133 "On the commercial side, ODI generates funding through memberships, training, "
8134 "and advisory services."
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8139 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://directory.theodi.org/members\"/>"
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8145 "You can join the ODI as an individual or commercial member. Individual "
8146 "membership is pay-what-you-can, with options ranging from £1 to "
8147 "£100. Members receive a newsletter and related communications and a discount "
8148 "on ODI training courses and the annual summit, and they can display an "
8149 "ODI-supporter badge on their website. Commercial membership is divided into "
8150 "two tiers: small to medium size enterprises and nonprofits at £720 a year, "
8151 "and corporations and government organizations at £2,200 a year. Commercial "
8152 "members have greater opportunities to connect and collaborate, explore the "
8153 "benefits of open data, and unlock new business opportunities. (All members "
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8160 "ODI provides standardized open data training courses in which anyone can "
8161 "enroll. The initial idea was to offer an intensive and academically oriented "
8162 "diploma in open data, but it quickly became clear there was no market for "
8163 "that. Instead, they offered a five-day-long public training course, which "
8164 "has subsequently been reduced to three days; now the most popular course is "
8165 "one day long. The fee, in addition to the time commitment, can be a barrier "
8166 "for participation. Jeni says, <quote>Most of the people who would be able to "
8167 "pay don’t know they need it. Most who know they need it can’t pay.</quote> "
8168 "Public-sector organizations sometimes give vouchers to their employees so "
8169 "they can attend as a form of professional development."
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8175 "ODI customizes training for clients as well, for which there is more "
8176 "demand. Custom training usually emerges through an established relationship "
8177 "with an organization. The training program is based on a definition of "
8178 "open-data knowledge as applicable to the organization and on the skills "
8179 "needed by their high-level executives, management, and technical staff. The "
8180 "training tends to generate high interest and commitment."
8183 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8184 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6371
8186 "Education about open data is also a part of ODI’s annual summit event, where "
8187 "curated presentations and speakers showcase the work of ODI and its members "
8188 "across the entire ecosystem. Tickets to the summit are available to the "
8189 "public, and hundreds of people and organizations attend and participate. In "
8190 "2014, there were four thematic tracks and over 750 attendees."
8193 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8194 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6379
8196 "In addition to memberships and training, ODI provides advisory services to "
8197 "help with technical-data support, technology development, change management, "
8198 "policies, and other areas. ODI has advised large commercial organizations, "
8199 "small businesses, and international governments; the focus at the moment is "
8200 "on government, but ODI is working to shift more toward commercial "
8204 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8205 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6388
8206 msgid "On the commercial side, the following value propositions seem to resonate:"
8209 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8210 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6394
8212 "Data-driven insights. Businesses need data from outside their business to "
8213 "get more insight. Businesses can generate value and more effectively pursue "
8214 "their own goals if they open up their own data too. Big data is a hot topic."
8217 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8218 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6402
8220 "Open innovation. Many large-scale enterprises are aware they don’t innovate "
8221 "very well. One way they can innovate is to open up their data. ODI "
8222 "encourages them to do so even if it exposes problems and challenges. The key "
8223 "is to invite other people to help while still maintaining organizational "
8227 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8228 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6411
8230 "Corporate social responsibility. While this resonates with businesses, ODI "
8231 "cautions against having it be the sole reason for making data open. If a "
8232 "business is just thinking about open data as a way to be transparent and "
8233 "accountable, they can miss out on efficiencies and opportunities."
8236 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8237 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6420
8239 "During their early years, ODI wanted to focus solely on the United "
8240 "Kingdom. But in their first year, large delegations of government visitors "
8241 "from over fifty countries wanted to learn more about the UK government’s "
8242 "open-data practices and how ODI saw that translating into economic "
8243 "value. They were contracted as a service provider to international "
8244 "governments, which prompted a need to set up international ODI "
8245 "<quote>nodes.</quote>"
8248 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8249 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6429
8251 "Nodes are franchises of the ODI at a regional or city level. Hosted by "
8252 "existing (for-profit or not-for-profit) organizations, they operate locally "
8253 "but are part of the global network. Each ODI node adopts the charter, a set "
8254 "of guiding principles and rules under which ODI operates. They develop and "
8255 "deliver training, connect people and businesses through membership and "
8256 "events, and communicate open-data stories from their part of the "
8257 "world. There are twenty-seven different nodes across nineteen countries. ODI "
8258 "nodes are charged a small fee to be part of the network and to use the "
8262 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
8263 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6443
8265 "<ulink url=\"http://theodi.org/odi-startup-programme\"/>; <ulink "
8266 "url=\"http://theodi.org/open-data-incubator-for-europe\"/>"
8269 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8270 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6441
8272 "ODI also runs programs to help start-ups in the UK and across Europe develop "
8273 "a sustainable business around open data, offering mentoring, advice, "
8274 "training, and even office space.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
8277 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8278 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6447
8280 "A big part of ODI’s business model revolves around community "
8281 "building. Memberships, training, summits, consulting services, nodes, and "
8282 "start-up programs create an ever-growing network of open-data users and "
8283 "leaders. (In fact, ODI even operates something called an Open Data Leaders "
8284 "Network.) For ODI, community is key to success. They devote significant time "
8285 "and effort to build it, not just online but through face-to-face events."
8288 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
8289 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6461
8290 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://certificates.theodi.org\"/>"
8293 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8294 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6456
8296 "ODI has created an online tool that organizations can use to assess the "
8297 "legal, practical, technical, and social aspects of their open data. If it is "
8298 "of high quality, the organization can earn ODI’s Open Data Certificate, a "
8299 "globally recognized mark that signals that their open data is useful, "
8300 "reliable, accessible, discoverable, and supported.<placeholder "
8301 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
8304 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8305 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6464
8307 "Separate from commercial activities, the ODI generates funding through "
8308 "research grants. Research includes looking at evidence on the impact of open "
8309 "data, development of open-data tools and standards, and how to deploy open "
8313 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8314 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6470
8316 "Creative Commons 4.0 licenses cover database rights and ODI recommends CC "
8317 "BY, CC BY-SA, and CC0 for data releases. ODI encourages publishers of data "
8318 "to use Creative Commons licenses rather than creating new <quote>open "
8319 "licenses</quote> of their own."
8322 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8323 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6477
8325 "For ODI, open is at the heart of what they do. They also release any "
8326 "software code they produce under open-source-software licenses, and "
8327 "publications and reports under CC BY or CC BY-SA licenses. ODI’s mission is "
8328 "to connect and equip people around the world so they can innovate with "
8329 "data. Disseminating stories, research, guidance, and code under an open "
8330 "license is essential for achieving that mission. It also demonstrates that "
8331 "it is perfectly possible to generate sustainable revenue streams that do not "
8332 "rely on restrictive licensing of content, data, or code. People pay to have "
8333 "ODI experts provide training to them, not for the content of the training; "
8334 "people pay for the advice ODI gives them, not for the methodologies they "
8335 "use. Producing open content, data, and source code helps establish "
8336 "credibility and creates leads for the paid services that they "
8337 "offer. According to Jeni, <quote>The biggest lesson we have learned is that "
8338 "it is completely possible to be open, get customers, and make money.</quote>"
8341 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8342 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6495
8344 "To serve as evidence of a successful open business model and return on "
8345 "investment, ODI has a public dashboard of key performance indicators. Here "
8346 "are a few metrics as of April 27, 2016:"
8349 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8350 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6503
8352 "Total amount of cash investments unlocked in direct investments in ODI, "
8353 "competition funding, direct contracts, and partnerships, and income that ODI "
8354 "nodes and ODI start-ups have generated since joining the ODI program: £44.5 "
8358 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8359 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6511
8360 msgid "Total number of active members and nodes across the globe: 1,350"
8363 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8364 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6517
8365 msgid "Total sales since ODI began: £7.44 million"
8368 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8369 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6522
8371 "Total number of unique people reached since ODI began, in person and online: "
8375 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8376 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6528
8377 msgid "Total Open Data Certificates created: 151,000"
8380 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para><footnote><para>
8381 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6534
8382 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://dashboards.theodi.org/company/all\"/>"
8385 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8386 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6533
8388 "Total number of people trained by ODI and its nodes since ODI began: "
8389 "5,080<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
8392 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><title>
8393 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6540
8397 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
8398 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6543
8400 "Opendesk is a for-profit company offering an online platform that connects "
8401 "furniture designers around the world with customers and local makers who "
8402 "bring the designs to life. Founded in 2014 in the UK."
8405 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
8406 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6549
8407 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.opendesk.cc\"/>"
8410 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
8411 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6551 MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8982
8413 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging a transaction "
8417 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
8418 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6554
8419 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: November 4, 2015"
8422 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
8423 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6557
8425 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewees</emphasis>: Nick Ierodiaconou and "
8426 "Joni Steiner, cofounders"
8429 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8430 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6565
8432 "Opendesk is an online platform that connects furniture designers around the "
8433 "world not just with customers but also with local registered makers who "
8434 "bring the designs to life. Opendesk and the designer receive a portion of "
8435 "every sale that is made by a maker."
8438 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8439 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6571
8441 "Cofounders Nick Ierodiaconou and Joni Steiner studied and worked as "
8442 "architects together. They also made goods. Their first client was Mint "
8443 "Digital, who had an interest in open licensing. Nick and Joni were exploring "
8444 "digital fabrication, and Mint’s interest in open licensing got them to "
8445 "thinking how the open-source world may interact and apply to physical "
8446 "goods. They sought to design something for their client that was also "
8447 "reproducible. As they put it, they decided to <quote>ship the recipe, but "
8448 "not the goods.</quote> They created the design using software, put it under "
8449 "an open license, and had it manufactured locally near the client. This was "
8450 "the start of the idea for Opendesk. The idea for Wikihouse—another open "
8451 "project dedicated to accessible housing for all—started as discussions "
8452 "around the same table. The two projects ultimately went on separate paths, "
8453 "with Wikihouse becoming a nonprofit foundation and Opendesk a for-profit "
8457 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8458 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6588
8460 "When Nick and Joni set out to create Opendesk, there were a lot of questions "
8461 "about the viability of distributed manufacturing. No one was doing it in a "
8462 "way that was even close to realistic or competitive. The design community "
8463 "had the intent, but fulfilling this vision was still a long way away."
8466 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8467 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6595
8469 "And now this sector is emerging, and Nick and Joni are highly interested in "
8470 "the commercialization aspects of it. As part of coming up with a business "
8471 "model, they began investigating intellectual property and licensing "
8472 "options. It was a thorny space, especially for designs. Just what aspect of "
8473 "a design is copyrightable? What is patentable? How can allowing for digital "
8474 "sharing and distribution be balanced against the designer’s desire to still "
8475 "hold ownership? In the end, they decided there was no need to reinvent the "
8476 "wheel and settled on using Creative Commons."
8479 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8480 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6606
8482 "When designing the Opendesk system, they had two goals. They wanted anyone, "
8483 "anywhere in the world, to be able to download designs so that they could be "
8484 "made locally, and they wanted a viable model that benefited designers when "
8485 "their designs were sold. Coming up with a business model was going to be "
8489 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8490 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6613
8492 "They gave a lot of thought to three angles—the potential for social sharing, "
8493 "allowing designers to choose their license, and the impact these choices "
8494 "would have on the business model."
8497 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8498 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6618
8500 "In support of social sharing, Opendesk actively advocates for (but doesn’t "
8501 "demand) open licensing. And Nick and Joni are agnostic about which Creative "
8502 "Commons license is used; it’s up to the designer. They can be proprietary or "
8503 "choose from the full suite of Creative Commons licenses, deciding for "
8504 "themselves how open or closed they want to be."
8507 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
8508 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6630
8509 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.opendesk.cc/designers\"/>"
8512 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8513 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6626
8515 "For the most part, designers love the idea of sharing content. They "
8516 "understand that you get positive feedback when you’re attributed, what Nick "
8517 "and Joni called <quote>reputational glow.</quote> And Opendesk does an "
8518 "awesome job profiling the designers.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
8522 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8523 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6633
8525 "While designers are largely OK with personal sharing, there is a concern "
8526 "that someone will take the design and manufacture the furniture in bulk, "
8527 "with the designer not getting any benefits. So most Opendesk designers "
8528 "choose the Attribution-NonCommercial license (CC BY-NC)."
8531 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8532 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6640
8534 "Anyone can download a design and make it themselves, provided it’s for "
8535 "noncommercial use — and there have been many, many downloads. Or users can "
8536 "buy the product from Opendesk, or from a registered maker in Opendesk’s "
8537 "network, for on-demand personal fabrication. The network of Opendesk makers "
8538 "currently is made up of those who do digital fabrication using a "
8539 "computer-controlled CNC (Computer Numeric Control) machining device that "
8540 "cuts shapes out of wooden sheets according to the specifications in the "
8544 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
8545 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6657
8546 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.opendesk.cc/open-making/makers/\"/>"
8549 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8550 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6650
8552 "Makers benefit from being part of Opendesk’s network. Making furniture for "
8553 "local customers is paid work, and Opendesk generates business for them. Joni "
8554 "said, <quote>Finding a whole network and community of makers was pretty easy "
8555 "because we built a site where people could write in about their "
8556 "capabilities. Building the community by learning from the maker community is "
8557 "how we have moved forward.</quote> Opendesk now has relationships with "
8558 "hundreds of makers in countries all around the world.<placeholder "
8559 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
8562 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8563 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6660
8565 "The makers are a critical part of the Opendesk business model. Their model "
8566 "builds off the makers’ quotes. Here’s how it’s expressed on Opendesk’s "
8570 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8571 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6665
8573 "When customers buy an Opendesk product directly from a registered maker, "
8577 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8578 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6671
8580 "the manufacturing cost as set by the maker (this covers material and labour "
8581 "costs for the product to be manufactured and any extra assembly costs "
8582 "charged by the maker)"
8585 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8586 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6678
8588 "a design fee for the designer (a design fee that is paid to the designer "
8589 "every time their design is used)"
8592 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8593 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6684
8595 "a percentage fee to the Opendesk platform (this supports the infrastructure "
8596 "and ongoing development of the platform that helps us build out our "
8600 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8601 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6691
8603 "a percentage fee to the channel through which the sale is made (at the "
8604 "moment this is Opendesk, but in the future we aim to open this up to "
8605 "third-party sellers who can sell Opendesk products through their own "
8606 "channels—this covers sales and marketing fees for the relevant channel)"
8609 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8610 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6700
8612 "a local delivery service charge (the delivery is typically charged by the "
8613 "maker, but in some cases may be paid to a third-party delivery partner)"
8616 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8617 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6707
8619 "charges for any additional services the customer chooses, such as on-site "
8620 "assembly (additional services are discretionary—in many cases makers will be "
8621 "happy to quote for assembly on-site and designers may offer bespoke design "
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8626 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6716
8627 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.opendesk.cc/open-making/join\"/>"
8630 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8631 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6715
8633 "local sales taxes (variable by customer and maker location)<placeholder "
8634 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
8637 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8638 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6721
8639 msgid "They then go into detail how makers’ quotes are created:"
8642 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8643 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6724
8645 "When a customer wants to buy an Opendesk . . . they are provided with a "
8646 "transparent breakdown of fees including the manufacturing cost, design fee, "
8647 "Opendesk platform fee and channel fees. If a customer opts to buy by getting "
8648 "in touch directly with a registered local maker using a downloaded Opendesk "
8649 "file, the maker is responsible for ensuring the design fee, Opendesk "
8650 "platform fee and channel fees are included in any quote at the time of "
8651 "sale. Percentage fees are always based on the underlying manufacturing cost "
8652 "and are typically apportioned as follows:"
8655 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8656 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6737
8658 "manufacturing cost: fabrication, finishing and any other costs as set by the "
8659 "maker (excluding any services like delivery or on-site assembly)"
8662 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8663 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6744
8664 msgid "design fee: 8 percent of the manufacturing cost"
8667 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8668 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6749
8669 msgid "platform fee: 12 percent of the manufacturing cost"
8672 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8673 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6754
8674 msgid "channel fee: 18 percent of the manufacturing cost"
8677 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
8678 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6759
8679 msgid "sales tax: as applicable (depends on product and location)"
8682 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8683 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6764
8685 "Opendesk shares revenue with their community of designers. According to "
8686 "Nick and Joni, a typical designer fee is around 2.5 percent, so Opendesk’s 8 "
8687 "percent is more generous, and providing a higher value to the designer."
8690 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8691 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6770
8693 "The Opendesk website features stories of designers and makers. Denis Fuzii "
8694 "published the design for the Valovi Chair from his studio in São Paulo. His "
8695 "designs have been downloaded over five thousand times in ninety-five "
8696 "countries. I.J. CNC Services is Ian Jinks, a professional maker based in the "
8697 "United Kingdom. Opendesk now makes up a large proportion of his business."
8700 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8701 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6778
8703 "To manage resources and remain effective, Opendesk has so far focused on a "
8704 "very narrow niche—primarily office furniture of a certain simple aesthetic, "
8705 "which uses only one type of material and one manufacturing technique. This "
8706 "allows them to be more strategic and more disruptive in the market, by "
8707 "getting things to market quickly with competitive prices. It also reflects "
8708 "their vision of creating reproducible and functional pieces."
8711 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8712 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6787
8714 "On their website, Opendesk describes what they do as <quote>open "
8715 "making</quote>: <quote>Designers get a global distribution channel. Makers "
8716 "get profitable jobs and new customers. You get designer products without the "
8717 "designer price tag, a more social, eco-friendly alternative to "
8718 "mass-production and an affordable way to buy custom-made products.</quote>"
8721 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8722 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6795
8724 "Nick and Joni say that customers like the fact that the furniture has a "
8725 "known provenance. People really like that their furniture was designed by a "
8726 "certain international designer but was made by a maker in their local "
8727 "community; it’s a great story to tell. It certainly sets apart Opendesk "
8728 "furniture from the usual mass-produced items from a store."
8731 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para><footnote><para>
8732 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6808
8733 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://openmaking.is\"/>"
8736 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8737 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6803
8739 "Nick and Joni are taking a community-based approach to define and evolve "
8740 "Opendesk and the <quote>open making</quote> business model. They’re "
8741 "engaging thought leaders and practitioners to define this new movement. They "
8742 "have a separate Open Making site, which includes a manifesto, a field guide, "
8743 "and an invitation to get involved in the Open Making community.<placeholder "
8744 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> People can submit ideas and discuss the "
8745 "principles and business practices they’d like to see used."
8748 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8749 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6812
8751 "Nick and Joni talked a lot with us about intellectual property (IP) and "
8752 "commercialization. Many of their designers fear the idea that someone could "
8753 "take one of their design files and make and sell infinite number of pieces "
8754 "of furniture with it. As a consequence, most Opendesk designers choose the "
8755 "Attribution-NonCommercial license (CC BY-NC)."
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8761 "Opendesk established a set of principles for what their community considers "
8762 "commercial and noncommercial use. Their website states:"
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8767 msgid "It is unambiguously commercial use when anyone:"
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8772 msgid "charges a fee or makes a profit when making an Opendesk"
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8777 msgid "sells (or bases a commercial service on) an Opendesk"
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8783 "It follows from this that noncommercial use is when you make an Opendesk "
8784 "yourself, with no intention to gain commercial advantage or monetary "
8785 "compensation. For example, these qualify as noncommercial:"
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8791 "you are an individual with your own CNC machine, or access to a shared CNC "
8792 "machine, and will personally cut and make a few pieces of furniture yourself"
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8798 "you are a student (or teacher) and you use the design files for educational "
8799 "purposes or training (and do not intend to sell the resulting pieces)"
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8805 "you work for a charity and get furniture cut by volunteers, or by employees "
8806 "at a fab lab or maker space"
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8812 "Whether or not people technically are doing things that implicate IP, Nick "
8813 "and Joni have found that people tend to comply with the wishes of creators "
8814 "out of a sense of fairness. They have found that behavioral economics can "
8815 "replace some of the thorny legal issues. In their business model, Nick and "
8816 "Joni are trying to suspend the focus on IP and build an open business model "
8817 "that works for all stakeholders—designers, channels, manufacturers, and "
8818 "customers. For them, the value Opendesk generates hangs off "
8819 "<quote>open,</quote> not IP."
