Creative Barcode is a nonprofit organization that allows members to share new ideas without the risk of unauthorized copying. It was founded in 2010. Members embed digital codes in creative works to indicate usage permissions. Private disclosure is made to other members who agree not to publicly disclose the idea or use the idea without permission of the original creator. Members agree to dispute resolution through the World Intellectual Property Organization

World Intellectual Property Organization

The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....

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In June 2011, Creative Barcode licensed its idea registration process to AHHHA USA

AHHHA

AHHHA is a crowdsourcing site where innovators and contributors cooperatively develop new ideas into commercial products. The idea's originator receives 10% of the profits generated by the new product. In June of 2011, AHHHA licensed Creative Barcode as a way for contributors to protect their...

, a social ideation platform, and Brunel University

Brunel University

Brunel University is a public research university located in Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom. The university is named after the Victorian engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel....

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Inventor advocate Simon Brown, founder of the UK based United Innovation Association, has recommended that Creative Barcode be considered for protecting new ideas posted on Crowd funding

Crowd funding

Crowd funding describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations...

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Criticism

Creative Barcode has been criticized for charging fees to the creative works producers. An alternative registration and marketing program of creative works has been proposed by Stop43

Stop43

Stop43 is a UK based digital rights group that lobbies on behalf of photographers for the preservation of their copyrights. They ran a viral campaign in 2010 to oppose a change in British law that would have removed copyright protection from orphaned works...

that would have no fees for image producers.