licensing

Please Help Us Break In Common Craft's New Digs

leelefever — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:54:20 -0400

This evening we've taken the wraps off the new CommonCraft.com and we'd love your feedback and help.

The biggest change is the new and improved video Store, which is fashioned after the shopping experience on sites like NetFlix. As I've said before, we see the Store as the centerpiece of our future business and we're so excited to have a foundation on which we can build.

To go with the new Store, we've made a video (below) that explains the way our video licensing works. "Common Craft Licensing in Plain English" also appears on the Store's front page.

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You'll also see that the site has a similar but improved interface.

We'd love your help!

With Reporting Problems...

As you know, we don't have "testers" or "QA professionals." If you see anything unexpected or erroneous, please do report it. You can leave a comment here or contact us.

With Building Awareness...

We've heard positive feedback from Store customers and we're very confident in our product, but awareness remains as our biggest challenge. People know the videos, but few understand that we offer them for licensed use in the workplace.

This is where you can help. We would be forever indebted if you could help us spread the word. The next time you talk to someone who says "I need an easy way to teach people at my company about social media", you might mention our Store. Of course, blog posts and tweets help too. :)

Ultimately, our potential rides on the Store's success. As it succeeds, we can devote more and more of our time to creating a growing library videos that are useful for non-commercial purposes on the Web and licensed use in the workplace.

Please Help Us Break In Common Craft's New Digs

leelefever — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:54:20 -0400

To go with the new Store, we've made a video (below) that explains the way our video licensing works. "Common Craft Licensing in Plain English" also appears on the Store's front page.

You'll also see that the site has a similar but improved interface.

We'd love your help!

With Reporting Problems...

Please Help Us Break In Common Craft's New Digs

leelefever — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:54:20 -0400

To go with the new Store, we've made a video (below) that explains the way our video licensing works. "Common Craft Licensing in Plain English" also appears on the Store's front page.

You'll also see that the site has a similar but improved interface.

We'd love your help!

With Reporting Problems...

Our New Adventure: The Common Craft Store

leelefever — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:24 -0400

As I wrote recently, we've been thinking a lot about Common Craft's future. In the coming year, Sachi and I want to make even more videos for you - videos that are useful, both on the Web and in the workplace. We've recently created a new resource that will hopefully help us get there.

Today we're announcing the roll out of an early version of The Common Craft Store. It looks like this:

commoncraft.com/store

The Store is the home for "licensed versions" of our videos. Licensed versions contain the same messaging and content as the free versions, but are improved for the workplace.

Some features:

Download video files immediately after purchase (credit card, paypal)

Higher resolution (640 X 480 - better for projection screens)

Less promotion (no Common Craft Show branding)

Provided in Quicktime (.mov) for Mac, and Windows Media (.wmv) formats

No DRM

Two Licenses:

Individual - Unlimited use by an individual
Site - Unlimited use for a single location of an organization

We have also re-edited and re-recorded the voiceovers for the RSS and Wiki videos.

The Store is a direct response to emails we receive nearly every day asking for permission to use our videos in the workplace. By licensing our videos, we are removing any worries about permission and appropriate use. Influencers and educators now have a resource for downloading and using the videos in presentations, meetings, Intranets, trainings, etc.

What about the free versions?

All of our videos will now be provided in two forms, Free and Licensed. This may help:

We are committed to maintaining the free and open nature of our videos on the public Web. The free versions will be provided under a Creative Commons 3.0 (non-commercial) license. These videos will continue to appear on the Common Craft Show, on video hosts like You Tube and will remain open for use by individuals, schools, non-profits, etc.

By opening the Store, we are creating a channel for professionals who need videos that are easier to access and more appropriate for use in professional/commercial situations.

Our hope is that the Store will allow us to focus more energy on producing videos for the Common Craft Show - videos that will be open to bloggers and the Web, but also for licensed use in the workplace.

If you have questions or concerns, have a look at the FAQ, the Licensing Agreement and the Privacy Policy.