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8825 "The mission of Opendesk is about relocalizing manufacturing, which changes "
8826 "the way we think about how goods are made. Commercialization is integral to "
8827 "their mission, and they’ve begun to focus on success metrics that track how "
8828 "many makers and designers are engaged through Opendesk in revenue-making "
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8835 "As a global platform for local making, Opendesk’s business model has been "
8836 "built on honesty, transparency, and inclusivity. As Nick and Joni describe "
8837 "it, they put ideas out there that get traction and then have faith in "
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8849 "OpenStax is a nonprofit that provides free, openly licensed textbooks for "
8850 "high-enrollment introductory college courses and Advanced Placement "
8851 "courses. Founded in 2012 in the U.S."
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8856 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.openstaxcollege.org\"/>"
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8862 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: grant funding, charging "
8863 "for custom services, charging for physical copies (textbook sales)"
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8868 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: December 16, 2015"
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8874 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: David Harris, "
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8881 "OpenStax is an extension of a program called Connexions, which was started "
8882 "in 1999 by Dr. Richard Baraniuk, the Victor E. Cameron Professor of "
8883 "Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University in Houston, "
8884 "Texas. Frustrated by the limitations of traditional textbooks and courses, "
8885 "Dr. Baraniuk wanted to provide authors and learners a way to share and "
8886 "freely adapt educational materials such as courses, books, and "
8887 "reports. Today, Connexions (now called OpenStax CNX) is one of the world’s "
8888 "best libraries of customizable educational materials, all licensed with "
8889 "Creative Commons and available to anyone, anywhere, anytime—for free."
8892 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8893 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6929
8895 "In 2008, while in a senior leadership role at WebAssign and looking at ways "
8896 "to reduce the risk that came with relying on publishers, David Harris began "
8897 "investigating open educational resources (OER) and discovered Connexions. A "
8898 "year and a half later, Connexions received a grant to help grow the use of "
8899 "OER so that it could meet the needs of students who couldn’t afford "
8900 "textbooks. David came on board to spearhead this effort. Connexions became "
8901 "OpenStax CNX; the program to create open textbooks became OpenStax College, "
8902 "now simply called OpenStax."
8905 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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8908 "David brought with him a deep understanding of the best practices of "
8909 "publishing along with where publishers have inefficiencies. In David’s view, "
8910 "peer review and high standards for quality are critically important if you "
8911 "want to scale easily. Books have to have logical scope and sequence, they "
8912 "have to exist as a whole and not in pieces, and they have to be easy to "
8913 "find. The working hypothesis for the launch of OpenStax was to "
8914 "professionally produce a turnkey textbook by investing effort up front, with "
8915 "the expectation that this would lead to rapid growth through easy downstream "
8916 "adoptions by faculty and students."
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8923 "url=\"http://news.rice.edu/files/2016/01/0119-OPENSTAX-2016Infographic-lg-1tahxiu.jpg\"/>"
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8929 "In 2012, OpenStax College launched as a nonprofit with the aim of producing "
8930 "high-quality, peer-reviewed full-color textbooks that would be available for "
8931 "free for the twenty-five most heavily attended college courses in the "
8932 "nation. Today they are fast approaching that number. There is data that "
8933 "proves the success of their original hypothesis on how many students they "
8934 "could help and how much money they could help save.<placeholder "
8935 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Professionally produced content scales "
8936 "rapidly. All with no sales force!"
8939 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8940 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6962
8942 "OpenStax textbooks are all Attribution (CC BY) licensed, and each textbook "
8943 "is available as a PDF, an e-book, or web pages. Those who want a physical "
8944 "copy can buy one for an affordable price. Given the cost of education and "
8945 "student debt in North America, free or very low-cost textbooks are very "
8946 "appealing. OpenStax encourages students to talk to their professor and "
8947 "librarians about these textbooks and to advocate for their use."
8950 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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8953 "Teachers are invited to try out a single chapter from one of the textbooks "
8954 "with students. If that goes well, they’re encouraged to adopt the entire "
8955 "book. They can simply paste a URL into their course syllabus, for free and "
8956 "unlimited access. And with the CC BY license, teachers are free to delete "
8957 "chapters, make changes, and customize any book to fit their needs."
8960 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
8961 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:6979
8963 "Any teacher can post corrections, suggest examples for difficult concepts, "
8964 "or volunteer as an editor or author. As many teachers also want supplemental "
8965 "material to accompany a textbook, OpenStax also provides slide "
8966 "presentations, test banks, answer keys, and so on."
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8971 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://openstax.org/adopters\"/>"
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8977 "Institutions can stand out by offering students a lower-cost education "
8978 "through the use of OpenStax textbooks; there’s even a textbook-savings "
8979 "calculator they can use to see how much students would save. OpenStax keeps "
8980 "a running list of institutions that have adopted their "
8981 "textbooks.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
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8987 "Unlike traditional publishers’ monolithic approach of controlling "
8988 "intellectual property, distribution, and so many other aspects, OpenStax has "
8989 "adopted a model that embraces open licensing and relies on an extensive "
8990 "network of partners."
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8996 "Up-front funding of a professionally produced all-color turnkey textbook is "
8997 "expensive. For this part of their model, OpenStax relies on "
8998 "philanthropy. They have initially been funded by the William and Flora "
8999 "Hewlett Foundation, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, the Bill and "
9000 "Melinda Gates Foundation, the 20 Million Minds Foundation, the Maxfield "
9001 "Foundation, the Calvin K. Kazanjian Foundation, and Rice University. To "
9002 "develop additional titles and supporting technology is probably still going "
9003 "to require philanthropic investment."
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9009 "However, ongoing operations will not rely on foundation grants but instead "
9010 "on funds received through an ecosystem of over forty partners, whereby a "
9011 "partner takes core content from OpenStax and adds features that it can "
9012 "create revenue from. For example, WebAssign, an online homework and "
9013 "assessment tool, takes the physics book and adds algorithmically generated "
9014 "physics problems, with problem-specific feedback, detailed solutions, and "
9015 "tutorial support. WebAssign resources are available to students for a fee."
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9021 "Another example is Odigia, who has turned OpenStax books into interactive "
9022 "learning experiences and created additional tools to measure and promote "
9023 "student engagement. Odigia licenses its learning platform to "
9024 "institutions. Partners like Odigia and WebAssign give a percentage of the "
9025 "revenue they earn back to OpenStax, as mission-support fees. OpenStax has "
9026 "already published revisions of their titles, such as Introduction to "
9027 "Sociology 2e, using these funds."
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9033 "In David’s view, this approach lets the market operate at peak "
9034 "efficiency. OpenStax’s partners don’t have to worry about developing "
9035 "textbook content, freeing them up from those development costs and letting "
9036 "them focus on what they do best. With OpenStax textbooks available at no "
9037 "cost, they can provide their services at a lower cost—not free, but still "
9038 "saving students money. OpenStax benefits not only by receiving "
9039 "mission-support fees but through free publicity and marketing. OpenStax "
9040 "doesn’t have a sales force; partners are out there showcasing their "
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9047 "OpenStax’s cost of sales to acquire a single student is very, very low and "
9048 "is a fraction of what traditional players in the market face. This year, "
9049 "Tyton Partners is actually evaluating the costs of sales for an OER effort "
9050 "like OpenStax in comparison with incumbents. David looks forward to sharing "
9051 "these findings with the community."
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9057 "While OpenStax books are available online for free, many students still want "
9058 "a print copy. Through a partnership with a print and courier company, "
9059 "OpenStax offers a complete solution that scales. OpenStax sells tens of "
9060 "thousands of print books. The price of an OpenStax sociology textbook is "
9061 "about twenty-eight dollars, a fraction of what sociology textbooks usually "
9062 "cost. OpenStax keeps the prices low but does aim to earn a small margin on "
9063 "each book sold, which also contributes to ongoing operations."
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9069 "Campus-based bookstores are part of the OpenStax solution. OpenStax "
9070 "collaborates with NACSCORP (the National Association of College Stores "
9071 "Corporation) to provide print versions of their textbooks in the "
9072 "stores. While the overall cost of the textbook is significantly less than a "
9073 "traditional textbook, bookstores can still make a profit on sales. Sometimes "
9074 "students take the savings they have from the lower-priced book and use it to "
9075 "buy other things in the bookstore. And OpenStax is trying to break the "
9076 "expensive behavior of excessive returns by having a no-returns policy. This "
9077 "is working well, since the sell-through of their print titles is virtually a "
9081 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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9084 "David thinks of the OpenStax model as <quote>OER 2.0.</quote> So what is OER "
9085 "1.0? Historically in the OER field, many OER initiatives have been locally "
9086 "funded by institutions or government ministries. In David’s view, this "
9087 "results in content that has high local value but is infrequently adopted "
9088 "nationally. It’s therefore difficult to show payback over a time scale that "
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9095 "OER 2.0 is about OER intended to be used and adopted on a national level "
9096 "right from the start. This requires a bigger investment up front but pays "
9097 "off through wide geographic adoption. The OER 2.0 process for OpenStax "
9098 "involves two development models. The first is what David calls the "
9099 "acquisition model, where OpenStax purchases the rights from a publisher or "
9100 "author for an already published book and then extensively revises it. The "
9101 "OpenStax physics textbook, for example, was licensed from an author after "
9102 "the publisher released the rights back to the authors. The second model is "
9103 "to develop a book from scratch, a good example being their biology book."
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9109 "The process is similar for both models. First they look at the scope and "
9110 "sequence of existing textbooks. They ask questions like what does the "
9111 "customer need? Where are students having challenges? Then they identify "
9112 "potential authors and put them through a rigorous evaluation—only one in ten "
9113 "authors make it through. OpenStax selects a team of authors who come "
9114 "together to develop a template for a chapter and collectively write the "
9115 "first draft (or revise it, in the acquisitions model). (OpenStax doesn’t do "
9116 "books with just a single author as David says it risks the project going "
9117 "longer than scheduled.) The draft is peer-reviewed with no less than three "
9118 "reviewers per chapter. A second draft is generated, with artists producing "
9119 "illustrations and visuals to go along with the text. The book is then "
9120 "copyedited to ensure grammatical correctness and a singular voice. Finally, "
9121 "it goes into production and through a final proofread. The whole process is "
9122 "very time-consuming."
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9128 "All the people involved in this process are paid. OpenStax does not rely on "
9129 "volunteers. Writers, reviewers, illustrators, and editors are all paid an "
9130 "up-front fee—OpenStax does not use a royalty model. A best-selling author "
9131 "might make more money under the traditional publishing model, but that is "
9132 "only maybe 5 percent of all authors. From David’s perspective, 95 percent of "
9133 "all authors do better under the OER 2.0 model, as there is no risk to them "
9134 "and they earn all the money up front."
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9140 "David thinks of the Attribution license (CC BY) as the <quote>innovation "
9141 "license.</quote> It’s core to the mission of OpenStax, letting people use "
9142 "their textbooks in innovative ways without having to ask for permission. It "
9143 "frees up the whole market and has been central to OpenStax being able to "
9144 "bring on partners. OpenStax sees a lot of customization of their "
9145 "materials. By enabling frictionless remixing, CC BY gives teachers control "
9146 "and academic freedom."
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9152 "Using CC BY is also a good example of using strategies that traditional "
9153 "publishers can’t. Traditional publishers rely on copyright to prevent others "
9154 "from making copies and heavily invest in digital rights management to ensure "
9155 "their books aren’t shared. By using CC BY, OpenStax avoids having to deal "
9156 "with digital rights management and its costs. OpenStax books can be copied "
9157 "and shared over and over again. CC BY changes the rules of engagement and "
9158 "takes advantage of traditional market inefficiencies."
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9164 "As of September 16, 2016, OpenStax has achieved some impressive "
9165 "results. From the OpenStax at a Glance fact sheet from their recent press "
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9171 msgid "Books published: 23"
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9176 msgid "Students who have used OpenStax: 1.6 million"
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9181 msgid "Money saved for students: $155 million"
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9186 msgid "Money saved for students in the 2016/17 academic year: $77 million"
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9192 "Schools that have used OpenStax: 2,668 (This number reflects all "
9193 "institutions using at least one OpenStax textbook. Out of 2,668 schools, 517 "
9194 "are two-year colleges, 835 four-year colleges and universities, and 344 "
9195 "colleges and universities outside the U.S.)"
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9201 "While OpenStax has to date been focused on the United States, there is "
9202 "overseas adoption especially in the science, technology, engineering, and "
9203 "math (STEM) fields. Large scale adoption in the United States is seen as a "
9204 "necessary precursor to international interest."
9207 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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9210 "OpenStax has primarily focused on introductory-level college courses where "
9211 "there is high enrollment, but they are starting to think about verticals—a "
9212 "broad offering for a specific group or need. David thinks it would be "
9213 "terrific if OpenStax could provide access to free textbooks through the "
9214 "entire curriculum of a nursing degree, for example."
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9220 "Finally, for OpenStax success is not just about the adoption of their "
9221 "textbooks and student savings. There is a human aspect to the work that is "
9222 "hard to quantify but incredibly important. They get emails from students "
9223 "saying how OpenStax saved them from making difficult choices like buying "
9224 "food or a textbook. OpenStax would also like to assess the impact their "
9225 "books have on learning efficiency, persistence, and completion. By building "
9226 "an open business model based on Creative Commons, OpenStax is making it "
9227 "possible for every student who wants access to education to get it."
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9232 msgid "Amanda Palmer"
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9237 msgid "Amanda Palmer is a musician, artist, and writer. Based in the U.S."
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9242 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://amandapalmer.net\"/>"
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9248 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: crowdfunding "
9249 "(subscription-based), pay-what-you-want, charging for physical copies (book "
9250 "and album sales), charg-ing for in-person version (performances), selling "
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9256 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: December 15, 2015"
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9263 "url=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2015/04/16/amanda-palmer-uncut-the-kickstarter-queen-on-spotify-patreon-and-taylor-swift/#44e20ce46d67\"/>"
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9269 "Since the beginning of her career, Amanda Palmer has been on what she calls "
9270 "a <quote>journey with no roadmap,</quote> continually experimenting to find "
9271 "new ways to sustain her creative work.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
9275 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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9278 "In her best-selling book, The Art of Asking, Amanda articulates exactly what "
9279 "she has been and continues to strive for—<quote>the ideal sweet spot "
9280 ". . . in which the artist can share freely and directly feel the "
9281 "reverberations of their artistic gifts to the community, and make a living "
9282 "doing that.</quote>"
9285 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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9288 "While she seems to have successfully found that sweet spot for herself, "
9289 "Amanda is the first to acknowledge there is no silver bullet. She thinks the "
9290 "digital age is both an exciting and frustrating time for creators. <quote>On "
9291 "the one hand, we have this beautiful shareability,</quote> Amanda "
9292 "said. <quote>On the other, you’ve got a bunch of confused artists wondering "
9293 "how to make money to buy food so we can make more art.</quote>"
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9299 "Amanda began her artistic career as a street performer. She would dress up "
9300 "in an antique wedding gown, paint her face white, stand on a stack of milk "
9301 "crates, and hand out flowers to strangers as part of a silent dramatic "
9302 "performance. She collected money in a hat. Most people walked by her without "
9303 "stopping, but an essential few stopped to watch and drop some money into her "
9304 "hat to show their appreciation. Rather than dwelling on the majority of "
9305 "people who ignored her, she felt thankful for those who stopped. <quote>All "
9306 "I needed was . . . some people,</quote> she wrote in her book. <quote>Enough "
9307 "people. Enough to make it worth coming back the next day, enough people to "
9308 "help me make rent and put food on the table. Enough so I could keep making "
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9315 "Amanda has come a long way from her street-performing days, but her career "
9316 "remains dominated by that same sentiment—finding ways to reach <quote>her "
9317 "crowd</quote> and feeling gratitude when she does. With her band the Dresden "
9318 "Dolls, Amanda tried the traditional path of signing with a record label. It "
9319 "didn’t take for a variety of reasons, but one of them was that the label had "
9320 "absolutely no interest in Amanda’s view of success. They wanted hits, but "
9321 "making music for the masses was never what Amanda and the Dresden Dolls set "
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9328 "After leaving the record label in 2008, she began experimenting with "
9329 "different ways to make a living. She released music directly to the public "
9330 "without involving a middle man, releasing digital files on a <quote>pay what "
9331 "you want</quote> basis and selling CDs and vinyl. She also made money from "
9332 "live performances and merchandise sales. Eventually, in 2012 she decided to "
9333 "try her hand at the sort of crowdfunding we know so well today. Her "
9334 "Kickstarter project started with a goal of $100,000, and she made $1.2 "
9335 "million. It remains one of the most successful Kickstarter projects of all "
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9342 "Today, Amanda has switched gears away from crowdfunding for specific "
9343 "projects to instead getting consistent financial support from her fan base "
9344 "on Patreon, a crowdfunding site that allows artists to get recurring "
9345 "donations from fans. More than eight thousand people have signed up to "
9346 "support her so she can create music, art, and any other creative "
9347 "<quote>thing</quote> that she is inspired to make. The recurring pledges are "
9348 "made on a <quote>per thing</quote> basis. All of the content she makes is "
9349 "made freely available under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license "
9353 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
9354 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:7300
9356 "Making her music and art available under Creative Commons licensing "
9357 "undoubtedly limits her options for how she makes a living. But sharing her "
9358 "work has been part of her model since the beginning of her career, even "
9359 "before she discovered Creative Commons. Amanda says the Dresden Dolls used "
9360 "to get ten emails per week from fans asking if they could use their music "
9361 "for different projects. They said yes to all of the requests, as long as it "
9362 "wasn’t for a completely for-profit venture. At the time, they used a "
9363 "short-form agreement written by Amanda herself. <quote>I made everyone sign "
9364 "that contract so at least I wouldn’t be leaving the band vulnerable to "
9365 "someone later going on and putting our music in a Camel cigarette "
9366 "ad,</quote> Amanda said. Once she discovered Creative Commons, adopting the "
9367 "licenses was an easy decision because it gave them a more formal, "
9368 "standardized way of doing what they had been doing all along. The "
9369 "NonCommercial licenses were a natural fit."
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9375 "Amanda embraces the way her fans share and build upon her music. In The Art "
9376 "of Asking, she wrote that some of her fans’ unofficial videos using her "
9377 "music surpass the official videos in number of views on YouTube. Rather than "
9378 "seeing this sort of thing as competition, Amanda celebrates it. <quote>We "
9379 "got into this because we wanted to share the joy of music,</quote> she said."
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9385 "This is symbolic of how nearly everything she does in her career is "
9386 "motivated by a desire to connect with her fans. At the start of her career, "
9387 "she and the band would throw concerts at house parties. As the gatherings "
9388 "grew, the line between fans and friends was completely blurred. <quote>Not "
9389 "only did most our early fans know where I lived and where we practiced, but "
9390 "most of them had also been in my kitchen,</quote> Amanda wrote in The Art of "
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9397 "Even though her fan base is now huge and global, she continues to seek this "
9398 "sort of human connection with her fans. She seeks out face-to-face contact "
9399 "with her fans every chance she can get. Her hugely successful Kickstarter "
9400 "featured fifty concerts at house parties for backers. She spends hours in "
9401 "the signing line after shows. It helps that Amanda has the kind of dynamic, "
9402 "engaging personality that instantly draws people to her, but a big component "
9403 "of her ability to connect with people is her willingness to "
9404 "listen. <quote>Listening fast and caring immediately is a skill unto "
9405 "itself,</quote> Amanda wrote."
