Margo57 Smith's List: Internet Safety

 Share, Remix, Reuse — Legally 

 Creative Commons provides free tools that let  authors, scientists, artists,   and  educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it  to   carry. You can use CC to change your copyright  terms from "All Rights Reserved"   to "Some  Rights Reserved." 

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Came across this awesome business that’s been building up traction in Japan  called C-shirt — powered by  media-wiki company Nota that leverages  Creative Commons licensing in a pretty unconventional way. At first glance, it  might seem like one of the innumerable t-shirt vendor sites out there — but it  is, in fact, way, way cooler.

First, the conventional idea: users submit t-shirt designs which can be  viewed online and ordered for printing. However, the twist is that since all the  designs are placed under CC, Nota provides an interface with which to edit and  reproduce these designs accordingly. Once you’ve remixed it to your liking,  C-shirt will print and ship your unique version right to your door. Depending on  the license, you can even repost your new design to the site.

Even better, the service is outfitted to work with some enabled mobile  devices, so if you see a shirt you like on the street, you can scan the Quick  Response (QR) code included on each design with your phone, which will capture a  unique address where you can load and edit the t-shirt before getting it  yourself.

Very slick. It’s mostly been active in Japan, but I’m hoping they start to  make the crossover into the States. Thinking it’d be easy to expand this into a  whole range of products — hats, lunchboxes, computers…