Arts Council, OpenBusiness, CC study
p2pnet.net News:- Creative Commons (CC) licenses are still used by an avant-garde of, “mainly rather young artists” and by more than 140,000 UK web sites in the UK, says a six-month study by the Arts Council England and OpenBusiness.cc.
And one key reason for artists’ using CC is they see standard copyright as too complex and costly, says the report, which examined artists� attitudes towards copyright, creativity and alternative licensing practises, in particular Creative Commons (CC).
“CC licences are an effective and practical tool for new media artists, who adapt existing work,” says Open Business. “Artists are also using CC to exploit network effects and to better market their creative work.”
The survey, “points towards a possible confusion between evolving working practices that involve re-use and remix and an individual caution about their own work,” says the post, adding:
“In general it can be summarised that artists are in need of simpler and more appropriate guidelines, which might be provided not only by the law, but also through funding and policy bodies such as Arts Council England.”
The focus of the report was:
To investigate how artists working in a digital environment view copyright, which structures many commercial relationships, but often prohibits sharing, copying and the easy adaptation of existing artistic works.
To examine why some artists use Creative Commons licences, which, in contrast, facilitate sharing, copying and, depending on the terms of the particular licence used, allow derivative use for commercial or non-commercial purposes.
Download UK Artists, Copyright and Creative Commons here.
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