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9411 "Another part of the connection fans feel with Amanda is how much they know "
9412 "about her life. Rather than trying to craft a public persona or image, she "
9413 "essentially lives her life as an open book. She has written openly about "
9414 "incredibly personal events in her life, and she isn’t afraid to be "
9415 "vulnerable. Having that kind of trust in her fans—the trust it takes to be "
9416 "truly honest—begets trust from her fans in return. When she meets fans for "
9417 "the first time after a show, they can legitimately feel like they know her."
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9423 "<quote>With social media, we’re so concerned with the picture looking "
9424 "palatable and consumable that we forget that being human and showing the "
9425 "flaws and exposing the vulnerability actually create a deeper connection "
9426 "than just looking fantastic,</quote> Amanda said. <quote>Everything in our "
9427 "culture is telling us otherwise. But my experience has shown me that the "
9428 "risk of making yourself vulnerable is almost always worth it.</quote>"
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9434 "Not only does she disclose intimate details of her life to them, she sleeps "
9435 "on their couches, listens to their stories, cries with them. In short, she "
9436 "treats her fans like friends in nearly every possible way, even when they "
9437 "are complete strangers. This mentality—that fans are friends—is completely "
9438 "intertwined with Amanda’s success as an artist. It is also intertwined with "
9439 "her use of Creative Commons licenses. Because that is what you do with your "
9440 "friends—you share."
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9446 "After years of investing time and energy into building trust with her fans, "
9447 "she has a strong enough relationship with them to ask for support—through "
9448 "pay-what-you-want donations, Kickstarter, Patreon, or even asking them to "
9449 "lend a hand at a concert. As Amanda explains it, crowdfunding (which is "
9450 "really what all of these different things are) is about asking for support "
9451 "from people who know and trust you. People who feel personally invested in "
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9458 "<quote>When you openly, radically trust people, they not only take care of "
9459 "you, they become your allies, your family,</quote> she wrote. There really "
9460 "is a feeling of solidarity within her core fan base. From the beginning, "
9461 "Amanda and her band encouraged people to dress up for their shows. They "
9462 "consciously cultivated a feeling of belonging to their <quote>weird little "
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9469 "This sort of intimacy with fans is not possible or even desirable for every "
9470 "creator. <quote>I don’t take for granted that I happen to be the type of "
9471 "person who loves cavorting with strangers,</quote> Amanda said. <quote>I "
9472 "recognize that it’s not necessarily everyone’s idea of a good time. Everyone "
9473 "does it differently. Replicating what I have done won’t work for others if "
9474 "it isn’t joyful to them. It’s about finding a way to channel energy in a way "
9475 "that is joyful to you.</quote>"
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9481 "Yet while Amanda joyfully interacts with her fans and involves them in her "
9482 "work as much as possible, she does keep one job primarily to herself—writing "
9483 "the music. She loves the creativity with which her fans use and adapt her "
9484 "work, but she intentionally does not involve them at the first stage of "
9485 "creating her artistic work. And, of course, the songs and music are what "
9486 "initially draw people to Amanda Palmer. It is only once she has connected to "
9487 "people through her music that she can then begin to build ties with them on "
9488 "a more personal level, both in person and online. In her book, Amanda "
9489 "describes it as casting a net. It starts with the art and then the bond "
9490 "strengthens with human connection."
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9496 "For Amanda, the entire point of being an artist is to establish and maintain "
9497 "this connection. <quote>It sounds so corny,</quote> she said, <quote>but my "
9498 "experience in forty years on this planet has pointed me to an obvious "
9499 "truth—that connection with human beings feels so much better and more "
9500 "fulfilling than approaching art through a capitalist lens. There is no more "
9501 "satisfying end goal than having someone tell you that what you do is "
9502 "genuinely of value to them.</quote>"
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9508 "As she explains it, when a fan gives her a ten-dollar bill, usually what "
9509 "they are saying is that the money symbolizes some deeper value the music "
9510 "provided them. For Amanda, art is not just a product; it’s a "
9511 "relationship. Viewed from this lens, what Amanda does today is not that "
9512 "different from what she did as a young street performer. She shares her "
9513 "music and other artistic gifts. She shares herself. And then rather than "
9514 "forcing people to help her, she lets them."
9517 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><title>
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9519 msgid "PLOS (Public Library of Science)"
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9525 "PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a nonprofit that publishes a library of "
9526 "academic journals and other scientific literature. Founded in 2000 in the "
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9538 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging content "
9539 "creators an author processing charge to be featured in the journal"
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9544 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: March 7, 2016"
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9549 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Louise Page, publisher"
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9555 "The Public Library of Science (PLOS) began in 2000 when three leading "
9556 "scientists—Harold E. Varmus, Patrick O. Brown, and Michael Eisen—started an "
9557 "online petition. They were calling for scientists to stop submitting papers "
9558 "to journals that didn’t make the full text of their papers freely available "
9559 "immediately or within six months. Although tens of thousands signed the "
9560 "petition, most did not follow through. In August 2001, Patrick and Michael "
9561 "announced that they would start their own nonprofit publishing operation to "
9562 "do just what the petition promised. With start-up grant support from the "
9563 "Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, PLOS was launched to provide new "
9564 "open-access journals for biomedicine, with research articles being released "
9565 "under Attribution (CC BY) licenses."
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9571 "Traditionally, academic publishing begins with an author submitting a "
9572 "manuscript to a publisher. After in-house technical and ethical "
9573 "considerations, the article is then peer-reviewed to determine if the "
9574 "quality of the work is acceptable for publishing. Once accepted, the "
9575 "publisher takes the article through the process of copyediting, typesetting, "
9576 "and eventual publishing in a print or online publication. Traditional "
9577 "journal publishers recover costs and earn profit by charging a subscription "
9578 "fee to libraries or an access fee to users wanting to read the journal or "
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9585 "For Louise Page, the current publisher of PLOS, this traditional model "
9586 "results in inequity. Access is restricted to those who can pay. Most "
9587 "research is funded through government-appointed agencies, that is, with "
9588 "public funds. It’s unjust that the public who funded the research would be "
9589 "required to pay again to access the results. Not everyone can afford the "
9590 "ever-escalating subscription fees publishers charge, especially when library "
9591 "budgets are being reduced. Restricting access to the results of scientific "
9592 "research slows the dissemination of this research and advancement of the "
9593 "field. It was time for a new model."
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9599 "That new model became known as open access. That is, free and open "
9600 "availability on the Internet. Open-access research articles are not behind a "
9601 "paywall and do not require a login. A key benefit of open access is that it "
9602 "allows people to freely use, copy, and distribute the articles, as they are "
9603 "primarily published under an Attribution (CC BY) license (which only "
9604 "requires the user to provide appropriate attribution). And more importantly, "
9605 "policy makers, clinicians, entrepreneurs, educators, and students around the "
9606 "world have free and timely access to the latest research immediately on "
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9613 "However, open access requires rethinking the business model of research "
9614 "publication. Rather than charge a subscription fee to access the journal, "
9615 "PLOS decided to turn the model on its head and charge a publication fee, "
9616 "known as an article-processing charge. This up-front fee, generally paid by "
9617 "the funder of the research or the author’s institution, covers the expenses "
9618 "such as editorial oversight, peer-review management, journal production, "
9619 "online hosting, and support for discovery. Fees are per article and are "
9620 "billed upon acceptance for publishing. There are no additional charges based "
9621 "on word length, figures, or other elements."
9624 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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9627 "Calculating the article-processing charge involves taking all the costs "
9628 "associated with publishing the journal and determining a cost per article "
9629 "that collectively recovers costs. For PLOS’s journals in biology, medicine, "
9630 "genetics, computational biology, neglected tropical diseases, and pathogens, "
9631 "the article-processing charge ranges from $2,250 to "
9632 "$2,900. Article-publication charges for PLOS ONE, a journal started in 2006, "
9633 "are just under $1,500."
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9639 "PLOS believes that lack of funds should not be a barrier to "
9640 "publication. Since its inception, PLOS has provided fee support for "
9641 "individuals and institutions to help authors who can’t afford the "
9642 "article-processing charges."
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9648 "Louise identifies marketing as one area of big difference between PLOS and "
9649 "traditional journal publishers. Traditional journals have to invest heavily "
9650 "in staff, buildings, and infrastructure to market their journal and convince "
9651 "customers to subscribe. Restricting access to subscribers means that tools "
9652 "for managing access control are necessary. They spend millions of dollars on "
9653 "access-control systems, staff to manage them, and sales staff. With PLOS’s "
9654 "open-access publishing, there’s no need for these massive expenses; the "
9655 "articles are free, open, and accessible to all upon "
9656 "publication. Additionally, traditional publishers tend to spend more on "
9657 "marketing to libraries, who ultimately pay the subscription fees. PLOS "
9658 "provides a better service for authors by promoting their research directly "
9659 "to the research community and giving the authors exposure. And this "
9660 "encourages other authors to submit their work for publication."
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9666 "For Louise, PLOS would not exist without the Attribution license (CC "
9667 "BY). This makes it very clear what rights are associated with the content "
9668 "and provides a safe way for researchers to make their work available while "
9669 "ensuring they get recognition (appropriate attribution). For PLOS, all of "
9670 "this aligns with how they think research content should be published and "
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9677 "PLOS also has a broad open-data policy. To get their research paper "
9678 "published, PLOS authors must also make their data available in a public "
9679 "repository and provide a data-availability statement."
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9685 "Business-operation costs associated with the open-access model still largely "
9686 "follow the existing publishing model. PLOS journals are online only, but the "
9687 "editorial, peer-review, production, typesetting, and publishing stages are "
9688 "all the same as for a traditional publisher. The editorial teams must be top "
9689 "notch. PLOS has to function as well as or better than other premier "
9690 "journals, as researchers have a choice about where to publish."
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9696 "Researchers are influenced by journal rankings, which reflect the place of a "
9697 "journal within its field, the relative difficulty of being published in that "
9698 "journal, and the prestige associated with it. PLOS journals rank high, even "
9699 "though they are relatively new."
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9705 "The promotion and tenure of researchers are partially based how many times "
9706 "other researchers cite their articles. Louise says when researchers want to "
9707 "discover and read the work of others in their field, they go to an online "
9708 "aggregator or search engine, and not typically to a particular journal. The "
9709 "CC BY licensing of PLOS research articles ensures easy access for readers "
9710 "and generates more discovery and citations for authors."
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9716 "Louise believes that open access has been a huge success, progressing from a "
9717 "movement led by a small cadre of researchers to something that is now "
9718 "widespread and used in some form by every journal publisher. PLOS has had a "
9719 "big impact. In 2012 to 2014, they published more open-access articles than "
9720 "BioMed Central, the original open-access publisher, or anyone else."
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9726 "PLOS further disrupted the traditional journal-publishing model by "
9727 "pioneering the concept of a megajournal. The PLOS ONE megajournal, launched "
9728 "in 2006, is an open-access peer-reviewed academic journal that is much "
9729 "larger than a traditional journal, publishing thousands of articles per year "
9730 "and benefiting from economies of scale. PLOS ONE has a broad scope, covering "
9731 "science and medicine as well as social sciences and the humanities. The "
9732 "review and editorial process is less subjective. Articles are accepted for "
9733 "publication based on whether they are technically sound rather than "
9734 "perceived importance or relevance. This is very important in the current "
9735 "debate about the integrity and reproducibility of research because negative "
9736 "or null results can then be published as well, which are generally rejected "
9737 "by traditional journals. PLOS ONE, like all the PLOS journals, is online "
9738 "only with no print version. PLOS passes on the financial savings accrued "
9739 "through economies of scale to researchers and the public by lowering the "
9740 "article-processing charges, which are below that of other journals. PLOS ONE "
9741 "is the biggest journal in the world and has really set the bar for "
9742 "publishing academic journal articles on a large scale. Other publishers see "
9743 "the value of the PLOS ONE model and are now offering their own "
9744 "multidisciplinary forums for publishing all sound science."
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9750 "Louise outlined some other aspects of the research-journal business model "
9751 "PLOS is experimenting with, describing each as a kind of slider that could "
9752 "be adjusted to change current practice."
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9758 "One slider is time to publication. Time to publication may shorten as "
9759 "journals get better at providing quicker decisions to authors. However, "
9760 "there is always a trade-off with scale, as the bigger the volume of "
9761 "articles, the more time the approval process inevitably takes."
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9767 "Peer review is another part of the process that could change. It’s possible "
9768 "to redefine what peer review actually is, when to review, and what "
9769 "constitutes the final article for publication. Louise talked about the "
9770 "potential to shift to an open-review process, placing the emphasis on "
9771 "transparency rather than double-blind reviews. Louise thinks we’re moving "
9772 "into a direction where it’s actually beneficial for an author to know who is "
9773 "reviewing their paper and for the reviewer to know their review will be "
9774 "public. An open-review process can also ensure everyone gets credit; right "
9775 "now, credit is limited to the publisher and author."
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9781 "Louise says research with negative outcomes is almost as important as "
9782 "positive results. If journals published more research with negative "
9783 "outcomes, we’d learn from what didn’t work. It could also reduce how much "
9784 "the research wheel gets reinvented around the world."
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9790 "Another adjustable practice is the sharing of articles at early preprint "
9791 "stages. Publication of research in a peer-reviewed journal can take a long "
9792 "time because articles must undergo extensive peer review. The need to "
9793 "quickly circulate current results within a scientific community has led to a "
9794 "practice of distributing pre-print documents that have not yet undergone "
9795 "peer review. Preprints broaden the peer-review process, allowing authors to "
9796 "receive early feedback from a wide group of peers, which can help revise and "
9797 "prepare the article for submission. Offsetting the advantages of preprints "
9798 "are author concerns over ensuring their primacy of being first to come up "
9799 "with findings based on their research. Other researches may see findings the "
9800 "preprint author has not yet thought of. However, preprints help researchers "
9801 "get their discoveries out early and establish precedence. A big challenge is "
9802 "that researchers don’t have a lot of time to comment on preprints."
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9808 "What constitutes a journal article could also change. The idea of a research "
9809 "article as printed, bound, and in a library stack is outdated. Digital and "
9810 "online open up new possibilities, such as a living document evolving over "
9811 "time, inclusion of audio and video, and interactivity, like discussion and "
9812 "recommendations. Even the size of what gets published could change. With "
9813 "these changes the current form factor for what constitutes a research "
9814 "article would undergo transformation."
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9830 "As journals scale up, and new journals are introduced, more and more "
9831 "information is being pushed out to readers, making the experience feel like "
9832 "drinking from a fire hose. To help mitigate this, PLOS aggregates and "
9833 "curates content from PLOS journals and their network of blogs.<placeholder "
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9835 "Metrics, which helps users assess research most relevant to the field "
9836 "itself, based on indicators like usage, citations, social bookmarking and "
9837 "dissemination activity, media and blog coverage, discussions, and "
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9839 "journal model could evolve to provide a more friendly and interactive user "
9840 "experience, including a way for readers to communicate with authors."
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9846 "The big picture for PLOS going forward is to combine and adjust these "
9847 "experimental practices in ways that continue to improve accessibility and "
9848 "dissemination of research, while ensuring its integrity and reliability. The "
9849 "ways they interlink are complex. The process of change and adjustment is "
9850 "not linear. PLOS sees itself as a very flexible publisher interested in "
9851 "exploring all the permutations research-publishing can take, with authors "
9852 "and readers who are open to experimentation."
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9858 "For PLOS, success is not about revenue. Success is about proving that "
9859 "scientific research can be communicated rapidly and economically at scale, "
9860 "for the benefit of researchers and society. The CC BY license makes it "
9861 "possible for PLOS to publish in a way that is unfettered, open, and fast, "
9862 "while ensuring that the authors get credit for their work. More than two "
9863 "million scientists, scholars, and clinicians visit PLOS every month, with "
9864 "more than 135,000 quality articles to peruse for free."
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9870 "Ultimately, for PLOS, its authors, and its readers, success is about making "
9871 "research discoverable, available, and reproducible for the advancement of "
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9883 "The Rijksmuseum is a Dutch national museum dedicated to art and "
9884 "history. Founded in 1800 in the Netherlands"
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9889 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.rijksmuseum.nl\"/>"
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9895 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: grants and government "
9896 "funding, charging for in-person version (museum admission), selling "
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9902 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: December 11, 2015"
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9908 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Lizzy Jongma, the data "
9909 "manager of the collections information department"
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9915 "The Rijksmuseum, a national museum in the Netherlands dedicated to art and "
9916 "history, has been housed in its current building since 1885. The monumental "
9917 "building enjoyed more than 125 years of intensive use before needing a "
9918 "thorough overhaul. In 2003, the museum was closed for renovations. Asbestos "
9919 "was found in the roof, and although the museum was scheduled to be closed "
9920 "for only three to four years, renovations ended up taking ten years. During "
9921 "this time, the collection was moved to a different part of Amsterdam, which "
9922 "created a physical distance with the curators. Out of necessity, they "
9923 "started digitally photographing the collection and creating metadata "
9924 "(information about each object to put into a database). With the renovations "
9925 "going on for so long, the museum became largely forgotten by the public. Out "
9926 "of these circumstances emerged a new and more open model for the museum."
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9932 "By the time Lizzy Jongma joined the Rijksmuseum in 2011 as a data manager, "
9933 "staff were fed up with the situation the museum was in. They also realized "
9934 "that even with the new and larger space, it still wouldn’t be able to show "
9935 "very much of the whole collection—eight thousand of over one million works "
9936 "representing just 1 percent. Staff began exploring ways to express "
9937 "themselves, to have something to show for all of the work they had been "
9938 "doing. The Rijksmuseum is primarily funded by Dutch taxpayers, so was there "
9939 "a way for the museum provide benefit to the public while it was closed? They "
9940 "began thinking about sharing Rijksmuseum’s collection using information "
9941 "technology. And they put up a card-catalog like database of the entire "
9942 "collection online."
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9948 "It was effective but a bit boring. It was just data. A hackathon they were "
9949 "invited to got them to start talking about events like that as having "
9950 "potential. They liked the idea of inviting people to do cool stuff with "
9951 "their collection. What about giving online access to digital representations "
9952 "of the one hundred most important pieces in the Rijksmuseum collection? That "
9953 "eventually led to why not put the whole collection online?"
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9958 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.europeana.eu/portal/en\"/>"
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9964 "Then, Lizzy says, Europeana came along. Europeana is Europe’s digital "
9965 "library, museum, and archive for cultural heritage.<placeholder "
9966 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> As an online portal to museum collections all "
9967 "across Europe, Europeana had become an important online platform. In October "
9968 "2010 Creative Commons released CC0 and its public-domain mark as tools "
9969 "people could use to identify works as free of known copyright. Europeana was "
9970 "the first major adopter, using CC0 to release metadata about their "
9971 "collection and the public domain mark for millions of digital works in their "
9972 "collection. Lizzy says the Rijksmuseum initially found this change in "
9973 "business practice a bit scary, but at the same time it stimulated even more "
9974 "discussion on whether the Rijksmuseum should follow suit."
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9980 "They realized that they don’t <quote>own</quote> the collection and couldn’t "
9981 "realistically monitor and enforce compliance with the restrictive licensing "
9982 "terms they currently had in place. For example, many copies and versions of "
9983 "Vermeer’s Milkmaid (part of their collection) were already online, many of "
9984 "them of very poor quality. They could spend time and money policing its use, "
9985 "but it would probably be futile and wouldn’t make people stop using their "
9986 "images online. They ended up thinking it’s an utter waste of time to hunt "
9987 "down people who use the Rijksmuseum collection. And anyway, restricting "
9988 "access meant the people they were frustrating the most were schoolkids."
