I think if you're going to put your name on some writing, especially if it's personal, you probably don't want other people changing it to say something you don't approve of? For words that anyone...
I think if you're going to put your name on some writing, especially if it's personal, you probably don't want other people changing it to say something you don't approve of? For words that anyone can edit, it makes more sense for it to either be a collective project or anonymous.
There is plenty of fan fiction that you can read for free, though.
Well, unlike photos or sound samples (which are assets that can be reused in other media), I imagine there just isn't much of a demand for creative commons fiction.
Well, unlike photos or sound samples (which are assets that can be reused in other media), I imagine there just isn't much of a demand for creative commons fiction.
Also, fiction usually takes a lot more time to produce than photos and sound samples, so people are probably far more likely to want to retain the full copyright in order to attempt profiting from...
Also, fiction usually takes a lot more time to produce than photos and sound samples, so people are probably far more likely to want to retain the full copyright in order to attempt profiting from all that work. And even in instance where the author doesn't care about copyright or profit, releasing their works directly into the Public Domain is probably far more common than using any particular licenses like CC.
Cory Doctrow has a bunch. And this is next to useless, but there was a platform I found a decade ago that was a CC book site/publisher, and I actually found him through there.
Cory Doctrow has a bunch.
And this is next to useless, but there was a platform I found a decade ago that was a CC book site/publisher, and I actually found him through there.
Licensing in general doesn't seem to be much of a topic of conversation among writers (at least, those who aren't doing contract work). All my poetry is either CC0 or sharealike depending on what...
Licensing in general doesn't seem to be much of a topic of conversation among writers (at least, those who aren't doing contract work). All my poetry is either CC0 or sharealike depending on what I was leaning toward when I wrote them, and I've tried in the past to find a community of people with those principles and it's pretty difficult.
I think your best bet is finding places where authors release work freely in a monetary sense, as I'm sure there will be kindred spirits there as well even if they aren't actively thinking about licensing. They may implicitly retain copyright for the moment, but that doesn't mean they don't share your values.
I was going to say something about there being a long history of writing released gratis and tie that in somehow but really it was just an excuse to mention my favorite poet, Richard Brautigan, and his book Please Plant This Book:
Please Plant This Book is Richard Brautigan's sixth poetry publication. It consists of a folded and glued folder containing eight seed packets. On the front of each is a poem. This was Brautigan's last self-publishing venture and came out in an edition of 6,000. The entire edition was offered for free distribution, and permission to reprint the collection was explicitly granted, as long as the new printing was also offered free-of-charge.
I think if you're going to put your name on some writing, especially if it's personal, you probably don't want other people changing it to say something you don't approve of? For words that anyone can edit, it makes more sense for it to either be a collective project or anonymous.
There is plenty of fan fiction that you can read for free, though.
Well, unlike photos or sound samples (which are assets that can be reused in other media), I imagine there just isn't much of a demand for creative commons fiction.
Also, fiction usually takes a lot more time to produce than photos and sound samples, so people are probably far more likely to want to retain the full copyright in order to attempt profiting from all that work. And even in instance where the author doesn't care about copyright or profit, releasing their works directly into the Public Domain is probably far more common than using any particular licenses like CC.
One interesting case is that SCP articles are all licensed as Creative Commons Sharealike.
Cory Doctrow has a bunch.
And this is next to useless, but there was a platform I found a decade ago that was a CC book site/publisher, and I actually found him through there.
Licensing in general doesn't seem to be much of a topic of conversation among writers (at least, those who aren't doing contract work). All my poetry is either CC0 or sharealike depending on what I was leaning toward when I wrote them, and I've tried in the past to find a community of people with those principles and it's pretty difficult.
I think your best bet is finding places where authors release work freely in a monetary sense, as I'm sure there will be kindred spirits there as well even if they aren't actively thinking about licensing. They may implicitly retain copyright for the moment, but that doesn't mean they don't share your values.
I was going to say something about there being a long history of writing released gratis and tie that in somehow but really it was just an excuse to mention my favorite poet, Richard Brautigan, and his book Please Plant This Book: