Creative Commons License Chooser review

If I want other people to reuse a promo photo, I’d rather tell them what they can do with it before it starts circulating. The Creative Commons License Chooser asks a few questions about the rights you want to give and prepares a notice you can place beside the work.

Decide what you’re happy to see reused

The chooser asks whether people can use the work commercially and whether they can make adaptations. Start with the exact file you’re thinking about. You might feel differently about a portrait you took yourself and a shoot that includes another creator or music from someone else. Creative Commons asks you to confirm you have authority to license the work. It also explains that taking down a notice later leaves the license in place for copies already in circulation.

Put the notice where readers can find it

You can add the title, a creator credit and a link to the work. If you have your own page, the chooser provides a snippet of HTML you can copy there. Fansly has a different sort of permission. Its paid post controls decide who can view the file there. A public license tells people what they can do with the work after they see it.

Anabel’s take

I’d use it for one photo I’ve deliberately set aside for reuse. I’d put the notice under that photo, where someone can tell exactly what it covers.

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