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9994 "In 2011 the Rijksmuseum began making their digital photos of works known to "
9995 "be free of copyright available online, using Creative Commons CC0 to place "
9996 "works in the public domain. A medium-resolution image was offered for free, "
9997 "but a high-resolution version cost forty euros. People started paying, but "
9998 "Lizzy says getting the money was frequently a nightmare, especially from "
9999 "overseas customers. The administrative costs often offset revenue, and "
10000 "income above costs was relatively low. In addition, having to pay for an "
10001 "image of a work in the public domain from a collection owned by the Dutch "
10002 "government (i.e., paid for by the public) was contentious and frustrating "
10003 "for some. Lizzy says they had lots of fierce debates about what to do."
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10009 "In 2013 the Rijksmuseum changed its business model. They Creative Commons "
10010 "licensed their highest-quality images and released them online for "
10011 "free. Digitization still cost money, however; they decided to define "
10012 "discrete digitization projects and find sponsors willing to fund each "
10013 "project. This turned out to be a successful strategy, generating high "
10014 "interest from sponsors and lower administrative effort for the "
10015 "Rijksmuseum. They started out making 150,000 high-quality images of their "
10016 "collection available, with the goal to eventually have the entire collection "
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10023 "Releasing these high-quality images for free reduced the number of "
10024 "poor-quality images that were proliferating. The high-quality image of "
10025 "Vermeer’s Milkmaid, for example, is downloaded two to three thousand times a "
10026 "month. On the Internet, images from a source like the Rijksmuseum are more "
10027 "trusted, and releasing them with a Creative Commons CC0 means they can "
10028 "easily be found in other platforms. For example, Rijksmuseum images are now "
10029 "used in thousands of Wikipedia articles, receiving ten to eleven million "
10030 "views per month. This extends Rijksmuseum’s reach far beyond the scope of "
10031 "its website. Sharing these images online creates what Lizzy calls the "
10032 "<quote>Mona Lisa effect,</quote> where a work of art becomes so famous that "
10033 "people want to see it in real life by visiting the actual museum."
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10039 "Every museum tends to be driven by the number of physical visitors. The "
10040 "Rijksmuseum is primarily publicly funded, receiving roughly 70 percent of "
10041 "its operating budget from the government. But like many museums, it must "
10042 "generate the rest of the funding through other means. The admission fee has "
10043 "long been a way to generate revenue generation, including for the "
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10050 "As museums create a digital presence for themselves and put up digital "
10051 "representations of their collection online, there’s frequently a worry that "
10052 "it will lead to a drop in actual physical visits. For the Rijksmuseum, this "
10053 "has not turned out to be the case. Lizzy told us the Rijksmuseum used to get "
10054 "about one million visitors a year before closing and now gets more than two "
10055 "million a year. Making the collection available online has generated "
10056 "publicity and acts as a form of marketing. The Creative Commons mark "
10057 "encourages reuse as well. When the image is found on protest leaflets, milk "
10058 "cartons, and children’s toys, people also see what museum the image comes "
10059 "from and this increases the museum’s visibility."
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10064 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio\"/>"
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10070 "In 2011 the Rijksmuseum received €1 million from the Dutch lottery to create "
10071 "a new web presence that would be different from any other museum’s. In "
10072 "addition to redesigning their main website to be mobile friendly and "
10073 "responsive to devices like the iPad, the Rijksmuseum also created the "
10074 "Rijksstudio, where users and artists could use and do various things with "
10075 "the Rijksmuseum collection.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
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10081 "The Rijksstudio gives users access to over two hundred thousand high-quality "
10082 "digital representations of masterworks from the collection. Users can zoom "
10083 "in to any work and even clip small parts of images they like. Rijksstudio is "
10084 "a bit like Pinterest. You can <quote>like</quote> works and compile your "
10085 "personal favorites, and you can share them with friends or download them "
10086 "free of charge. All the images in the Rijksstudio are copyright and royalty "
10087 "free, and users are encouraged to use them as they like, for private or even "
10088 "commercial purposes."
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10094 "Users have created over 276,000 Rijksstudios, generating their own themed "
10095 "virtual exhibitions on a wide variety of topics ranging from tapestries to "
10096 "ugly babies and birds. Sets of images have also been created for educational "
10097 "purposes including use for school exams."
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10103 "Some contemporary artists who have works in the Rijksmuseum collection "
10104 "contacted them to ask why their works were not included in the "
10105 "Rijksstudio. The answer was that contemporary artists’ works are still bound "
10106 "by copyright. The Rijksmuseum does encourage contemporary artists to use a "
10107 "Creative Commons license for their works, usually a CC BY-SA license "
10108 "(Attribution-ShareAlike), or a CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial) if they "
10109 "want to preclude commercial use. That way, their works can be made available "
10110 "to the public, but within limits the artists have specified."
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10117 "url=\"http://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/175696771/fringe-kimono-silk-kimono-kimono-robe\"/>"
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10123 "The Rijksmuseum believes that art stimulates entrepreneurial activity. The "
10124 "line between creative and commercial can be blurry. As Lizzy says, even "
10125 "Rembrandt was commercial, making his livelihood from selling his "
10126 "paintings. The Rijksmuseum encourages entrepreneurial commercial use of the "
10127 "images in Rijksstudio. They’ve even partnered with the DIY marketplace Etsy "
10128 "to inspire people to sell their creations. One great example you can find on "
10129 "Etsy is a kimono designed by Angie Johnson, who used an image of an "
10130 "elaborate cabinet along with an oil painting by Jan Asselijn called The "
10131 "Threatened Swan.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
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10137 "<ulink url=\"http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio-award\"/>; the 2014 "
10138 "award: <ulink url=\"http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio-award-2014\"/>; "
10139 "the 2015 award: <ulink "
10140 "url=\"http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/rijksstudio-award-2015\"/>"
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10147 "url=\"http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/rijksstudio/142328--nominees-rijksstudio-award/creaties/ba595afe-452d-46bd-9c8c-48dcbdd7f0a4\"/>"
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10153 "In 2013 the Rijksmuseum organized their first high-profile design "
10154 "competition, known as the Rijksstudio Award.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
10155 "id=\"0\"/> With the call to action Make Your Own Masterpiece, the "
10156 "competition invites the public to use Rijksstudio images to make new "
10157 "creative designs. A jury of renowned designers and curators selects ten "
10158 "finalists and three winners. The final award comes with a prize of "
10159 "€10,000. The second edition in 2015 attracted a staggering 892 top-class "
10160 "entries. Some award winners end up with their work sold through the "
10161 "Rijksmuseum store, such as the 2014 entry featuring makeup based on a "
10162 "specific color scheme of a work of art.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
10163 "id=\"1\"/> The Rijksmuseum has been thrilled with the results. Entries "
10164 "range from the fun to the weird to the inspirational. The third "
10165 "international edition of the Rijksstudio Award started in September 2016."
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10171 "For the next iteration of the Rijksstudio, the Rijksmuseum is considering an "
10172 "upload tool, for people to upload their own works of art, and enhanced "
10173 "social elements so users can interact with each other more."
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10179 "Going with a more open business model generated lots of publicity for the "
10180 "Rijksmuseum. They were one of the first museums to open up their collection "
10181 "(that is, give free access) with high-quality images. This strategy, along "
10182 "with the many improvements to the Rijksmuseum’s website, dramatically "
10183 "increased visits to their website from thirty-five thousand visits per month "
10184 "to three hundred thousand."
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10190 "The Rijksmuseum has been experimenting with other ways to invite the public "
10191 "to look at and interact with their collection. On an international day "
10192 "celebrating animals, they ran a successful bird-themed event. The museum put "
10193 "together a showing of two thousand works that featured birds and invited "
10194 "bird-watchers to identify the birds depicted. Lizzy notes that while museum "
10195 "curators know a lot about the works in their collections, they may not know "
10196 "about certain details in the paintings such as bird species. Over eight "
10197 "hundred different birds were identified, including a specific species of "
10198 "crane bird that was unknown to the scientific community at the time of the "
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10205 "For the Rijksmuseum, adopting an open business model was scary. They came "
10206 "up with many worst-case scenarios, imagining all kinds of awful things "
10207 "people might do with the museum’s works. But Lizzy says those fears did not "
10208 "come true because <quote>ninety-nine percent of people have respect for "
10209 "great art.</quote> Many museums think they can make a lot of money by "
10210 "selling things related to their collection. But in Lizzy’s experience, "
10211 "museums are usually bad at selling things, and sometimes efforts to generate "
10212 "a small amount of money block something much bigger—the real value that the "
10213 "collection has. For Lizzy, clinging to small amounts of revenue is being "
10214 "penny-wise but pound-foolish. For the Rijksmuseum, a key lesson has been to "
10215 "never lose sight of its vision for the collection. Allowing access to and "
10216 "use of their collection has generated great promotional value—far more than "
10217 "the previous practice of charging fees for access and use. Lizzy sums up "
10218 "their experience: <quote>Give away; get something in return. Generosity "
10219 "makes people happy to join you and help out.</quote>"
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10227 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
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10229 msgid "Shareable is an online magazine about sharing. Founded in 2009 in the U.S."
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10234 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.shareable.net\"/>"
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10240 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: grant funding, "
10241 "crowdfunding (project-based), donations, sponsorships"
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10246 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: February 24, 2016"
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10252 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Neal Gorenflo, cofounder "
10253 "and executive editor"
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10259 "In 2013, Shareable faced an impasse. The nonprofit online publication had "
10260 "helped start a sharing movement four years prior, but over time, they "
10261 "watched one part of the movement stray from its ideals. As giants like Uber "
10262 "and Airbnb gained ground, attention began to center on the <quote>sharing "
10263 "economy</quote> we know now—profit-driven, transactional, and loaded with "
10264 "venture-capital money. Leaders of corporate start-ups in this domain invited "
10265 "Shareable to advocate for them. The magazine faced a choice: ride the wave "
10266 "or stand on principle."
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10272 "As an organization, Shareable decided to draw a line in the sand. In 2013, "
10273 "the cofounder and executive editor Neal Gorenflo wrote an opinion piece in "
10274 "the PandoDaily that charted Shareable’s new critical stance on the Silicon "
10275 "Valley version of the sharing economy, while contrasting it with aspects of "
10276 "the real sharing economy like open-source software, participatory budgeting "
10277 "(where citizens decide how a public budget is spent), cooperatives, and "
10278 "more. He wrote, <quote>It’s not so much that collaborative consumption is "
10279 "dead, it’s more that it risks dying as it gets absorbed by the "
10280 "<quote>Borg.</quote></quote>"
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10286 "Neal said their public critique of the corporate sharing economy defined "
10287 "what Shareable was and is. He does not think the magazine would still be "
10288 "around had they chosen differently. <quote>We would have gotten another type "
10289 "of audience, but it would have spelled the end of us,</quote> he "
10290 "said. <quote>We are a small, mission-driven organization. We would never "
10291 "have been able to weather the criticism that Airbnb and Uber are getting "
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10298 "Interestingly, impassioned supporters are only a small sliver of Shareable’s "
10299 "total audience. Most are casual readers who come across a Shareable story "
10300 "because it happens to align with a project or interest they have. But "
10301 "choosing principles over the possibility of riding the coattails of the "
10302 "major corporate players in the sharing space saved Shareable’s "
10303 "credibility. Although they became detached from the corporate sharing "
10304 "economy, the online magazine became the voice of the <quote>real sharing "
10305 "economy</quote> and continued to grow their audience."
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10311 "Shareable is a magazine, but the content they publish is a means to "
10312 "furthering their role as a leader and catalyst of a movement. Shareable "
10313 "became a leader in the movement in 2009. <quote>At that time, there was a "
10314 "sharing movement bubbling beneath the surface, but no one was connecting the "
10315 "dots,</quote> Neal said. <quote>We decided to step into that space and take "
10316 "on that role.</quote> The small team behind the nonprofit publication truly "
10317 "believed sharing could be central to solving some of the major problems "
10318 "human beings face—resource inequality, social isolation, and global warming."
10321 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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10324 "They have worked hard to find ways to tell stories that show different "
10325 "metrics for success. <quote>We wanted to change the notion of what "
10326 "constitutes the good life,</quote> Neal said. While they started out with a "
10327 "very broad focus on sharing generally, today they emphasize stories about "
10328 "the physical commons like <quote>sharing cities</quote> (i.e., urban areas "
10329 "managed in a sustainable, cooperative way), as well as digital platforms "
10330 "that are run democratically. They particularly focus on how-to content that "
10331 "help their readers make changes in their own lives and communities."
10334 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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10337 "More than half of Shareable’s stories are written by paid journalists that "
10338 "are contracted by the magazine. <quote>Particularly in content areas that "
10339 "are a priority for us, we really want to go deep and control the "
10340 "quality,</quote> Neal said. The rest of the content is either contributed by "
10341 "guest writers, often for free, or written by other publications from their "
10342 "network of content publishers. Shareable is a member of the Post Growth "
10343 "Alliance, which facilitates the sharing of content and audiences among a "
10344 "large and growing group of mostly nonprofits. Each organization gets a "
10345 "chance to present stories to the group, and the organizations can use and "
10346 "promote each other’s stories. Much of the content created by the network is "
10347 "licensed with Creative Commons."
10350 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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10353 "All of Shareable’s original content is published under the Attribution "
10354 "license (CC BY), meaning it can be used for any purpose as long as credit is "
10355 "given to Shareable. Creative Commons licensing is aligned with Shareable’s "
10356 "vision, mission, and identity. That alone explains the organization’s "
10357 "embrace of the licenses for their content, but Neal also believes CC "
10358 "licensing helps them increase their reach. <quote>By using CC "
10359 "licensing,</quote> he said, <quote>we realized we could reach far more "
10360 "people through a formal and informal network of republishers or "
10361 "affiliates. That has definitely been the case. It’s hard for us to measure "
10362 "the reach of other media properties, but most of the outlets who republish "
10363 "our work have much bigger audiences than we do.</quote>"
10366 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
10367 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8111
10369 "In addition to their regular news and commentary online, Shareable has also "
10370 "experimented with book publishing. In 2012, they worked with a traditional "
10371 "publisher to release Share or Die: Voices of the Get Lost Generation in an "
10372 "Age of Crisis. The CC-licensed book was available in print form for purchase "
10373 "or online for free. To this day, the book—along with their CC-licensed guide "
10374 "Policies for Shareable Cities—are two of the biggest generators of traffic "
10375 "on their website."
10378 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
10379 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8121
10381 "In 2016, Shareable self-published a book of curated Shareable stories called "
10382 "How to: Share, Save Money and Have Fun. The book was available for sale, but "
10383 "a PDF version of the book was available for free. Shareable plans to offer "
10384 "the book in upcoming fund-raising campaigns."
10387 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
10388 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8128
10390 "This recent book is one of many fund-raising experiments Shareable has "
10391 "conducted in recent years. Currently, Shareable is primarily funded by "
10392 "grants from foundations, but they are actively moving toward a more "
10393 "diversified model. They have organizational sponsors and are working to "
10394 "expand their base of individual donors. Ideally, they will eventually be a "
10395 "hundred percent funded by their audience. Neal believes being fully "
10396 "community-supported will better represent their vision of the world."
10399 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
10400 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8138
10402 "For Shareable, success is very much about their impact on the world. This is "
10403 "true for Neal, but also for everyone who works for Shareable. <quote>We "
10404 "attract passionate people,</quote> Neal said. At times, that means "
10405 "employees work so hard they burn out. Neal tries to stress to the Shareable "
10406 "team that another part of success is having fun and taking care of yourself "
10407 "while you do something you love. <quote>A central part of human beings is "
10408 "that we long to be on a great adventure with people we love,</quote> he "
10409 "said. <quote>We are a species who look over the horizon and imagine and "
10410 "create new worlds, but we also seek the comfort of hearth and home.</quote>"
10413 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
10414 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8151
10416 "In 2013, Shareable ran its first crowdfunding campaign to launch their "
10417 "Sharing Cities Network. Neal said at first they were on pace to fail "
10418 "spectacularly. They called in their advisers in a panic and asked for "
10419 "help. The advice they received was simple—<quote>Sit your ass in a chair and "
10420 "start making calls.</quote> That’s exactly what they did, and they ended up "
10421 "reaching their $50,000 goal. Neal said the campaign helped them reach new "
10422 "people, but the vast majority of backers were people in their existing base."
10425 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
10426 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8161
10428 "For Neal, this symbolized how so much of success comes down to "
10429 "relationships. Over time, Shareable has invested time and energy into the "
10430 "relationships they have forged with their readers and supporters. They have "
10431 "also invested resources into building relationships between their readers "
10435 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
10436 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8168
10438 "Shareable began hosting events in 2010. These events were designed to bring "
10439 "the sharing community together. But over time they realized they could reach "
10440 "far more people if they helped their readers to host their own "
10441 "events. <quote>If we wanted to go big on a conference, there was a huge risk "
10442 "and huge staffing needs, plus only a fraction of our community could travel "
10443 "to the event,</quote> Neal said. Enabling others to create their own events "
10444 "around the globe allowed them to scale up their work more effectively and "
10445 "reach far more people. Shareable has catalyzed three hundred different "
10446 "events reaching over twenty thousand people since implementing this strategy "
10447 "three years ago. Going forward, Shareable is focusing the network on "
10448 "creating and distributing content meant to spur local action. For instance, "
10449 "Shareable will publish a new CC-licensed book in 2017 filled with ideas for "
10450 "their network to implement."
10453 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
10454 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8185
10456 "Neal says Shareable stumbled upon this strategy, but it seems to perfectly "
10457 "encapsulate just how the commons is supposed to work. Rather than a "
10458 "one-size-fits-all approach, Shareable puts the tools out there for people "
10459 "take the ideas and adapt them to their own communities."
10462 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><title>
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10467 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
10468 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8196
10470 "Siyavula is a for-profit educational-technology company that creates "
10471 "textbooks and integrated learning experiences. Founded in 2012 in South "
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10477 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.siyavula.com\"/>"
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10481 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8203
10483 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: charging for custom "
10484 "services, sponsorships"
10487 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
10488 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8206
10489 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: April 5, 2016"
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10493 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:8208
10494 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Mark Horner, CEO"
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10500 "Openness is a key principle for Siyavula. They believe that every learner "
10501 "and teacher should have access to high-quality educational resources, as "
10502 "this forms the basis for long-term growth and development. Siyavula has been "
10503 "a pioneer in creating high-quality open textbooks on mathematics and science "
10504 "subjects for grades 4 to 12 in South Africa."
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10510 "In terms of creating an open business model that involves Creative Commons, "
10511 "Siyavula—and its founder, Mark Horner—have been around the block a few "
10512 "times. Siyavula has significantly shifted directions and strategies to "
10513 "survive and prosper. Mark says it’s been very organic."
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10519 "It all started in 2002, when Mark and several other colleagues at the "
10520 "University of Cape Town in South Africa founded the Free High School Science "
10521 "Texts project. Most students in South Africa high schools didn’t have access "
10522 "to high-quality, comprehensive science and math textbooks, so Mark and his "
10523 "colleagues set out to write them and make them freely available."
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10528 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl\"/>"
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10534 "As physicists, Mark and his colleagues were advocates of open-source "
10535 "software. To make the books open and free, they adopted the Free Software "
10536 "Foundation’s GNU Free Documentation License.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" "
10537 "id=\"0\"/> They chose LaTeX, a typesetting program used to publish "
10538 "scientific documents, to author the books. Over a period of five years, the "
10539 "Free High School Science Texts project produced math and physical-science "
10540 "textbooks for grades 10 to 12."
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10546 "In 2007, the Shuttleworth Foundation offered funding support to make the "
10547 "textbooks available for trial use at more schools. Surveys before and after "
10548 "the textbooks were adopted showed there were no substantial criticisms of "
10549 "the textbooks’ pedagogical content. This pleased both the authors and "
10550 "Shuttleworth; Mark remains incredibly proud of this accomplishment."
10553 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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10556 "But the development of new textbooks froze at this stage. Mark shifted his "
10557 "focus to rural schools, which didn’t have textbooks at all, and looked into "
10558 "the printing and distribution options. A few sponsors came on board but not "
10559 "enough to meet the need."
