Visualizations

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Actually, some visualizations of large-scale datasets are worth several thousands or even millions of words. This is where you can find some of our own visuals and links to third parties hosting useful and sometimes impressive visualizations or visualization tools.

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Visualizations of remix culture

Paper: Remix Culture: Creative Reuse and the Licensing of Digital Media in Online Communities

Network of works produced in the ccMixter community

Nodes: uploads by users
Edges: remixing relationships
Node size: out-degree (number of remixes)

Network of authors in the ccMixter community

Nodes: authors
Edges: remixing relationships
Node size: number of uploads by author

Network of user communications in the ccMixter community

Nodes: users (authors and non-authors)
Edges: replies to forum posts
Node size: number of forum posts by user

Visualizations of Creative Commons license adoption

Paper: Taking Stock of the Creative Commons Experiment: Monitoring the Use of Creative Commons Licenses and Evaluating Its Implications for the Future of Creative Commons and for Copyright Law

Chart of global CC adoption and licensing permissiveness

X-axis: licensing permissiveness (freedom score)
Y-axis: volume (number of CC-licensed items) per capita
Bubble size: absolute volume
Region colors: Orange -> Europe, Blue -> Asia, Green -> South America

Chart of global CC adoption compared to piracy levels

X-axis: GDP per capita
Y-axis: Piracy (BSA data)
Bubble size: volume (number of CC-licensed items) per capita
Region colors: Orange -> Europe, Blue -> Asia, Green -> South America