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Copyright

Key facts about copyright related to CC

  • Copyright occurs automatically with the creation of a creative work and lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years.
  • Copyright is a bundle of rights.
  • Almost everything is copyrighted whether or not the author intends to keep all of those rights.

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Workshop Information

 Watch the RECORDED SESSION of our 10/2010 online workshop Intro to Creative Commons

AGENDA:

  • What is Creative Commons
  • Key facts about copyright
  • CC Licenses
  • Examples of Using CC 
  • Searching for CC materials

PRESENTERS:

Lynda Kellam McMillan &

Beth Filar Williams

     

    Attribution

    Material adapted from Kleinman, M. (2008, November). The beauty of 'Some Rights Reserved': Introducing Creative Commons to librarians, faculty, and students." College and Research Libraries News, 69 (10): 594-597.

     

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    CC Licenses

    License Conditions

    Creators choose a set of conditions they wish to apply to their work.



    Attribution 
    CC BY

    This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.

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    Attribution-ShareAlike
    CC BY-SA

    This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to “copyleft” free and open source software licenses. All new works based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also allow commercial use. This is the license used by Wikipedia, and is recommended for materials that would benefit from incorporating content from Wikipedia and similarly licensed projects.

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    Attribution-NoDerivs

    CC BY-N

    D This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.

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    Attribution-NonCommercial

    CC BY-NC

    This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

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    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

    CC BY-NC-SA

    This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.

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    Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDeriv

    s CC BY-NC-ND

    This license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.

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    Resources

    Creative Commons website

    What is Creative Commons: Wanna Work Together (video)

     Interview with Professor Lessing on Creative Commons (8 min video)

     7 Things You Should Know About Creative Commons (from EDUCAUSE)

    Kleinman, M. (2008). The Beauty of "Some Rights Reserved."  C&RL News, 69(10),594-7

    Korn, N., & Oppenheim, C. (2006). Creative Commons Licenses in Higher and Further Education: Do We Care? Adriadne, (49).

    Wherry, Timothy. (2007). Intellectual Property: Everything the Digital-Age Librarian Needs to Know. Chicago: ALA Editions.

    Notess, G. (2009). Finding Free Media. Online, 33(1), 41-3.

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