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10564 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.capetowndeclaration.org\"/>"
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10570 "In 2007, Shuttleworth and the Open Society Institute convened a group of "
10571 "open-education activists for a small but lively meeting in Cape Town. One "
10572 "result was the Cape Town Open Education Declaration, a statement of "
10573 "principles, strategies, and commitment to help the open-education movement "
10574 "grow.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Shuttleworth also invited "
10575 "Mark to run a project writing open content for all subjects for K–12 in "
10576 "English. That project became Siyavula."
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10582 "They wrote six original textbooks. A small publishing company offered "
10583 "Shuttleworth the option to buy out the publisher’s existing K–9 content for "
10584 "every subject in South African schools in both English and Afrikaans. A deal "
10585 "was struck, and all the acquired content was licensed with Creative Commons, "
10586 "significantly expanding the collection beyond the six original books."
10589 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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10592 "Mark wanted to build out the remaining curricula collaboratively through "
10593 "communities of practice—that is, with fellow educators and writers. Although "
10594 "sharing is fundamental to teaching, there can be a few challenges when you "
10595 "create educational resources collectively. One concern is legal. It is "
10596 "standard practice in education to copy diagrams and snippets of text, but of "
10597 "course this doesn’t always comply with copyright law. Another concern is "
10598 "transparency. Sharing what you’ve authored means everyone can see it and "
10599 "opens you up to criticism. To alleviate these concerns, Mark adopted a "
10600 "team-based approach to authoring and insisted the curricula be based "
10601 "entirely on resources with Creative Commons licenses, thereby ensuring they "
10602 "were safe to share and free from legal repercussions."
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10607 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://cnx.org\"/>"
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10613 "Not only did Mark want the resources to be shareable, he wanted all teachers "
10614 "to be able to remix and edit the content. Mark and his team had to come up "
10615 "with an open editable format and provide tools for editing. They ended up "
10616 "putting all the books they’d acquired and authored on a platform called "
10617 "Connexions.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Siyavula trained many "
10618 "teachers to use Connexions, but it proved to be too complex and the "
10619 "textbooks were rarely edited."
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10625 "Then the Shuttleworth Foundation decided to completely restructure its work "
10626 "as a foundation into a fellowship model (for reasons completely unrelated to "
10627 "Siyavula). As part of that transition in 2009–10, Mark inherited Siyavula as "
10628 "an independent entity and took ownership over it as a Shuttleworth fellow."
10631 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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10634 "Mark and his team experimented with several different strategies. They "
10635 "tried creating an authoring and hosting platform called Full Marks so that "
10636 "teachers could share assessment items. They tried creating a service called "
10637 "Open Press, where teachers could ask for open educational resources to be "
10638 "aggregated into a package and printed for them. These services never really "
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10645 "Then the South African government approached Siyavula with an interest in "
10646 "printing out the original six Free High School Science Texts (math and "
10647 "physical-science textbooks for grades 10 to 12) for all high school "
10648 "students in South Africa. Although at this point Siyavula was a bit "
10649 "discouraged by open educational resources, they saw this as a big "
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10656 "They began to conceive of the six books as having massive marketing "
10657 "potential for Siyavula. Printing Siyavula books for every kid in South "
10658 "Africa would give their brand huge exposure and could drive vast amounts of "
10659 "traffic to their website. In addition to print books, Siyavula could also "
10660 "make the books available on their website, making it possible for learners "
10661 "to access them using any device—computer, tablet, or mobile phone."
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10667 "Mark and his team began imagining what they could develop beyond what was in "
10668 "the textbooks as a service they charge for. One key thing you can’t do well "
10669 "in a printed textbook is demonstrate solutions. Typically, a one-line answer "
10670 "is given at the end of the book but nothing on the process for arriving at "
10671 "that solution. Mark and his team developed practice items and detailed "
10672 "solutions, giving learners plenty of opportunity to test out what they’ve "
10673 "learned. Furthermore, an algorithm could adapt these practice items to the "
10674 "individual needs of each learner. They called this service Intelligent "
10675 "Practice and embedded links to it in the open textbooks."
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10681 "The costs for using Intelligent Practice were set very low, making it "
10682 "accessible even to those with limited financial means. Siyavula was going "
10683 "for large volumes and wide-scale use rather than an expensive product "
10684 "targeting only the high end of the market."
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10690 "The government distributed the books to 1.5 million students, but there was "
10691 "an unexpected wrinkle: the books were delivered late. Rather than wait, "
10692 "schools who could afford it provided students with a different textbook. The "
10693 "Siyavula books were eventually distributed, but with well-off schools mainly "
10694 "using a different book, the primary market for Siyavula’s Intelligent "
10695 "Practice service inadvertently became low-income learners."
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10701 "Siyavula’s site did see a dramatic increase in traffic. They got five "
10702 "hundred thousand visitors per month to their math site and the same number "
10703 "to their science site. Two-fifths of the traffic was reading on a "
10704 "<quote>feature phone</quote> (a nonsmartphone with no apps). People on basic "
10705 "phones were reading math and science on a two-inch screen at all hours of "
10706 "the day. To Mark, it was quite amazing and spoke to a need they were "
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10713 "At first, the Intelligent Practice services could only be paid using a "
10714 "credit card. This proved problematic, especially for those in the low-income "
10715 "demographic, as credit cards were not prevalent. Mark says Siyavula got a "
10716 "harsh business-model lesson early on. As he describes it, it’s not just "
10717 "about product, but how you sell it, who the market is, what the price is, "
10718 "and what the barriers to entry are."
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10724 "Mark describes this as the first version of Siyavula’s business model: open "
10725 "textbooks serving as marketing material and driving traffic to your site, "
10726 "where you can offer a related service and convert some people into a paid "
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10733 "For Mark a key decision for Siyavula’s business was to focus on how they can "
10734 "add value on top of their basic service. They’ll charge only if they are "
10735 "adding unique value. The actual content of the textbook isn’t unique at all, "
10736 "so Siyavula sees no value in locking it down and charging for it. Mark "
10737 "contrasts this with traditional publishers who charge over and over again "
10738 "for the same content without adding value."
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10744 "Version two of Siyavula’s business model was a big, ambitious idea—scale "
10745 "up. They also decided to sell the Intelligent Practice service to schools "
10746 "directly. Schools can subscribe on a per-student, per-subject basis. A "
10747 "single subscription gives a learner access to a single subject, including "
10748 "practice content from every grade available for that subject. Lower "
10749 "subscription rates are provided when there are over two hundred students, "
10750 "and big schools have a price cap. A 40 percent discount is offered to "
10751 "schools where both the science and math departments subscribe."
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10757 "Teachers get a dashboard that allows them to monitor the progress of an "
10758 "entire class or view an individual learner’s results. They can see the "
10759 "questions that learners are working on, identify areas of difficulty, and be "
10760 "more strategic in their teaching. Students also have their own personalized "
10761 "dashboard, where they can view the sections they’ve practiced, how many "
10762 "points they’ve earned, and how their performance is improving."
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10768 "Based on the success of this effort, Siyavula decided to substantially "
10769 "increase the production of open educational resources so they could provide "
10770 "the Intelligent Practice service for a wider range of books. Grades 10 to 12 "
10771 "math and science books were reworked each year, and new books created for "
10772 "grades 4 to 6 and later grades 7 to 9."
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10777 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.siyavula.com/products-primary-school.html\"/>"
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10783 "In partnership with, and sponsored by, the Sasol Inzalo Foundation, Siyavula "
10784 "produced a series of natural sciences and technology workbooks for grades 4 "
10785 "to 6 called Thunderbolt Kids that uses a fun comic-book style.<placeholder "
10786 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> It’s a complete curriculum that also comes with "
10787 "teacher’s guides and other resources."
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10793 "Through this experience, Siyavula learned they could get sponsors to help "
10794 "fund openly licensed textbooks. It helped that Siyavula had by this time "
10795 "nailed the production model. It cost roughly $150,000 to produce a book in "
10796 "two languages. Sponsors liked the social-benefit aspect of textbooks "
10797 "unlocked via a Creative Commons license. They also liked the exposure their "
10798 "brand got. For roughly $150,000, their logo would be visible on books "
10799 "distributed to over one million students."
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10805 "The Siyavula books that are reviewed, approved, and branded by the "
10806 "government are freely and openly available on Siyavula’s website under an "
10807 "Attribution-NoDerivs license (CC BY-ND) —NoDerivs means that these books "
10808 "cannot be modified. Non-government-branded books are available under an "
10809 "Attribution license (CC BY), allowing others to modify and redistribute the "
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10816 "Although the South African government paid to print and distribute hard "
10817 "copies of the books to schoolkids, Siyavula itself received no funding from "
10818 "the government. Siyavula initially tried to convince the government to "
10819 "provide them with five rand per book (about US35¢). With those funds, Mark "
10820 "says that Siyavula could have run its entire operation, built a "
10821 "community-based model for producing more books, and provide Intelligent "
10822 "Practice for free to every child in the country. But after a lengthy "
10823 "negotiation, the government said no."
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10829 "Using Siyavula books generated huge savings for the government. Providing "
10830 "students with a traditionally published grade 12 science or math textbook "
10831 "costs around 250 rand per book (about US$18). Providing the Siyavula "
10832 "version cost around 36 rand (about $2.60), a savings of over 200 rand per "
10833 "book. But none of those savings were passed on to Siyavula. In retrospect, "
10834 "Mark thinks this may have turned out in their favor as it allowed them to "
10835 "remain independent from the government."
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10841 "Just as Siyavula was planning to scale up the production of open textbooks "
10842 "even more, the South African government changed its textbook policy. To save "
10843 "costs, the government declared there would be only one authorized textbook "
10844 "for each grade and each subject. There was no guarantee that Siyavula’s "
10845 "would be chosen. This scared away potential sponsors."
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10851 "Rather than producing more textbooks, Siyavula focused on improving its "
10852 "Intelligent Practice technology for its existing books. Mark calls this "
10853 "version three of Siyavula’s business model—focusing on the technology that "
10854 "provides the revenue-generating service and generating more users of this "
10855 "service. Version three got a significant boost in 2014 with an investment by "
10856 "the Omidyar Network (the philanthropic venture started by eBay founder "
10857 "Pierre Omidyar and his spouse), and continues to be the model Siyavula uses "
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10864 "Mark says sales are way up, and they are really nailing Intelligent "
10865 "Practice. Schools continue to use their open textbooks. The "
10866 "government-announced policy that there would be only one textbook per "
10867 "subject turned out to be highly contentious and is in limbo."
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10873 "Siyavula is exploring a range of enhancements to their business model. These "
10874 "include charging a small amount for assessment services provided over the "
10875 "phone, diversifying their market to all English-speaking countries in "
10876 "Africa, and setting up a consortium that makes Intelligent Practice free to "
10877 "all kids by selling the nonpersonal data Intelligent Practice collects."
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10883 "Siyavula is a for-profit business but one with a social mission. Their "
10884 "shareholders’ agreement lists lots of requirements around openness for "
10885 "Siyavula, including stipulations that content always be put under an open "
10886 "license and that they can’t charge for something that people volunteered to "
10887 "do for them. They believe each individual should have access to the "
10888 "resources and support they need to achieve the education they "
10889 "deserve. Having educational resources openly licensed with Creative Commons "
10890 "means they can fulfill their social mission, on top of which they can build "
10891 "revenue-generating services to sustain the ongoing operation of Siyavula. In "
10892 "terms of open business models, Mark and Siyavula may have been around the "
10893 "block a few times, but both he and the company are stronger for it."
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10904 "SparkFun is an online electronics retailer specializing in open "
10905 "hardware. Founded in 2003 in the U.S."
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10922 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: February 29, 2016"
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10927 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Nathan Seidle, founder"
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10933 "SparkFun founder and former CEO Nathan Seidle has a picture of himself "
10934 "holding up a clone of a SparkFun product in an electronics market in China, "
10935 "with a huge grin on his face. He was traveling in China when he came across "
10936 "their LilyPad wearable technology being made by someone else. His reaction "
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10943 "<quote>Being copied is the greatest earmark of flattery and success,</quote> "
10944 "Nathan said. <quote>I thought it was so cool that they were selling to a "
10945 "market we were never going to get access to otherwise. It was evidence of "
10946 "our impact on the world.</quote>"
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10952 "This worldview runs through everything SparkFun does. SparkFun is an "
10953 "electronics manufacturer. The company sells its products directly to the "
10954 "public online, and it bundles them with educational tools to sell to schools "
10955 "and teachers. SparkFun applies Creative Commons licenses to all of its "
10956 "schematics, images, tutorial content, and curricula, so anyone can make "
10957 "their products on their own. Being copied is part of the design."
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10963 "Nathan believes open licensing is good for the world. <quote>It touches on "
10964 "our natural human instinct to share,</quote> he said. But he also strongly "
10965 "believes it makes SparkFun better at what they do. They encourage copying, "
10966 "and their products are copied at a very fast rate, often within ten to "
10967 "twelve weeks of release. This forces the company to compete on something "
10968 "other than product design, or what most commonly consider their intellectual "
10972 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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10975 "<quote>We compete on business principles,</quote> Nathan said. "
10976 "<quote>Claiming your territory with intellectual property allows you to get "
10977 "comfy and rest on your laurels. It gives you a safety net. We took away that "
10978 "safety net.</quote>"
10981 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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10984 "The result is an intense company-wide focus on product development and "
10985 "improvement. <quote>Our products are so much better than they were five "
10986 "years ago,</quote> Nathan said. <quote>We used to just sell products. Now "
10987 "it’s a product plus a video, a seventeen-page hookup guide, and example "
10988 "firmware on three different platforms to get you up and running faster. We "
10989 "have gotten better because we had to in order to compete. As painful as it "
10990 "is for us, it’s better for the customers.</quote>"
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10996 "SparkFun parts are available on eBay for lower prices. But people come "
10997 "directly to SparkFun because SparkFun makes their lives easier. The example "
10998 "code works; there is a service number to call; they ship replacement parts "
10999 "the day they get a service call. They invest heavily in service and "
11000 "support. <quote>I don’t believe businesses should be competing with IP "
11001 "[intellectual property] barriers,</quote> Nathan said. <quote>This is the "
11002 "stuff they should be competing on.</quote>"
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11008 "SparkFun’s company history began in Nathan’s college dorm room. He spent a "
11009 "lot of time experimenting with and building electronics, and he realized "
11010 "there was a void in the market. <quote>If you wanted to place an order for "
11011 "something,</quote> he said, <quote>you first had to search far and wide to "
11012 "find it, and then you had to call or fax someone.</quote> In 2003, during "
11013 "his third year of college, he registered <ulink "
11014 "url=\"http://sparkfun.com\"/> and started reselling products out of his "
11015 "bedroom. After he graduated, he started making and selling his own products."
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11021 "Once he started designing his own products, he began putting the software "
11022 "and schematics online to help with technical support. After doing some "
11023 "research on licensing options, he chose Creative Commons licenses because he "
11024 "was drawn to the <quote>human-readable deeds</quote> that explain the "
11025 "licensing terms in simple terms. SparkFun still uses CC licenses for all of "
11026 "the schematics and firmware for the products they create."
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11032 "The company has grown from a solo project to a corporation with 140 "
11033 "employees. In 2015, SparkFun earned $33 million in revenue. Selling "
11034 "components and widgets to hobbyists, professionals, and artists remains a "
11035 "major part of SparkFun’s business. They sell their own products, but they "
11036 "also partner with Arduino (also profiled in this book) by manufacturing "
11037 "boards for resale using Arduino’s brand."
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11043 "SparkFun also has an educational department dedicated to creating a hands-on "
11044 "curriculum to teach students about electronics using prototyping "
11045 "parts. Because SparkFun has always been dedicated to enabling others to "
11046 "re-create and fix their products on their own, the more recent focus on "
11047 "introducing young people to technology is a natural extension of their core "
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11054 "<quote>We have the burden and opportunity to educate the next generation of "
11055 "technical citizens,</quote> Nathan said. <quote>Our goal is to affect the "
11056 "lives of three hundred and fifty thousand high school students by "
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11063 "The Creative Commons license underlying all of SparkFun’s products is "
11064 "central to this mission. The license not only signals a willingness to "
11065 "share, but it also expresses a desire for others to get in and tinker with "
11066 "their products, both to learn and to make their products better. SparkFun "
11067 "uses the Attribution-ShareAlike license (CC BY-SA), which is a "
11068 "<quote>copyleft</quote> license that allows people to do anything with the "
11069 "content as long as they provide credit and make any adaptations available "
11070 "under the same licensing terms."
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11076 "From the beginning, Nathan has tried to create a work environment at "
11077 "SparkFun that he himself would want to work in. The result is what appears "
11078 "to be a pretty fun workplace. The U.S. company is based in Boulder, "
11079 "Colorado. They have an eighty-thousand-square-foot facility (approximately "
11080 "seventy-four-hundred square meters), where they design and manufacture their "
11081 "products. They offer public tours of the space several times a week, and "
11082 "they open their doors to the public for a competition once a year."
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11088 "The public event, called the Autonomous Vehicle Competition, brings in a "
11089 "thousand to two thousand customers and other technology enthusiasts from "
11090 "around the area to race their own self-created bots against each other, "
11091 "participate in training workshops, and socialize. From a business "
11092 "perspective, Nathan says it’s a terrible idea. But they don’t hold the event "
11093 "for business reasons. <quote>The reason we do it is because I get to travel "
11094 "and have interactions with our customers all the time, but most of our "
11095 "employees don’t,</quote> he said. <quote>This event gives our employees the "
11096 "opportunity to get face-to-face contact with our customers.</quote> The "
11097 "event infuses their work with a human element, which makes it more "
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11104 "Nathan has worked hard to imbue a deeper meaning into the work SparkFun "
11105 "does. The company is, of course, focused on being fiscally responsible, but "
11106 "they are ultimately driven by something other than money. <quote>Profit is "
11107 "not the goal; it is the outcome of a well-executed plan,</quote> Nathan "
11108 "said. <quote>We focus on having a bigger impact on the world.</quote> Nathan "
11109 "believes they get some of the brightest and most amazing employees because "
11110 "they aren’t singularly focused on the bottom line."
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11116 "The company is committed to transparency and shares all of its financials "
11117 "with its employees. They also generally strive to avoid being another "
11118 "soulless corporation. They actively try to reveal the humans behind the "
11119 "company, and they work to ensure people coming to their site don’t find only "
11120 "unchanging content."
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11126 "SparkFun’s customer base is largely made up of industrious electronics "
11127 "enthusiasts. They have customers who are regularly involved in the company’s "
11128 "customer support, independently responding to questions in forums and "
11129 "product-comment sections. Customers also bring product ideas to the "
11130 "company. SparkFun regularly sifts through suggestions from customers and "
11131 "tries to build on them where they can. <quote>From the beginning, we have "
11132 "been listening to the community,</quote> Nathan said. <quote>Customers "
11133 "would identify a pain point, and we would design something to address "
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11140 "However, this sort of customer engagement does not always translate to "
11141 "people actively contributing to SparkFun’s projects. The company has a "
11142 "public repository of software code for each of its devices online. On a "
11143 "particularly active project, there will only be about two dozen people "
11144 "contributing significant improvements. The vast majority of projects are "
11145 "relatively untouched by the public. <quote>There is a theory that if you "
11146 "open-source it, they will come,</quote> Nathan said. <quote>That’s not "
11147 "really true.</quote>"
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11153 "Rather than focusing on cocreation with their customers, SparkFun instead "
11154 "focuses on enabling people to copy, tinker, and improve products on their "
11155 "own. They heavily invest in tutorials and other material designed to help "
11156 "people understand how the products work so they can fix and improve things "
11157 "independently. <quote>What gives me joy is when people take open-source "
11158 "layouts and then build their own circuit boards from our designs,</quote> "
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11165 "Obviously, opening up the design of their products is a necessary step if "
11166 "their goal is to empower the public. Nathan also firmly believes it makes "
11167 "them more money because it requires them to focus on how to provide maximum "
11168 "value. Rather than designing a new product and protecting it in order to "
11169 "extract as much money as possible from it, they release the keys necessary "
11170 "for others to build it themselves and then spend company time and resources "
11171 "on innovation and service. From a short-term perspective, SparkFun may lose "
11172 "a few dollars when others copy their products. But in the long run, it makes "
11173 "them a more nimble, innovative business. In other words, it makes them the "
11174 "kind of company they set out to be."