Our New Adventure: The Common Craft Store

leelefever — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:24 -0400

commoncraft.com/store

The Store is the home for "licensed versions" of our videos. Licensed versions contain the same messaging and content as the free versions, but are improved for the workplace.

Some features:

Download video files immediately after purchase (credit card, paypal)

Higher resolution (640 X 480 - better for projection screens)

Less promotion (no Common Craft Show branding)

Provided in Quicktime (.mov) for Mac, and Windows Media (.wmv) formats

No DRM

Two Licenses:

Individual - Unlimited use by an individual
Site - Unlimited use for a single location of an organization

We have also re-edited and re-recorded the voiceovers for the RSS and Wiki videos.

Our New Adventure: The Common Craft Store

leelefever — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:24 -0400

commoncraft.com/store

The Store is the home for "licensed versions" of our videos. Licensed versions contain the same messaging and content as the free versions, but are improved for the workplace.

Some features:

Download video files immediately after purchase (credit card, paypal)

Higher resolution (640 X 480 - better for projection screens)

Less promotion (no Common Craft Show branding)

Provided in Quicktime (.mov) for Mac, and Windows Media (.wmv) formats

No DRM

Two Licenses:

Individual - Unlimited use by an individual
Site - Unlimited use for a single location of an organization

We have also re-edited and re-recorded the voiceovers for the RSS and Wiki videos.

Our New Adventure: The Common Craft Store

leelefever — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:24 -0400

commoncraft.com/store

The Store is the home for "licensed versions" of our videos. Licensed versions contain the same messaging and content as the free versions, but are improved for the workplace.

Some features:

Download video files immediately after purchase (credit card, paypal)

Higher resolution (640 X 480 - better for projection screens)

Less promotion (no Common Craft Show branding)

Provided in Quicktime (.mov) for Mac, and Windows Media (.wmv) formats

No DRM

Two Licenses:

Individual - Unlimited use by an individual
Site - Unlimited use for a single location of an organization

We have also re-edited and re-recorded the voiceovers for the RSS and Wiki videos.

Our New Adventure: The Common Craft Store

leelefever — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:24 -0400

commoncraft.com/store

The Store is the home for "licensed versions" of our videos. Licensed versions contain the same messaging and content as the free versions, but are improved for the workplace.

Some features:

Download video files immediately after purchase (credit card, paypal)

Higher resolution (640 X 480 - better for projection screens)

Less promotion (no Common Craft Show branding)

Provided in Quicktime (.mov) for Mac, and Windows Media (.wmv) formats

No DRM

Two Licenses:

Individual - Unlimited use by an individual
Site - Unlimited use for a single location of an organization

We have also re-edited and re-recorded the voiceovers for the RSS and Wiki videos.

Our New Adventure: The Common Craft Store

leelefever — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:24 -0400

commoncraft.com/store

The Store is the home for "licensed versions" of our videos. Licensed versions contain the same messaging and content as the free versions, but are improved for the workplace.

Some features:

Download video files immediately after purchase (credit card, paypal)

Higher resolution (640 X 480 - better for projection screens)

Less promotion (no Common Craft Show branding)

Provided in Quicktime (.mov) for Mac, and Windows Media (.wmv) formats

No DRM

Two Licenses:

Individual - Unlimited use by an individual
Site - Unlimited use for a single location of an organization

We have also re-edited and re-recorded the voiceovers for the RSS and Wiki videos.

Our New Adventure: The Common Craft Store

leelefever — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:48:24 -0400

commoncraft.com/store

The Store is the home for "licensed versions" of our videos. Licensed versions contain the same messaging and content as the free versions, but are improved for the workplace.

Some features:

Download video files immediately after purchase (credit card, paypal)

Higher resolution (640 X 480 - better for projection screens)

Less promotion (no Common Craft Show branding)

Provided in Quicktime (.mov) for Mac, and Windows Media (.wmv) formats

No DRM

Two Licenses:

Individual - Unlimited use by an individual
Site - Unlimited use for a single location of an organization

We have also re-edited and re-recorded the voiceovers for the RSS and Wiki videos.