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Creative commons
The document discusses copyright and Creative Commons (CC) licenses. It notes that copyright covers most content online, including copying and sharing. CC licenses provide free and legal ways for creators to share their work by specifying how it can be used, such as allowing adaptations or prohibiting commercial use. Over 500 million works online use CC licenses, enabling a culture of sharing and reuse when the license terms are followed.
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Creative commons
- 1. Open Access Week:27/Oct/2013
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- 5. Important things aboutcopyright • It covers everything you want to use – blogs, photos, music, videos, computer games • It covers everything you want to do – copying, emailing, posting it to a blog • Even if it’s on the internet (or TV or radio) • Even if you’ve bought it, you can’t copy it There are exceptions, but they’re very narrow
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- 7. CC provides freelicences That creators use to tell people How their material can be used
- 8. This creates apool of material That can be shared and reused Legally
- 9. Which in turnenables a culture of sharing
- 10. Licence elements Attribution –credit the author Noncommercial – no commercial use No derivative works – no remixing Sharealike – remix only if you let others remix
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- 13. More than 500million CC objects on the internet Almost 250 million photos on flickr alone
- 14. THINGS TO REMEMBER •Look for the licence • Make sure you follow it • Always credit the author • If you’re not sure if you’re allowed to do something, ask permission • CC website can tell you more
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