Creative Commons has announced CC0 – pronounced CC “Zero”. CC0 benefits those creators who aren’t concerned about copyright protections, or who later want to waive those rights altogether.
According to the Creative Commons, the law makes it virtually impossible to waive the copyright automatically bestowed on creators. CC0 is a universal waiver that may be used by anyone wishing to permanently surrender the copyright and database rights they may have in a work.
Personal Genome Project, is one of the first adopters of CCo. Read more about CC0 at the CC blogpost “Expanding the Public Domain: Part Zero“.
So, that begs the question – what are the terms of any Creative Commons license? Is it life + 75 years like copyright?
UPDATE from @plagiarismtoday: CC Licenses, if they aren’t changed, last as long as copyright as it is a copyright license, not a change to copyright law.
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Exciting news! From the folks at Creative Commons comes an announcement that you can now CC-license your tweets via TweetCC!
It’s simple, just send one of the following tweets to @tweetcc, depending on which CC license you’d like to use (click on the link for an instant tweet):
CC Zero Waiver: @tweetcc: I dedicate my tweets to The Commons by waiving all copyrights under CC Zero Waiver http://icnhz.com/cc-0
Attribution: @tweetcc: I license tweets under CC Attribution http://icnhz.com/cc-by
Attribution Share Alike: @tweetcc: I license tweets under CC Attribution Share Alike http://icnhz.com/cc-by-sa
Attribution, No Derivatives: @tweetcc: I license tweets under CC Attribution No Derivatives http://icnhz.com/cc-by-nd
Attribution Non-Commercial: @tweetcc: I license tweets under CC Attribution Non-Commercial http://icnhz.com/cc-by-nc
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike: @tweetcc: I license tweets under CC Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike http://icnhz.com/cc-by-nc-sa
Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives: @tweetcc: I license tweets under CC Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives http://icnhz.com/cc-by-nc-nd
Even cooler is they don’t ask for your password:
We don’t ask for your Twitter login or password as this password anti-pattern practice teaches people how to be phished. Don’t scatter your passwords around like chicken feed.
Join the founders of TweetCC – @malarkey and @briansuda – and some 1,300 other tweeters who have already licensed their tweets!
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