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11182 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
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11185 "TeachAIDS is a nonprofit that creates educational materials designed to "
11186 "teach people around the world about HIV and AIDS. Founded in 2005 in the "
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11192 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://teachaids.org\"/>"
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11197 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: sponsorships"
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11202 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: March 24, 2016"
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11208 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewees</emphasis>: Piya Sorcar, the CEO, and "
11209 "Shuman Ghosemajumder, the chair"
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11215 "TeachAIDS is an unconventional media company with a conventional revenue "
11216 "model. Like most media companies, they are subsidized by "
11217 "advertising. Corporations pay to have their logos appear on the educational "
11218 "materials TeachAIDS distributes."
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11224 "But unlike most media companies, Teach-AIDS is a nonprofit organization with "
11225 "a purely social mission. TeachAIDS is dedicated to educating the global "
11226 "population about HIV and AIDS, particularly in parts of the world where "
11227 "education efforts have been historically unsuccessful. Their educational "
11228 "content is conveyed through interactive software, using methods based on the "
11229 "latest research about how people learn. TeachAIDS serves content in more "
11230 "than eighty countries around the world. In each instance, the content is "
11231 "translated to the local language and adjusted to conform to local norms and "
11232 "customs. All content is free and made available under a Creative Commons "
11236 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11239 "TeachAIDS is a labor of love for founder and CEO Piya Sorcar, who earns a "
11240 "salary of one dollar per year from the nonprofit. The project grew out of "
11241 "research she was doing while pursuing her doctorate at Stanford "
11242 "University. She was reading reports about India, noting it would be the next "
11243 "hot zone of people living with HIV. Despite international and national "
11244 "entities pouring in hundreds of millions of dollars on HIV-prevention "
11245 "efforts, the reports showed knowledge levels were still low. People were "
11246 "unaware of whether the virus could be transmitted through coughing and "
11247 "sneezing, for instance. Supported by an interdisciplinary team of experts at "
11248 "Stanford, Piya conducted similar studies, which corroborated the previous "
11249 "research. They found that the primary cause of the limited understanding was "
11250 "that HIV, and issues relating to it, were often considered too taboo to "
11251 "discuss comprehensively. The other major problem was that most of the "
11252 "education on this topic was being taught through television advertising, "
11253 "billboards, and other mass-media campaigns, which meant people were only "
11254 "receiving bits and pieces of information."
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11260 "In late 2005, Piya and her team used research-based design to create new "
11261 "educational materials and worked with local partners in India to help "
11262 "distribute them. As soon as the animated software was posted online, Piya’s "
11263 "team started receiving requests from individuals and governments who were "
11264 "interested in bringing this model to more countries. <quote>We realized "
11265 "fairly quickly that educating large populations about a topic that was "
11266 "considered taboo would be challenging. We began by identifying optimal local "
11267 "partners and worked toward creating an effective, culturally appropriate "
11268 "education,</quote> Piya said."
11271 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11274 "Very shortly after the initial release, Piya’s team decided to spin the "
11275 "endeavor into an independent nonprofit out of Stanford University. They also "
11276 "decided to use Creative Commons licenses on the materials."
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11282 "Given their educational mission, TeachAIDS had an obvious interest in seeing "
11283 "the materials as widely shared as possible. But they also needed to preserve "
11284 "the integrity of the medical information in the content. They chose the "
11285 "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license (CC BY-NC-ND), which essentially "
11286 "gives the public the right to distribute only verbatim copies of the "
11287 "content, and for noncommercial purposes. <quote>We wanted attribution for "
11288 "TeachAIDS, and we couldn’t stand by derivatives without vetting "
11289 "them,</quote> the cofounder and chair Shuman Ghosemajumder said. <quote>It "
11290 "was almost a no-brainer to go with a CC license because it was a "
11291 "plug-and-play solution to this exact problem. It has allowed us to scale our "
11292 "materials safely and quickly worldwide while preserving our content and "
11293 "protecting us at the same time.</quote>"
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11299 "Choosing a license that does not allow adaptation of the content was an "
11300 "outgrowth of the careful precision with which TeachAIDS crafts their "
11301 "content. The organization invests heavily in research and testing to "
11302 "determine the best method of conveying the information. <quote>Creating "
11303 "high-quality content is what matters most to us,</quote> Piya "
11304 "said. <quote>Research drives everything we do.</quote>"
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11310 "One important finding was that people accept the message best when it comes "
11311 "from familiar voices they trust and admire. To achieve this, TeachAIDS "
11312 "researches cultural icons that would best resonate with their target "
11313 "audiences and recruits them to donate their likenesses and voices for use in "
11314 "the animated software. The celebrities involved vary for each localized "
11315 "version of the materials."
11318 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11321 "Localization is probably the single-most important aspect of the way "
11322 "TeachAIDS creates its content. While each regional version builds from the "
11323 "same core scientific materials, they pour a lot of resources into "
11324 "customizing the content for a particular population. Because they use a CC "
11325 "license that does not allow the public to adapt the content, TeachAIDS "
11326 "retains careful control over the localization process. The content is "
11327 "translated into the local language, but there are also changes in substance "
11328 "and format to reflect cultural differences. This process results in minor "
11329 "changes, like choosing different idioms based on the local language, and "
11330 "significant changes, like creating gendered versions for places where people "
11331 "are more likely to accept information from someone of the same gender."
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11337 "The localization process relies heavily on volunteers. Their volunteer base "
11338 "is deeply committed to the cause, and the organization has had better luck "
11339 "controlling the quality of the materials when they tap volunteers instead of "
11340 "using paid translators. For quality control, TeachAIDS has three separate "
11341 "volunteer teams translate the materials from English to the local language "
11342 "and customize the content based on local customs and norms. Those three "
11343 "versions are then analyzed and combined into a single master "
11344 "translation. TeachAIDS has additional teams of volunteers then translate "
11345 "that version back into English to see how well it lines up with the original "
11346 "materials. They repeat this process until they reach a translated version "
11347 "that meets their standards. For the Tibetan version, they went through this "
11348 "cycle eleven times."
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11354 "TeachAIDS employs full-time employees, contractors, and volunteers, all in "
11355 "different capacities and organizational configurations. They are careful to "
11356 "use people from diverse backgrounds to create the materials, including "
11357 "teachers, students, and doctors, as well as individuals experienced in "
11358 "working in the NGO space. This diversity and breadth of knowledge help "
11359 "ensure their materials resonate with people from all walks of life. "
11360 "Additionally, TeachAIDS works closely with film writers and directors to "
11361 "help keep the concepts entertaining and easy to understand. The inclusive, "
11362 "but highly controlled, creative process is undertaken entirely by people who "
11363 "are specifically brought on to help with a particular project, rather than "
11364 "ongoing staff. The final product they create is designed to require zero "
11365 "training for people to implement in practice. <quote>In our research, we "
11366 "found we can’t depend on people passing on the information correctly, even "
11367 "if they have the best of intentions,</quote> Piya said. <quote>We need "
11368 "materials where you can push play and they will work.</quote>"
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11374 "Piya’s team was able to produce all of these versions over several years "
11375 "with a head count that never exceeded eight full-time employees. The "
11376 "organization is able to reduce costs by relying heavily on volunteers and "
11377 "in-kind donations. Nevertheless, the nonprofit needed a sustainable revenue "
11378 "model to subsidize content creation and physical distribution of the "
11379 "materials. Charging even a low price was simply not an "
11380 "option. <quote>Educators from various nonprofits around the world were just "
11381 "creating their own materials using whatever they could find for free "
11382 "online,</quote> Shuman said. <quote>The only way to persuade them to use our "
11383 "highly effective model was to make it completely free.</quote>"
11386 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11389 "Like many content creators offering their work for free, they settled on "
11390 "advertising as a funding model. But they were extremely careful not to let "
11391 "the advertising compromise their credibility or undermine the heavy "
11392 "investment they put into creating quality content. Sponsors of the content "
11393 "have no ability to influence the substance of the content, and they cannot "
11394 "even create advertising content. Sponsors only get the right to have their "
11395 "logo appear before and after the educational content. All of the content "
11396 "remains branded as TeachAIDS."
11399 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11402 "TeachAIDS is careful not to seek funding to cover the costs of a specific "
11403 "project. Instead, sponsorships are structured as unrestricted donations to "
11404 "the nonprofit. This gives the nonprofit more stability, but even more "
11405 "importantly, it enables them to subsidize projects being localized for an "
11406 "area with no sponsors. <quote>If we just created versions based on where we "
11407 "could get sponsorships, we would only have materials for wealthier "
11408 "countries,</quote> Shuman said."
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11414 "As of 2016, TeachAIDS has dozens of sponsors. <quote>When we go into a new "
11415 "country, various companies hear about us and reach out to us,</quote> Piya "
11416 "said. <quote>We don’t have to do much to find or attract them.</quote> They "
11417 "believe the sponsorships are easy to sell because they offer so much value "
11418 "to sponsors. TeachAIDS sponsorships give corporations the chance to reach "
11419 "new eyeballs with their brand, but at a much lower cost than other "
11420 "advertising channels. The audience for TeachAIDS content also tends to skew "
11421 "young, which is often a desirable demographic for brands. Unlike traditional "
11422 "advertising, the content is not time-sensitive, so an investment in a "
11423 "sponsorship can benefit a brand for many years to come."
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11429 "Importantly, the value to corporate sponsors goes beyond commercial "
11430 "considerations. As a nonprofit with a clearly articulated social mission, "
11431 "corporate sponsorships are donations to a cause. <quote>This is something "
11432 "companies can be proud of internally,</quote> Shuman said. Some companies "
11433 "have even built publicity campaigns around the fact that they have sponsored "
11434 "these initiatives."
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11440 "The core mission of TeachAIDS—ensuring global access to life-saving "
11441 "education—is at the root of everything the organization does. It underpins "
11442 "the work; it motivates the funders. The CC license on the materials they "
11443 "create furthers that mission, allowing them to safely and quickly scale "
11444 "their materials worldwide. <quote>The Creative Commons license has been a "
11445 "game changer for TeachAIDS,</quote> Piya said."
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11450 msgid "Tribe of Noise"
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11456 "Tribe of Noise is a for-profit online music platform serving the film, TV, "
11457 "video, gaming, and in-store-media industries. Founded in 2008 in the "
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11463 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.tribeofnoise.com\"/>"
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11468 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: January 26, 2016"
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11474 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewee</emphasis>: Hessel van Oorschot, "
11478 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11481 "In the early 2000s, Hessel van Oorschot was an entrepreneur running a "
11482 "business where he coached other midsize entrepreneurs how to create an "
11483 "online business. He also coauthored a number of workbooks for small- to "
11484 "medium-size enterprises to use to optimize their business for the "
11485 "Web. Through this early work, Hessel became familiar with the principles of "
11486 "open licensing, including the use of open-source software and Creative "
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11493 "In 2005, Hessel and Sandra Brandenburg launched a niche video-production "
11494 "initiative. Almost immediately, they ran into issues around finding and "
11495 "licensing music tracks. All they could find was standard, cold "
11496 "stock-music. They thought of looking up websites where you could license "
11497 "music directly from the musician without going through record labels or "
11498 "agents. But in 2005, the ability to directly license music from a rights "
11499 "holder was not readily available."
11502 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11505 "They hired two lawyers to investigate further, and while they uncovered five "
11506 "or six examples, Hessel found the business models lacking. The lawyers "
11507 "expressed interest in being their legal team should they decide to pursue "
11508 "this as an entrepreneurial opportunity. Hessel says, <quote>When lawyers are "
11509 "interested in a venture like this, you might have something special.</quote> "
11510 "So after some more research, in early 2008, Hessel and Sandra decided to "
11511 "build a platform."
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11515 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9025
11517 "Building a platform posed a real chicken-and-egg problem. The platform had "
11518 "to build an online community of music-rights holders and, at the same time, "
11519 "provide the community with information and ideas about how the new economy "
11520 "works. Community willingness to try new music business models requires a "
11521 "trust relationship."
11524 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11525 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9032
11527 "In July 2008, Tribe of Noise opened its virtual doors with a couple hundred "
11528 "musicians willing to use the CC BY-SA license (Attribution-ShareAlike) for a "
11529 "limited part of their repertoire. The two entrepreneurs wanted to take the "
11530 "pain away for media makers who wanted to license music and solve the "
11531 "problems the two had personally experienced finding this music."
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11535 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9047
11536 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.instoremusicservice.com\"/>"
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11542 "As they were growing the community, Hessel got a phone call from a company "
11543 "that made in-store music playlists asking if they had enough music licensed "
11544 "with Creative Commons that they could use. Stores need quality, "
11545 "good-listening music but not necessarily hits, a bit like a radio show "
11546 "without the DJ. This opened a new opportunity for Tribe of Noise. They "
11547 "started their In-store Music Service, using music (licensed with CC BY-SA) "
11548 "uploaded by the Tribe of Noise community of musicians.<placeholder "
11549 "type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
11552 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11553 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9050
11555 "In most countries, artists, authors, and musicians join a collecting society "
11556 "that manages the licensing and helps collect the royalties. Copyright "
11557 "collecting societies in the European Union usually hold monopolies in their "
11558 "respective national markets. In addition, they require their members to "
11559 "transfer exclusive administration rights to them of all of their works. "
11560 "This complicates the picture for Tribe of Noise, who wants to represent "
11561 "artists, or at least a portion of their repertoire. Hessel and his legal "
11562 "team reached out to collecting societies, starting with those in the "
11563 "Netherlands. What would be the best legal way forward that would respect the "
11564 "wishes of composers and musicians who’d be interested in trying out new "
11565 "models like the In-store Music Service? Collecting societies at first were "
11566 "hesitant and said no, but Tribe of Noise persisted arguing that they "
11567 "primarily work with unknown artists and provide them exposure in parts of "
11568 "the world where they don’t get airtime normally and a source of revenue—and "
11569 "this convinced them that it was OK. However, Hessel says, <quote>We are "
11570 "still fighting for a good cause every single day.</quote>"
11573 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11574 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9071
11576 "Instead of building a large sales force, Tribe of Noise partnered with big "
11577 "organizations who have lots of clients and can act as a kind of Tribe of "
11578 "Noise reseller. The largest telecom network in the Netherlands, for example, "
11579 "sells Tribe’s In-store Music Service subscriptions to their business "
11580 "clients, which include fashion retailers and fitness centers. They have a "
11581 "similar deal with the leading trade association representing hotels and "
11582 "restaurants in the country. Hessel hopes to <quote>copy and paste</quote> "
11583 "this service into other countries where collecting societies understand what "
11584 "you can do with Creative Commons. Outside of the Netherlands, early "
11585 "adoptions have happened in Scandinavia, Belgium, and the U.S."
11588 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11589 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9085
11591 "Tribe of Noise doesn’t pay the musicians up front; they get paid when their "
11592 "music ends up in Tribe of Noise’s in-store music channels. The musicians’ "
11593 "share is 42.5 percent. It’s not uncommon in a traditional model for the "
11594 "artist to get only 5 to 10 percent, so a share of over 40 percent is a "
11595 "significantly better deal. Here’s how they give an example on their "
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11601 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://www.tribeofnoise.com/info_instoremusic.php\"/>"
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11607 "A few of your songs [licensed with CC BY-SA], for example five in total, are "
11608 "selected for a bespoke in-store music channel broadcasting at a large "
11609 "retailer with 1,000 stores nationwide. In this case the overall playlist "
11610 "contains 350 songs so the musician’s share is 5/350 = 1.43%. The license fee "
11611 "agreed with this retailer is US$12 per month per play-out. So if 42.5% is "
11612 "shared with the Tribe musicians in this playlist and your share is 1.43%, "
11613 "you end up with US$12 * 1000 stores * 0.425 * 0.0143 = US$73 per "
11614 "month.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/>"
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11618 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9104
11620 "Tribe of Noise has another model that does not involve Creative Commons. In "
11621 "a survey with members, most said they liked the exposure using Creative "
11622 "Commons gets them and the way it lets them reach out to others to share and "
11623 "remix. However, they had a bit of a mental struggle with Creative Commons "
11624 "licenses being perpetual. A lot of musicians have the mind-set that one day "
11625 "one of their songs may become an overnight hit. If that happened the CC "
11626 "BY-SA license would preclude them getting rich off the sale of that song."
11629 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11630 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9115
11632 "Hessel’s legal team took this feedback and created a second model and "
11633 "separate area of the platform called Tribe of Noise Pro. Songs uploaded to "
11634 "Tribe of Noise Pro aren’t Creative Commons licensed; Tribe of Noise has "
11635 "instead created a <quote>nonexclusive exploitation</quote> contract, similar "
11636 "to a Creative Commons license but allowing musicians to opt out whenever "
11637 "they want. When you opt out, Tribe of Noise agrees to take your music off "
11638 "the Tribe of Noise platform within one to two months. This lets the musician "
11639 "reuse their song for a better deal."
11642 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11643 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9126
11645 "Tribe of Noise Pro is primarily geared toward media makers who are looking "
11646 "for music. If they buy a license from this catalog, they don’t have to state "
11647 "the name of the creator; they just license the song for a specific "
11648 "amount. This is a big plus for media makers. And musicians can pull their "
11649 "repertoire at any time. Hessel sees this as a more direct and clean deal."
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11655 "Lots of Tribe of Noise musicians upload songs to both Tribe of Noise Pro and "
11656 "the community area of Tribe of Noises. There aren’t that many artists who "
11657 "upload only to Tribe of Noise Pro, which has a smaller repertoire of music "
11658 "than the community area."
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11664 "Hessel sees the two as complementary. Both are needed for the model to "
11665 "work. With a whole generation of musicians interested in the sharing "
11666 "economy, the community area of Tribe of Noise is where they can build trust, "
11667 "create exposure, and generate money. And after that, musicians may become "
11668 "more interested in exploring other models like Tribe of Noise Pro."
11671 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11674 "Every musician who joins Tribe of Noise gets their own home page and free "
11675 "unlimited Web space to upload as much of their own music as they like. Tribe "
11676 "of Noise is also a social network; fellow musicians and professionals can "
11677 "vote for, comment on, and like your music. Community managers interact with "
11678 "and support members, and music supervisors pick and choose from the uploaded "
11679 "songs for in-store play or to promote them to media producers. Members "
11680 "really like having people working for the platform who truly engage with "
11684 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11685 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9159
11687 "Another way Tribe of Noise creates community and interest is with contests, "
11688 "which are organized in partnership with Tribe of Noise clients. The client "
11689 "specifies what they want, and any member can submit a song. Contests usually "
11690 "involve prizes, exposure, and money. In addition to building member "
11691 "engagement, contests help members learn how to work with clients: listening "
11692 "to them, understanding what they want, and creating a song to meet that "
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11699 "Tribe of Noise now has twenty-seven thousand members from 192 countries, and "
11700 "many are exploring do-it-yourself models for generating revenue. Some came "
11701 "from music labels and publishers, having gone through the traditional way of "
11702 "music licensing and now seeing if this new model makes sense for "
11703 "them. Others are young musicians, who grew up with a DIY mentality and see "
11704 "little reason to sign with a third party or hand over some of the "
11705 "control. Still a small but growing group of Tribe members are pursuing a "
11706 "hybrid model by licensing some of their songs under CC BY-SA and opting in "
11707 "others with collecting societies like ASCAP or BMI."
