Copyright & Creative Commons:
With Regards to Open Educational Resources (OER)
Glenda Cox
University of South Africa (UNISA) : 18 March 2015
Transition to Library-Training
Advocacy
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A little about me: Glenda Cox
ROER4D OER Adoption & Impact Studies
Copyright
A collection of exclusive rights, given to creators and
authors to protect their original works.
Definition
• What can be copyrighted? – Any work which is not
an exact copy of someone else’s work
• Can ideas be copyrighted? No… only expression of
ideas are copyrighted...
• Can copyright be transferred? Yes, an author can
assign copyright to another person, as in the case
of property
Meaning of Terms
• May not reproduce
• Fair use / Fair dealing for
classroom use
• Permission / royalty payments
for reproduction
• May not use on the Internet
All rights reserved
Traditional © is designed
for old distribution
models
The problem:
Alternative copyright licensing
Previously copyright was binary: All rights retained or
public domain
Now alternative licensing options such as the GNU
General Public License and Creative Commons provide
a range of options where some rights are reserved
Copyright
©
Public domain
Copyright
©
Some rights reserved Public domain
Our vision is nothing less than realizing the full potential of the Internet – universal access to research,
education, & full participation in culture, driving a new era of development, growth, & productivity.
Develops, supports, & stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, & innovation.
What is Creative Commons?
Creative Commons is a nonprofit that enables the sharing and use of
creativity and knowledge through free technologies and licenses.
http://creativecommons.org/about
Attribution
Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivs
Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike
Attribution - NonCommercial
Attribution - NoDerivs
Attribution - ShareAlike
*CC0 (public domain dedication)
Creative Commons licenses
Some rights reserved but sharing made easy and legal.
Creators have choice
Working with Creative Commons
Summary - Open Licenses
Work posted
on Flickr
under
Attribution
license
Used in The Iron Man feature film
• If resource falls under copyright protection, either:
o Recreate the resources using office or online tools
o Replace the resource with a similar resource by
finding an open source alternative or by creating your
own resource
o Obtain permission from the author, publisher, editor,
organization who holds the copyright
o Reconsider if the resource is really necessary
Evaluating the media resources within your resource
• Copyright of
– pictures
– graphics
– texts
Understand the rights of copyright holders
Take care to check
Best Practices for Attribution: (TASL)
 Title
 Author
 Source – Link to work
 License – Name + Link
House of Knowledge Variation1 by Adrien Sifre CC BY-NC-ND
http://google.com/docs
http://www.gliffy.com/
Recreating Images
Licensing your work is easy. No
registration is required.
You simply add a notice that your work is
under CC BY.
Here’s how you do that 
http://creativecommons.org/choose
<a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative
Commons License" style="border-width:0"
src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This
work is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a>.v
This workCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
________________________________________________________
Legal and Technical
Legal Code, Human Readable Deed, Meta-Data
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
You can edit the text for your specific
project.
Go back to:
http://creativecommons.org/choose
Optional fields
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US"><img
alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0"
src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br /><span
xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" property="dct:title">Welding 101</span> by <a
xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="https://www.northgatech.edu/"
property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">North Georgia Technical
College</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license"
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US">Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a>.
Welding 101 by North Georgia Technical College is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
________________________________________________________
_______
What if I want to add the notice to a
document?
Go back to:
http://creativecommons.org/choose
Practice exercise:
http://opencontent.org/game/betagame.html
See Paul Stacey’s OER presentations at
http://www.slideshare.net/pstacey
Thanks to Shihaam Shaikh for examples of
adapting images
Attribution:
Creators and Contacts
Prepared by: Glenda Cox - glenda.cox@uct.ac.za
Practice exercise:
http://opencontent.org/game/betagame.html
See Paul Stacey’s OER presentations at
http://www.slideshare.net/pstacey
Thanks to Shihaam Shaikh for examples of
adapting images
Attribution:
License
Copyright & Creative Commons: With Regards to Open
Educational Resources (OER) by Glenda Cox is licensed under
a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Copyright & Creative Commons: with regards to Open Educational Resources (OER)

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    Copyright & CreativeCommons: With Regards to Open Educational Resources (OER) Glenda Cox University of South Africa (UNISA) : 18 March 2015
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  • 3.
