License Your Creative Work
8 weeks · 3 milestones
Negotiate and sign a commercial license for a piece of your original creative work.
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Identify one existing piece of creative work that is appropriate for licensing — a song, a photograph, an illustration, a font, a pattern, or other creative asset that a business, publication, or individual might want to use commercially. Not all creative work is licensable: a portrait of a specific person, work that incorporates third-party IP without permission, or work that is too personal or experimental for commercial use are all poor licensing candidates. The best licensing candidates are work that is specific enough to be useful (a photograph of a particular city skyline at sunset) but general enough to be reusable (not a one-off commissioned piece).
Proof required
Share the piece you are proposing to license. State the medium and why you believe it is commercially licensable — what type of buyer might want this work and for what use. Write one sentence on how you intend to make it available for licensing.
What gets checked
- The piece is shared and described.
- At least one realistic buyer type and use case is named — 'stock photo for travel publications' is specific; 'someone might want it' is not.
- Licensing mechanism is stated — a stock platform, direct licensing, or other method.