What the creator gets for that $25/year is an upgrade in services that includes the ability to lock records so others can’t change them and a growing list of special or bulk functions, such as bulk upload of URL’s to register and bulk display of usage records. Our next upgrade is a service that’s in high demand and available elsewhere at a much, much higher price. By growing value, we expect to broaden the range of participating creators to include amateurs and “prosumers” from sites like Flickr who are willing to pay $2 per month for these functions.
It seems like a very well organized site that males it easy for people to contact the creator to negotiate use and fees of an image. The following video has a very nice explanation of how all of this works:
References:
http://www.c-registry.us/
http://c-registry-copyright-forum.blogspot.com/
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Fascinating. I looked at the website and they had some interesting comments in their "about us" section. It seems that they use image recognition, and I think it's a really interesting idea, but I'm confused over the span of the project. Is it only for artists/photographers that register with the site? It didn't seem clear on their website. I'm also wondering if it's going to become a requirement that libraries etc. check sites like this to determine if something is an orphan work.
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