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11713 "It’s not uncommon for performance-rights organizations, record labels, or "
11714 "music publishers to sign contracts with musicians based on exclusivity. Such "
11715 "an arrangement prevents those musicians from uploading their music to Tribe "
11716 "of Noise. In the United States, you can have a collecting society handle "
11717 "only some of your tracks, whereas in many countries in Europe, a collecting "
11718 "society prefers to represent your entire repertoire (although the European "
11719 "Commission is making some changes). Tribe of Noise deals with this issue all "
11720 "the time and gives you a warning whenever you upload a song. If collecting "
11721 "societies are willing to be open and flexible and do the most they can for "
11722 "their members, then they can consider organizations like Tribe of Noise as a "
11723 "nice add-on, generating more exposure and revenue for the musicians they "
11724 "represent. So far, Tribe of Noise has been able to make all this work "
11725 "without litigation."
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11731 "For Hessel the key to Tribe of Noise’s success is trust. The fact that "
11732 "Creative Commons licenses work the same way all over the world and have been "
11733 "translated into all languages really helps build that trust. Tribe of Noise "
11734 "believes in creating a model where they work together with musicians. They "
11735 "can only do that if they have a live and kicking community, with people who "
11736 "think that the Tribe of Noise team has their best interests in "
11737 "mind. Creative Commons makes it possible to create a new business model for "
11738 "music, a model that’s based on trust."
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11743 msgid "Wikimedia Foundation"
11746 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
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11749 "The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that hosts Wikipedia "
11750 "and its sister projects. Founded in 2003 in the U.S."
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11755 msgid "<ulink url=\"http://wikimediafoundation.org\"/>"
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11760 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Revenue model</emphasis>: donations"
11763 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
11764 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9222
11765 msgid "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interview date</emphasis>: December 18, 2015"
11768 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><blockquote><para>
11769 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9225
11771 "<emphasis role=\"strong\">Interviewees</emphasis>: Luis Villa, former Chief "
11772 "Officer of Community Engagement, and Stephen LaPorte, legal counsel"
11775 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11776 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9234
11777 msgid "Nearly every person with an online presence knows Wikipedia."
11780 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11781 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9237
11783 "In many ways, it is the preeminent open project: The online encyclopedia is "
11784 "created entirely by volunteers. Anyone in the world can edit the "
11785 "articles. All of the content is available for free to anyone online. All of "
11786 "the content is released under a Creative Commons license that enables people "
11787 "to reuse and adapt it for any purpose."
11790 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11791 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9245
11793 "As of December 2016, there were more than forty-two million articles in the "
11794 "295 language editions of the online encyclopedia, according to—what "
11795 "else?—the Wikipedia article about Wikipedia."
11798 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11799 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9250
11801 "The Wikimedia Foundation is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization that owns "
11802 "the Wikipedia domain name and hosts the site, along with many other related "
11803 "sites like Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons. The foundation employs about two "
11804 "hundred and eighty people, who all work to support the projects it "
11805 "hosts. But the true heart of Wikipedia and its sister projects is its "
11806 "community. The numbers of people in the community are variable, but about "
11807 "seventy-five thousand volunteers edit and improve Wikipedia articles every "
11808 "month. Volunteers are organized in a variety of ways across the globe, "
11809 "including formal Wikimedia chapters (mostly national), groups focused on a "
11810 "particular theme, user groups, and many thousands who are not connected to a "
11811 "particular organization."
11814 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11815 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9264
11817 "As Wikimedia legal counsel Stephen LaPorte told us, <quote>There is a common "
11818 "saying that Wikipedia works in practice but not in theory.</quote> While it "
11819 "undoubtedly has its challenges and flaws, Wikipedia and its sister projects "
11820 "are a striking testament to the power of human collaboration."
11823 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11826 "Because of its extraordinary breadth and scope, it does feel a bit like a "
11827 "unicorn. Indeed, there is nothing else like Wikipedia. Still, much of what "
11828 "makes the projects successful—community, transparency, a strong mission, "
11829 "trust—are consistent with what it takes to be successfully Made with "
11830 "Creative Commons more generally. With Wikipedia, everything just happens at "
11831 "an unprecedented scale."
11834 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
11835 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9280
11837 "The story of Wikipedia has been told many times. For our purposes, it is "
11838 "enough to know the experiment started in 2001 at a small scale, inspired by "
11839 "the crazy notion that perhaps a truly open, collaborative project could "
11840 "create something meaningful. At this point, Wikipedia is so ubiquitous and "
11841 "ingrained in our digital lives that the fact of its existence seems less "
11842 "remarkable. But outside of software, Wikipedia is perhaps the single most "
11843 "stunning example of successful community cocreation. Every day, seven "
11844 "thousand new articles are created on Wikipedia, and nearly fifteen thousand "
11845 "edits are made every hour."
11848 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11851 "The nature of the content the community creates is ideal for asynchronous "
11852 "cocreation. <quote>An encyclopedia is something where incremental community "
11853 "improvement really works,</quote> Luis Villa, former Chief Officer of "
11854 "Community Engagement, told us. The rules and processes that govern "
11855 "cocreation on Wikipedia and its sister projects are all community-driven and "
11856 "vary by language edition. There are entire books written on the intricacies "
11857 "of their systems, but generally speaking, there are very few exceptions to "
11858 "the rule that anyone can edit any article, even without an account on their "
11859 "system. The extensive peer-review process includes elaborate systems to "
11860 "resolve disputes, methods for managing particularly controversial subject "
11861 "areas, talk pages explaining decisions, and much, much more. The Wikimedia "
11862 "Foundation’s decision to leave governance of the projects to the community "
11863 "is very deliberate. <quote>We look at the things that the community can do "
11864 "well, and we want to let them do those things,</quote> Stephen told "
11865 "us. Instead, the foundation focuses its time and resources on what the "
11866 "community cannot do as effectively, like the software engineering that "
11867 "supports the technical infrastructure of the sites. In 2015-16, about half "
11868 "of the foundation’s budget went to direct support for the Wikimedia sites."
11871 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11874 "Some of that is directed at servers and general IT support, but the "
11875 "foundation also invests a significant amount on architecture designed to "
11876 "help the site function as effectively as possible. <quote>There is a "
11877 "constantly evolving system to keep the balance in place to avoid Wikipedia "
11878 "becoming the world’s biggest graffiti wall,</quote> Luis said. Depending on "
11879 "how you measure it, somewhere between 90 to 98 percent of edits to Wikipedia "
11880 "are positive. Some portion of that success is attributable to the tools "
11881 "Wikimedia has in place to try to incentivize good actors. <quote>The secret "
11882 "to having any healthy community is bringing back the right people,</quote> "
11883 "Luis said. <quote>Vandals tend to get bored and go away. That is partially "
11884 "our model working, and partially just human nature.</quote> Most of the "
11885 "time, people want to do the right thing."
11888 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11891 "Wikipedia not only relies on good behavior within its community and on its "
11892 "sites, but also by everyone else once the content leaves Wikipedia. All of "
11893 "the text of Wikipedia is available under an Attribution-ShareAlike license "
11894 "(CC BY-SA), which means it can be used for any purpose and modified so long "
11895 "as credit is given and anything new is shared back with the public under the "
11896 "same license. In theory, that means anyone can copy the content and start a "
11897 "new Wikipedia. But as Stephen explained, <quote>Being open has only made "
11898 "Wikipedia bigger and stronger. The desire to protect is not always what is "
11899 "best for everyone.</quote>"
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11906 "url=\"http://gimletmedia.com/episode/14-the-art-of-making-and-fixing-mistakes/\"/>"
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11912 "Of course, the primary reason no one has successfully co-opted Wikipedia is "
11913 "that copycat efforts do not have the Wikipedia community to sustain what "
11914 "they do. Wikipedia is not simply a source of up-to-the-minute content on "
11915 "every given topic—it is also a global patchwork of humans working together "
11916 "in a million different ways, in a million different capacities, for a "
11917 "million different reasons. While many have tried to guess what makes "
11918 "Wikipedia work as well it does, the fact is there is no single "
11919 "explanation. <quote>In a movement as large as ours, there is an incredible "
11920 "diversity of motivations,</quote> Stephen said. For example, there is one "
11921 "editor of the English Wikipedia edition who has corrected a single "
11922 "grammatical error in articles more than forty-eight thousand "
11923 "times.<placeholder type=\"footnote\" id=\"0\"/> Only a fraction of Wikipedia "
11924 "users are also editors. But editing is not the only way to contribute to "
11925 "Wikipedia. <quote>Some donate text, some donate images, some donate "
11926 "financially,</quote> Stephen told us. <quote>They are all "
11927 "contributors.</quote>"
11930 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11933 "But the vast majority of us who use Wikipedia are not contributors; we are "
11934 "passive readers. The Wikimedia Foundation survives primarily on individual "
11935 "donations, with about $15 as the average. Because Wikipedia is one of the "
11936 "ten most popular websites in terms of total page views, donations from a "
11937 "small portion of that audience can translate into a lot of money. In the "
11938 "2015-16 fiscal year, they received more than $77 million from more than five "
11942 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11945 "The foundation has a fund-raising team that works year-round to raise money, "
11946 "but the bulk of their revenue comes in during the December campaign in "
11947 "Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United "
11948 "States. They engage in extensive user testing and research to maximize the "
11949 "reach of their fund-raising campaigns. Their basic fund-raising message is "
11950 "simple: We provide our readers and the world immense value, so give "
11951 "back. Every little bit helps. With enough eyeballs, they are right."
11954 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11957 "The vision of the Wikimedia Foundation is a world in which every single "
11958 "human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. They work to "
11959 "realize this vision by empowering people around the globe to create "
11960 "educational content made freely available under an open license or in the "
11961 "public domain. Stephen and Luis said the mission, which is rooted in the "
11962 "same philosophy behind Creative Commons, drives everything the foundation "
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11969 "The philosophy behind the endeavor also enables the foundation to be "
11970 "financially sustainable. It instills trust in their readership, which is "
11971 "critical for a revenue strategy that relies on reader donations. It also "
11972 "instills trust in their community."
11975 #. type: Content of: <book><part><chapter><para>
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11978 "Any given edit on Wikipedia could be motivated by nearly an infinite number "
11979 "of reasons. But the social mission of the project is what binds the global "
11980 "community together. <quote>Wikipedia is an example of how a mission can "
11981 "motivate an entire movement,</quote> Stephen told us."
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11987 "Of course, what results from that movement is one of the Internet’s great "
11988 "public resources. <quote>The Internet has a lot of businesses and stores, "
11989 "but it is missing the digital equivalent of parks and open public "
11990 "spaces,</quote> Stephen said. <quote>Wikipedia has found a way to be that "
11991 "open public space.</quote>"
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11995 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9416
11996 msgid "Bibliography"
11999 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12000 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9418
12002 "Alperovitz, Gar. What Then Must We Do? Straight Talk about the Next American "
12003 "Revolution; Democratizing Wealth and Building a Community-Sustaining Economy "
12004 "from the Ground Up. White River Junction, VT: Chelsea Green, 2013."
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12008 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9424
12010 "Anderson, Chris. Free: How Today’s Smartest Businesses Profit by Giving "
12011 "Something for Nothing, reprint with new preface. New York: Hyperion, 2010."
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12016 msgid "———. Makers: The New Industrial Revolution. New York: Signal, 2012."
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12020 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9432
12022 "Ariely, Dan. Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our "
12023 "Decisions. Rev. ed. New York: Harper Perennial, 2010."
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12029 "Bacon, Jono. The Art of Community. 2nd ed. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, "
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12034 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9440
12036 "Benkler, Yochai. The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms "
12037 "Markets and Freedom. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006. <ulink "
12038 "url=\"http://www.benkler.org/Benkler_Wealth_Of_Networks.pdf\"/> (licensed "
12039 "under CC BY-NC-SA)."
12042 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12043 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9447
12045 "Benyayer, Louis-David, ed. Open Models: Business Models of the Open "
12046 "Economy. Cachan, France: Without Model, 2016. <ulink "
12047 "url=\"http://www.slideshare.net/WithoutModel/open-models-book-64463892\"/> "
12048 "(licensed under CC BY-SA)."
12051 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12052 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9453
12054 "Bollier, David. Commoning as a Transformative Social Paradigm. Paper "
12055 "commissioned by the Next Systems Project. Washington, DC: Democracy "
12056 "Collaborative, 2016. <ulink "
12057 "url=\"http://thenextsystem.org/commoning-as-a-transformative-social-paradigm/\"/>."
12060 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12061 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9459
12063 "———. Think Like a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the "
12064 "Commons. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society, 2014."
12067 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12068 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9463
12070 "Bollier, David, and Pat Conaty. Democratic Money and Capital for the "
12071 "Commons: Strategies for Transforming Neoliberal Finance through "
12072 "Commons-Based Alternatives. A report on a Commons Strategies Group Workshop "
12073 "in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin, Germany, 2015. "
12075 "url=\"http://bollier.org/democratic-money-and-capital-commons-report-pdf\"/>. "
12076 "For more information, see <ulink "
12077 "url=\"http://bollier.org/blog/democratic-money-and-capital-commons\"/>."
12080 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12081 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9473
12083 "Bollier, David, and Silke Helfrich, eds. The Wealth of the Commons: A World "
12084 "Beyond Market and State. Amherst, MA: Levellers Press, 2012."
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12088 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9477
12090 "Botsman, Rachel, and Roo Rogers. What’s Mine Is Yours: The Rise of "
12091 "Collaborative Consumption. New York: Harper Business, 2010."
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12097 "Boyle, James. The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind. New "
12098 "Haven: Yale University Press, 2008."
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12104 "<ulink url=\"http://www.thepublicdomain.org/download/\"/> (licensed under CC "
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12109 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9488
12111 "Capra, Fritjof, and Ugo Mattei. The Ecology of Law: Toward a Legal System in "
12112 "Tune with Nature and Community. Oakland, CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2015."
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12116 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9493
12118 "Chesbrough, Henry. Open Business Models: How to Thrive in the New Innovation "
12119 "Landscape. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2006."
12122 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12123 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9497
12125 "———. Open Innovation: The New Imperative for Creating and Profiting from "
12126 "Technology. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2006."
12129 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12130 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9501
12132 "City of Bologna. Regulation on Collaboration between Citizens and the City "
12133 "for the Care and Regeneration of Urban Commons. Translated by LabGov "
12134 "(LABoratory for the GOVernance of Commons). Bologna, Italy: City of Bologna, "
12136 "url=\"http://www.labgov.it/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/Bologna-Regulation-on-collaboration-between-citizens-and-the-city-for-the-cure-and-regeneration-of-urban-commons1.pdf\"/>."
12139 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12140 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9508
12142 "Cole, Daniel H. <quote>Learning from Lin: Lessons and Cautions from the "
12143 "Natural Commons for the Knowledge Commons.</quote> Chap. 2 in Frischmann, "
12144 "Madison, and Strandburg, Governing Knowledge Commons."
12147 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12148 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9513
12150 "Creative Commons. 2015 State of the Commons. Mountain View, CA: Creative "
12151 "Commons, 2015. <ulink url=\"http://stateof.creativecommons.org/2015/\"/>."
12154 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12155 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9518
12157 "Doctorow, Cory. Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet "
12158 "Age. San Francisco: McSweeney’s, 2014."
12161 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12162 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9522
12164 "Eckhardt, Giana, and Fleura Bardhi. <quote>The Sharing Economy Isn’t about "
12165 "Sharing at All.</quote> Harvard Business Review, January 28, 2015. <ulink "
12166 "url=\"http://hbr.org/2015/01/the-sharing-economy-isnt-about-sharing-at-all\"/>."
12169 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12170 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9528
12172 "Elliott, Patricia W., and Daryl H. Hepting, eds. (2015). Free Knowledge: "
12173 "Confronting the Commodification of Human Discovery. Regina, SK: University "
12174 "of Regina Press, 2015. <ulink "
12175 "url=\"http://uofrpress.ca/publications/Free-Knowledge\"/> (licensed under CC "
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12180 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9535
12182 "Eyal, Nir. Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. With Ryan "
12183 "Hoover. New York: Portfolio, 2014."
12186 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12187 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9539
12189 "Farley, Joshua, and Ida Kubiszewski. <quote>The Economics of Information in "
12190 "a Post-Carbon Economy.</quote> Chap. 11 in Elliott and Hepting, Free "
12194 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12195 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9544
12197 "Foster, William Landes, Peter Kim, and Barbara Christiansen. <quote>Ten "
12198 "Nonprofit Funding Models.</quote> Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring "
12200 "url=\"http://ssir.org/articles/entry/ten_nonprofit_funding_models\"/>."
12203 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12204 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9550
12206 "Frischmann, Brett M. Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared "
12207 "Resources. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012."
12210 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12211 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9554
12213 "Frischmann, Brett M., Michael J. Madison, and Katherine J. Strandburg, "
12214 "eds. Governing Knowledge Commons. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014."
12217 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12218 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9559
12220 "Frischmann, Brett M., Michael J. Madison, and Katherine J. "
12221 "Strandburg. <quote>Governing Knowledge Commons.</quote> Chap. 1 in "
12222 "Frischmann, Madison, and Strandburg, Governing Knowledge Commons."
12225 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12226 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9564
12228 "Gansky, Lisa. The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing. Reprint with "
12229 "new epilogue. New York: Portfolio, 2012."
12232 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12233 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9568
12235 "Grant, Adam. Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success. New "
12236 "York: Viking, 2013."
12239 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12240 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9572
12242 "Haiven, Max. Crises of Imagination, Crises of Power: Capitalism, Creativity "
12243 "and the Commons. New York: Zed Books, 2014."
12246 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12247 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9576
12249 "Harris, Malcom, ed. Share or Die: Voices of the Get Lost Generation in the "
12250 "Age of Crisis. With Neal Gorenflo. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society, 2012."
12253 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12254 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9581
12256 "Hermida, Alfred. Tell Everyone: Why We Share and Why It Matters. Toronto: "
12257 "Doubleday Canada, 2014."
12260 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12261 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9585
12263 "Hyde, Lewis. Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership. New York: "
12264 "Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010."
12267 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12268 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9589
12270 "———. The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World. 2nd Vintage "
12271 "Books edition. New York: Vintage Books, 2007."
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12275 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9593
12277 "Kelley, Tom, and David Kelley. Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Potential "
12278 "within Us All. New York: Crown, 2013."
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12282 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9597
12284 "Kelly, Marjorie. Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution; "
12285 "Journeys to a Generative Economy. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2012."
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12289 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9602
12291 "Kleon, Austin. Show Your Work: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get "
12292 "Discovered. New York: Workman, 2014."
12295 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12296 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9606
12298 "———. Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You about Being "
12299 "Creative. New York: Workman, 2012."
12302 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12303 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9610
12305 "Kramer, Bryan. Shareology: How Sharing Is Powering the Human Economy. New "
12306 "York: Morgan James, 2016."
12309 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12310 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9614
12312 "Lee, David. <quote>Inside Medium: An Attempt to Bring Civility to the "
12313 "Internet.</quote> BBC News, March 3, 2016. <ulink "
12314 "url=\"http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35709680\"/>"
12317 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12318 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9619
12320 "Lessig, Lawrence. Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid "
12321 "Economy. New York: Penguin Press, 2008."
12324 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12325 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9623
12327 "Menzies, Heather. Reclaiming the Commons for the Common Good: A Memoir and "
12328 "Manifesto. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society, 2014."
12331 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12332 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9627
12334 "Mason, Paul. Postcapitalism: A Guide to Our Future. New York: Farrar, Straus "
12335 "and Giroux, 2015."
12338 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12339 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9631
12341 "New York Times Customer Insight Group. The Psychology of Sharing: Why Do "
12342 "People Share Online? New York: New York Times Customer Insight Group, 2011. "
12343 "<ulink url=\"http://www.iab.net/media/file/POSWhitePaper.pdf\"/>."
