Dude. I’m totally on BoingBoing.

Yesterday, I posted a link to my new column on self-serve commercial licensing, a “commercial commons” idea that would allow makers to commercially exploit your trademarks and copyrights in return for a fixed percentage of the money they earn off those products.

I’ve gotten a ton of email about this, and there’s an interesting thread of people with ideas for a logo to put on products licensed under self-serve. The logo above comes from the excellent Skennedy.

(more at the article)

The point, if you don’t want to head over there, is that we need a license policy between Open Source and Classic Legal Affiliate (or however you want to put it) – something that would allow makers and etsy shop owners to immediately jump into creating, riffing off major IP, and still providing profit (and trademark protection) for those IP companies.

I’m sure conservative old companies wouldn’t use it, but I’d love to see the iconoclastic, independent, punk shops pick this up and run with it. It would save a hell of a lot of lawyer fees, at minimum.

How to Create a DIY Self-Serve Commercial License

~ by Skennedy on May 15, 2009.

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3 Responses to “Dude. I’m totally on BoingBoing.”

  1. Awesome Sauce!

    sheryl67 said this on May 15, 2009 at 1:13 pm

  2. OMG what an awesometastic idea. And congrats on the BB fame!

    pure_doxyk said this on May 15, 2009 at 1:27 pm

  3. *cheers*

    I’ve slapped the ass of a BoingBoing celebrity! Fame by proxy! Whoooooooo!

    LOL

    urban_exotic said this on May 15, 2009 at 2:01 pm

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