    ROER4D OER Adoption& Impact Studies
  • 4.
    Copyright A collection ofexclusive rights, given to creators and authors to protect their original works. Definition
  • 5.
    • What canbe copyrighted? – Any work which is not an exact copy of someone else’s work • Can ideas be copyrighted? No… only expression of ideas are copyrighted... • Can copyright be transferred? Yes, an author can assign copyright to another person, as in the case of property Meaning of Terms
  • 6.
    • May notreproduce • Fair use / Fair dealing for classroom use • Permission / royalty payments for reproduction • May not use on the Internet All rights reserved
  • 8.
    Traditional © isdesigned for old distribution models The problem:
  • 9.
    Alternative copyright licensing Previouslycopyright was binary: All rights retained or public domain Now alternative licensing options such as the GNU General Public License and Creative Commons provide a range of options where some rights are reserved Copyright © Public domain Copyright © Some rights reserved Public domain
  • 10.
    Our vision isnothing less than realizing the full potential of the Internet – universal access to research, education, & full participation in culture, driving a new era of development, growth, & productivity. Develops, supports, & stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, & innovation. What is Creative Commons? Creative Commons is a nonprofit that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free technologies and licenses. http://creativecommons.org/about
  • 16.
    Attribution Attribution - NonCommercial- NoDerivs Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike Attribution - NonCommercial Attribution - NoDerivs Attribution - ShareAlike *CC0 (public domain dedication) Creative Commons licenses
  • 17.
    Some rights reservedbut sharing made easy and legal. Creators have choice
  • 18.
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  • 20.
  • 21.
    Used in TheIron Man feature film
  • 22.
    • If resourcefalls under copyright protection, either: o Recreate the resources using office or online tools o Replace the resource with a similar resource by finding an open source alternative or by creating your own resource o Obtain permission from the author, publisher, editor, organization who holds the copyright o Reconsider if the resource is really necessary Evaluating the media resources within your resource
  • 23.
    • Copyright of –pictures – graphics – texts Understand the rights of copyright holders Take care to check
  • 24.
    Best Practices forAttribution: (TASL)  Title  Author  Source – Link to work  License – Name + Link House of Knowledge Variation1 by Adrien Sifre CC BY-NC-ND
  • 25.
  • 26.
    Licensing your workis easy. No registration is required. You simply add a notice that your work is under CC BY. Here’s how you do that 
  • 27.
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    <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"><img alt="Creative CommonsLicense" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />This work is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a>.v This workCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. ________________________________________________________
  • 32.
    Legal and Technical LegalCode, Human Readable Deed, Meta-Data http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
  • 33.
    You can editthe text for your specific project. Go back to: http://creativecommons.org/choose
  • 34.
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    <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US"><img alt="CreativeCommons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br /><span xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" property="dct:title">Welding 101</span> by <a xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" href="https://www.northgatech.edu/" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">North Georgia Technical College</a> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License</a>. Welding 101 by North Georgia Technical College is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. ________________________________________________________ _______
  • 36.
    What if Iwant to add the notice to a document? Go back to: http://creativecommons.org/choose
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    Practice exercise: http://opencontent.org/game/betagame.html See PaulStacey’s OER presentations at http://www.slideshare.net/pstacey Thanks to Shihaam Shaikh for examples of adapting images Attribution:
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    Creators and Contacts Preparedby: Glenda Cox - glenda.cox@uct.ac.za Practice exercise: http://opencontent.org/game/betagame.html See Paul Stacey’s OER presentations at http://www.slideshare.net/pstacey Thanks to Shihaam Shaikh for examples of adapting images Attribution:
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    License Copyright & CreativeCommons: With Regards to Open Educational Resources (OER) by Glenda Cox is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.