So, this blog has been dormant for some time. I've been swamped, but it's time to get back to business. Here's a short post just to make sure not to let this development go unmentioned by me. YouTube has embedded the ability for users to license their videos under the CC Attribution Only license (a.k.a. CC BY)! Details here. Already a repository of more than 10,000 videos under this license are available.
From the day Creative Commons launched, we've sought to work with companies that provide content platforms to embed CC licensing as a choice for creators who want a different deal than the one that all-rights-reserved copyright law offers. It's been a long time coming, and I'm personally grateful to the staff at CC and at Google for making this happen.
The CC By license allows others to translate, mash-up, or otherwise adapt these videos as long as credit is given as directed by the copyright owner. I hope that the creative folks out there make use of the freedom that the CC license offers. Stay tuned . . . .