12346 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12347 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9637
12349 "Osterwalder, Alex, and Yves Pigneur. Business Model Generation. Hoboken, "
12350 "NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2010. A preview of the book is available at <ulink "
12351 "url=\"http://strategyzer.com/books/business-model-generation\"/>."
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12355 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9643
12357 "Osterwalder, Alex, Yves Pigneur, Greg Bernarda, and Adam Smith. Value "
12358 "Proposition Design. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons, 2014. A preview of the "
12359 "book is available at <ulink "
12360 "url=\"http://strategyzer.com/books/value-proposition-design\"/>."
12363 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12364 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9649
12366 "Palmer, Amanda. The Art of Asking: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let "
12367 "People Help. New York: Grand Central, 2014."
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12371 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9653
12373 "Pekel, Joris. Democratising the Rijksmuseum: Why Did the Rijksmuseum Make "
12374 "Available Their Highest Quality Material without Restrictions, and What Are "
12375 "the Results? The Hague, Netherlands: Europeana Foundation, 2014. <ulink "
12376 "url=\"http://pro.europeana.eu/publication/democratising-the-rijksmuseum\"/> "
12377 "(licensed under CC BY-SA)."
12380 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12381 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9661
12383 "Ramos, José Maria, ed. The City as Commons: A Policy Reader. Melbourne, "
12384 "Australia: Commons Transition Coalition, 2016. <ulink "
12385 "url=\"http://www.academia.edu/27143172/The_City_as_Commons_a_Policy_Reader\"/> "
12386 "(licensed under CC BY-NC-ND)."
12389 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12390 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9667
12392 "Raymond, Eric S. The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open "
12393 "Source by an Accidental Revolutionary. Rev. ed. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly "
12394 "Media, 2001. See esp. <quote>The Magic Cauldron.</quote> <ulink "
12395 "url=\"http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/\"/>."
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12399 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9673
12401 "Ries, Eric. The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous "
12402 "Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses. New York: Crown "
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12407 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9678
12409 "Rifkin, Jeremy. The Zero Marginal Cost Society: The Internet of Things, the "
12410 "Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism. New York: Palgrave "
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12416 msgid "Rowe, Jonathan. Our Common Wealth. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2013."
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12422 "Rushkoff, Douglas. Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus: How Growth Became the "
12423 "Enemy of Prosperity. New York: Portfolio, 2016."
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12427 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9691
12429 "Sandel, Michael J. What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets. New "
12430 "York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012."
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12436 "Shirky, Clay. Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into "
12437 "Collaborators. London, England: Penguin Books, 2010."
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12443 "Slee, Tom. What’s Yours Is Mine: Against the Sharing Economy. New York: OR "
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12450 "Stephany, Alex. The Business of Sharing: Making in the New Sharing "
12451 "Economy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015."
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12455 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9707
12457 "Stepper, John. Working Out Loud: For a Better Career and Life. New York: "
12458 "Ikigai Press, 2015."
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12462 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9711
12464 "Sull, Donald, and Kathleen M. Eisenhardt. Simple Rules: How to Thrive in a "
12465 "Complex World. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015."
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12469 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9715
12471 "Sundararajan, Arun. The Sharing Economy: The End of Employment and the Rise "
12472 "of Crowd-Based Capitalism. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2016."
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12477 msgid "Surowiecki, James. The Wisdom of Crowds. New York: Anchor Books, 2005."
12480 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12481 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9723
12483 "Tapscott, Don, and Alex Tapscott. Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology "
12484 "Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business, and the World. Toronto: "
12488 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12489 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9728
12491 "Tharp, Twyla. The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life. With Mark "
12492 "Reiter. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006."
12495 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12496 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9732
12498 "Tkacz, Nathaniel. Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness. Chicago: "
12499 "University of Chicago Press, 2015."
12502 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12503 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9736
12505 "Van Abel, Bass, Lucas Evers, Roel Klaassen, and Peter Troxler, eds. Open "
12506 "Design Now: Why Design Cannot Remain Exclusive. Amsterdam: BIS Publishers, "
12507 "with Creative Commons Netherlands; Premsela, the Netherlands Institute for "
12508 "Design and Fashion; and the Waag Society, 2011. <ulink "
12509 "url=\"http://opendesignnow.org\"/> (licensed under CC BY-NC-SA)."
12512 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12513 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9744
12515 "Van den Hoff, Ronald. Mastering the Global Transition on Our Way to Society "
12516 "3.0. Utrecht, the Netherlands: Society 3.0 Foundation, 2014. <ulink "
12517 "url=\"http://society30.com/get-the-book/\"/> (licensed under CC BY-NC-ND)."
12520 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12521 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9750
12523 "Von Hippel, Eric. Democratizing Innovation. London: MIT Press, 2005. <ulink "
12524 "url=\"http://web.mit.edu/evhippel/www/democ1.htm\"/> (licensed under CC "
12528 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12529 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9755
12531 "Whitehurst, Jim. The Open Organization: Igniting Passion and "
12532 "Performance. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2015."
12535 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><title>
12536 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9760
12537 msgid "Acknowledgments"
12540 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12541 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9762
12543 "We extend special thanks to Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley, the Creative "
12544 "Commons Board, and all of our Creative Commons colleagues for "
12545 "enthusiastically supporting our work. Special gratitude to the William and "
12546 "Flora Hewlett Foundation for the initial seed funding that got us started on "
12550 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12551 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9769
12553 "Huge appreciation to all the Made with Creative Commons interviewees for "
12554 "sharing their stories with us. You make the commons come alive. Thanks for "
12558 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12559 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9774
12561 "We interviewed more than the twenty-four organizations profiled in this "
12562 "book. We extend special thanks to Gooru, OERu, Sage Bionetworks, and Medium "
12563 "for sharing their stories with us. While not featured as case studies in "
12564 "this book, you all are equally interesting, and we encourage our readers to "
12565 "visit your sites and explore your work."
12568 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12569 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9782
12571 "This book was made possible by the generous support of 1,687 Kickstarter "
12572 "backers listed below. We especially acknowledge our many Kickstarter "
12573 "co-editors who read early drafts of our work and provided invaluable "
12574 "feedback. Heartfelt thanks to all of you."
12577 #. type: Content of: <book><chapter><para>
12578 #: MadewithCreativeCommonsmostup-to-dateversion.xml:9788
12580 "Co-editor Kickstarter backers (alphabetically by first name): Abraham "
12581 "Taherivand, Alan Graham, Alfredo Louro, Anatoly Volynets, Aurora Thornton, "
12582 "Austin Tolentino, Ben Sheridan, Benedikt Foit, Benjamin Costantini, Bernd "
12583 "Nurnberger, Bernhard Seefeld, Bethanye Blount, Bradford Benn, Bryan Mock, "
12584 "Carmen Garcia Wiedenhoeft, Carolyn Hinchliff, Casey Milford, Cat Cooper, "
12585 "Chip McIntosh, Chris Thorne, Chris Weber, Chutika Udomsinn, Claire Wardle, "
12586 "Claudia Cristiani, Cody Allard, Colleen Cressman, Craig Thomler, Creative "
12587 "Commons Uruguay, Curt McNamara, Dan Parson, Daniel Dominguez, Daniel Morado, "
12588 "Darius Irvin, Dave Taillefer, David Lewis, David Mikula, David Varnes, David "
12589 "Wiley, Deborah Nas, Diderik van Wingerden, Dirk Kiefer, Dom Lane, Domi "
12590 "Enders, Douglas Van Houweling, Dylan Field, Einar Joergensen, Elad Wieder, "
12591 "Elie Calhoun, Erika Reid, Evtim Papushev, Fauxton Software, Felix "
12592 "Maximiliano Obes, Ferdies Food Lab, Gatien de Broucker, Gaurav Kapil, Gavin "
12593 "Romig-Koch, George Baier IV, George De Bruin, Gianpaolo Rando, Glenn Otis "
12594 "Brown, Govindarajan Umakanthan, Graham Bird, Graham Freeman, Hamish MacEwan, "
12595 "Harry Kaczka, Humble Daisy, Ian Capstick, Iris Brest, James Cloos, Jamie "
12596 "Stevens, Jamil Khatib, Jane Finette, Jason Blasso, Jason E. Barkeloo, Jay M "
12597 "Williams, Jean-Philippe Turcotte, Jeanette Frey, Jeff De Cagna, Jérôme "
12598 "Mizeret, Jessica Dickinson Goodman, Jessy Kate Schingler, Jim O’Flaherty, "
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12675 "Candace Robertson, Carl Morris, Carl Perry, Carl Rigney, Carles Mateu, "
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12677 "Carol marquardsen, Caroline Calomme, Caroline Mailloux, Carolyn Hinchliff, "
12678 "Carolyn Rude, Carrie Cousins, Carrie Watkins, Casey Hunt, Casey Milford, "
12679 "Casey Powell Shorthouse, Cat Cooper, Cecilie Maria, Cedric Howe, Cefn Hoile, "
12680 "@ShrimpingIt, Celia Muller, Ces Keller, Chad Anderson, Charles Butler, "
12681 "Charles Carstensen, Charles Chi Thoi Le, Charles Kobbe, Charles S. Tritt, "
12682 "Charles Stanhope, Charlotte Ong-Wisener, Chealsye Bowley, Chelle Destefano, "
12683 "Chenpang Chou, Cheryl Corte, Cheryl Todd, Chip Dickerson, Chip McIntosh, "
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12686 "Niewiarowski, Chris Opperwall, Chris Stieha, Chris Thorne, Chris Weber, "
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12689 "Christian Wachter, Christina Bennett, Christine Henry, Christine Rico, "
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12760 "Jaime Woo, Jake Campbell, Jake Loeterman, Jakes Rawlinson, James Allenspach, "
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12767 "Jean-Philippe Turcotte, Jean-Yves Hemlin, Jeanette Frey, Jeff Atwood, Jeff "
12768 "De Cagna, Jeff Donoghue, Jeff Edwards, Jeff Hilnbrand, Jeff Lowe, Jeff "
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12867 "Nils Lavesson, Noah Blumenson-Cook, Noah Fang, Noah Kardos-Fein, Noah "
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12870 "Kaminski, Omar Willey, OpenBuilds, Ove Ødegård, Øystein Kjærnet, Pablo López "
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12880 "Jetter, Péter Fankhauser, Peter Hirtle, Peter Humphries, Peter Jenkins, "
12881 "Peter Langmar, Peter le Roux, Peter Marinari, Peter Mengelers, Peter "
12882 "O’Brien, Peter Pinch, Peter S. Crosby, Peter Wells, Petr Fristedt, Petr "
12883 "Viktorin, Petronella Jeurissen, Phil Flickinger, Philip Chung, Philip "
12884 "Pangrac, Philip R. Skaggs Jr., Philip Young, Philippa Lorne Channer, "
12885 "Philippe Vandenbroeck, Pierluigi Luisi, Pierre Suter, Pieter-Jan Pauwels, "
12886 "Playground Inc., Pomax, Popenoe, Pouhiou Noenaute, Prilutskiy Kirill, "
12887 "Print3Dreams Ltd., Quentin Coispeau, R. Smith, Race DiLoreto, Rachel Mercer, "
12888 "Rafael Scapin, Rafaela Kunz, Rain Doggerel, Raine Lourie, Rajiv Jhangiani, "
12889 "Ralph Chapoteau, Randall Kirby, Randy Brians, Raphaël Alexandre, Raphaël "
12890 "Schröder, Rasmus Jensen, Rayn Drahps, Rayna Stamboliyska, Rebecca Godar, "
12891 "Rebecca Lendl, Rebecca Weir, Regina Tschud, Remi Dino, Ric Herrero, Rich "
12892 "McCue, Richard <quote>TalkToMeGuy</quote> Olson, Richard Best, Richard "
12893 "Blumberg, Richard Fannon, Richard Heying, Richard Karnesky, Richard Kelly, "
12894 "Richard Littauer, Richard Sobey, Richard White, Richard Winchell, Rik "
12895 "ToeWater, Rita Lewis, Rita Wood, Riyadh Al Balushi, Rob Balder, Rob Berkley, "
12896 "Rob Bertholf, Rob Emanuele, Rob McAuliffe, Rob McKaughan, Rob Tillie, Rob "
12897 "Utter, Rob Vincent, Robert Gaffney, Robert Jones, Robert Kelly, Robert "
12898 "Lawlis, Robert McDonald, Robert Orzanna, Robert Paterson Hunter, Robert "
12899 "R. Daniel Jr., Robert Ryan-Silva, Robert Thompson, Robert Wagoner, Roberto "
12900 "Selvaggio, Robin DeRosa, Robin Rist Kildal, Rodrigo Castilhos, Roger Bacon, "
12901 "Roger Saner, Roger So, Roger Solé, Roger Tregear, Roland Tanglao, Rolf and "
12902 "Mari von Walthausen, Rolf Egstad, Rolf Schaller, Ron Zuijlen, Ronald "
12903 "Bissell, Ronald van den Hoff, Ronda Snow, Rory Landon Aronson, Ross Findlay, "
12904 "Ross Pruden, Ross Williams, Rowan Skewes, Roy Ivy III, Ruben Flores, Rupert "
12905 "Hitzenberger, Rusi Popov, Russ Antonucci, Russ Spollin, Russell Brand, Rute "
12906 "Correia, Ruth Ann Carpenter, Ruth White, Ryan Mentock, Ryan Merkley, Ryan "
12907 "Price, Ryan Sasaki, Ryan Singer, Ryan Voisin, Ryan Weir, S Searle, Salem Bin "
12908 "Kenaid, Salomon Riedo, Sam Hokin, Sam Twidale, Samantha Levin, "
12909 "Samantha-Jayne Chapman, Samarth Agarwal, Sami Al-AbdRabbuh, Samuel "
12910 "A. Rebelsky, Samuel Goëta, Samuel Hauser, Samuel Landete, Samuel Oliveira "
12911 "Cersosimo, Samuel Tait, Sandra Fauconnier, Sandra Markus, Sandy Bjar, Sandy "
12912 "ONeil, Sang-Phil Ju, Sanjay Basu, Santiago Garcia, Sara Armstrong, Sara "
12913 "Lucca, Sara Rodriguez Marin, Sarah Brand, Sarah Cove, Sarah Curran, Sarah "
12914 "Gold, Sarah McGovern, Sarah Smith, Sarinee Achavanuntakul, Sasha Moss, Sasha "
12915 "VanHoven, Saul Gasca, Scott Abbott, Scott Akerman, Scott Beattie, Scott "
12916 "Bruinooge, Scott Conroy, Scott Gillespie, Scott Williams, Sean Anderson, "
12917 "Sean Johnson, Sean Lim, Sean Wickett, Seb Schmoller, Sebastiaan Bekker, "
12918 "Sebastiaan ter Burg, Sebastian Makowiecki, Sebastian Meyer, Sebastian "
12919 "Schweizer, Sebastian Sigloch, Sebastien Huchet, Seokwon Yang, Sergey "
12920 "Chernyshev, Sergey Storchay, Sergio Cardoso, Seth Drebitko, Seth Gover, Seth "
12921 "Lepore, Shannon Turner, Sharon Clapp, Shauna Redmond, Shawn Gaston, Shawn "
12922 "Martin, Shay Knohl, Shelby Hatfield, Sheldon (Vila) Widuch, Sheona Thomson, "
12923 "Si Jie, Sicco van Sas, Siena Oristaglio, Simon Glover, Simon John King, "
12924 "Simon Klose, Simon Law, Simon Linder, Simon Moffitt, Solomon Kahn, Solomon "
12925 "Simon, Soujanna Sarkar, Stanislav Trifonov, Stefan Dumont, Stefan Jansson, "
12926 "Stefan Langer, Stefan Lindblad, Stefano Guidotti, Stefano Luzardi, Stephan "
12927 "Meißl, Stéphane Wojewoda, Stephanie Pereira, Stephen Gates, Stephen Murphey, "
12928 "Stephen Pearce, Stephen Rose, Stephen Suen, Stephen Walli, Stevan Matheson, "
12929 "Steve Battle, Steve Fisches, Steve Fitzhugh, Steve Guen-gerich, Steve "
12930 "Ingram, Steve Kroy, Steve Midgley, Steve Rhine, Steven Kasprzyk, Steven "
12931 "Knudsen, Steven Melvin, Stig-Jørund B. Ö. Arnesen, Stuart Drewer, Stuart "
12932 "Maxwell, Stuart Reich, Subhendu Ghosh, Sujal Shah, Sune Bøegh, Susan Chun, "
12933 "Susan R Grossman, Suzie Wiley, Sven Fielitz, Swan/Starts, Sylvain Carle, "
12934 "Sylvain Chery, Sylvia Green, Sylvia van Bruggen, Szabolcs Berecz, "
12935 "T. L. Mason, Tanbir Baeg, Tanya Hart, Tara Tiger Brown, Tara Westover, Tarmo "
12936 "Toikkanen, Tasha Turner Lennhoff, Tathagat Varma, Ted Timmons, Tej Dhawan, "
12937 "Teresa Gonczy, Terry Hook, Theis Madsen, Theo M. Scholl, Theresa Bernardo, "
12938 "Thibault Badenas, Thomas Bacig, Thomas Boehnlein, Thomas Bøvith, Thomas "
12939 "Chang, Thomas Hartman, Thomas Kent, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Philipp-Edmonds, "
12940 "Thomas Thrush, Thomas Werkmeister, Tieg Zaharia, Tieu Thuy Nguyen, Tim "
12941 "Chambers, Tim Cook, Tim Evers, Tim Nichols, Tim Stahmer, Timothée Planté, "
12942 "Timothy Arfsten, Timothy Hinchliff, Timothy Vollmer, Tina Coffman, Tisza "
12943 "Gergő, Tobias Schonwetter, Todd Brown, Todd Pousley, Todd Sattersten, Tom "
12944 "Bamford, Tom Caswell, Tom Goren, Tom Kent, Tom MacWright, Tom Maillioux, Tom "
12945 "Merkli, Tom Merritt, Tom Myers, Tom Olijhoek, Tom Rubin, Tommaso De Benetti, "
12946 "Tommy Dahlen, Tony Ciak, Tony Nwachukwu, Torsten Skomp, Tracey Depellegrin, "
12947 "Tracey Henton, Tracey James, Traci Long DeForge, Trent Yarwood, Trevor "
12948 "Hogue, Trey Blalock, Trey Hunner, Tryggvi Björgvinsson, Tumuult, Tushar Roy, "
12949 "Tyler Occhiogrosso, Udo Blenkhorn, Uri Sivan, Vanja Bobas, Vantharith Oum, "
12950 "Vaughan jenkins, Veethika Mishra, Vic King, Vickie Goode, Victor DePina, "
12951 "Victor Grigas, Victoria Klassen, Victorien Elvinger, VIGA Manufacture, Vikas "
12952 "Shah, Vinayak S.Kaujalgi, Vincent O’Leary, Violette Paquet, Virginia "
12953 "Gentilini, Virginia Kopelman, Vitor Menezes, Vivian Marthell, Wayne "
12954 "Mackintosh, Wendy Keenan, Werner Wiethege, Wesley Derbyshire, Widar Hellwig, "
12955 "Willa Köerner, William Bettridge-Radford, William Jefferson, William "
12956 "Marshall, William Peter Nash, William Ray, William Robins, Willow Rosenberg, "
12957 "Winie Evers, Wolfgang Renninger, Xavier Antoviaque, Xavier Hugonet, Xavier "
12958 "Moisant, Xueqi Li, Yancey Strickler, Yann Heurtaux, Yasmine Hajjar, Yu-Hsian "
12959 "Sun, Yves Deruisseau, Zach Chandler, Zak Zebrowski, Zane Amiralis and Joshua "
12960 "de Haan, ZeMarmot Open Movie"