Creative Commons
and the Ethical Use
of Internet
Resources
Thomas Galvez
High School Technology Learning Coach
Digital Citizenship
Digital
Citizenship
Balanced
Positive
Responsible
Literate
CC Image by Mason Dan on Flickr
Ethical students give credit where credit is
due. They know how to research for
information
without plagiarizing from the web.
Writing
MLA Citations and Works Cited
Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Quoting
Images
Video
Music
CC Image by Hugo Espinozas on Flickr
Multimedia?
International Society for
Technology in Education
(ISTE)
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP STANDARD
Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues
related to information and technology and practice legal
and ethical behavior.
ASSESSABLE BENCHMARK
Students advocate and practice safe, legal, and
responsible use of information and technology.
Fair
Use
Exclusive rights given to an
author or creator of an original
work to:
Reproduce the work
Publish the work
Include in film or TV
Make an adaptation
Fair Use
Allows for for work to be used by
someone else other than the copyright
holder in context of:
Criticism
Comment
Newsreporting
Teaching
Scholarship
Research
Image licensed from iStock Photo
4 Factors
CC Image by Nedral on Flickr
Purpose Amount
Nature Effect
Purpose
What purpose do you need to use
the material? Education?
Research? Non-Profit?
Transformative (re-purposed)?
Amount
How much of the material is
appropriate to use? This depends
on purpose.
Nature
Factual, non-fiction for
instructional purposes? Likely Fair
Use.
Fictional, highly creative? Not
likely
Fair Use.
Published?
Effect
Sales, duration, availability,
quantity?
CC Image by Thuy Pham on Flickr
Mash
Up
Mash
Up
CC Image by Thuy Pham on
Flickr
“Hands in the Air”
by Girl Talk
CC Image by Nedral on Flickr
Purpose Amount
Nature Effect
What purpose do you
need to use the
material? Education?
Research? Non-Profit?
Transformative (re-
purposed)?
How much of the
material is
appropriate to use?
This depends on
purpose.
Factual, non-fiction for instructional
purposes? Likely Fair Use.
Fictional, highly creative? Not likely
Fair Use.
Published?
Sales, duration,
availability,
quantity?
What
do
we
teach
students?
Image licensed from iStock Photo
Even Better
Have students use images, songs, or video
available through Creative Commons or Royalty
Free sites
OK (with caution)
Do not allow students to cut and paste images or use
music from the internet without giving credit to the
source.
Best
Have students create their own images, music, or
video
“Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards
legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes
digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.”
Provides “a set of copyright licenses and tools that
create a balance inside the traditional ‘all rights
reserved’ setting that copyright law creates.”
https://creativecommons.org/about/
CC Image by Barta IV on Flickr
CC Image by Akshay
Shah on Flickr
Producers
and
Consumers CC Image by Mike Licht on Flickr
CC Image by Barta IV on Flickr
CC Image by Akshay
Shah on Flickr
Producers
The
Licenses
Attribution
Attribution
+
ShareAlike
Attribution
+ NoDerivs
Attribution +
NonCommercial
Attribution +
NonCommercial
+ ShareAlike
Attribution +
NonCommercial
+ NoDerivs
Consumers
CC Image by Mike Licht on Flickr
creativecommons.org
search.creativecommons.org
CC Image by mjmonty on Flickr
Google Images Creative Commons Search
Image from GCF LearnFree
Expect
Require
Assess
Model
CC Image by eVo Photo on Flickr
Resources
Pictures
•http://search.creativecommons.org (Flickr is the best one)
•http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
•http://www.gettyimages.ae/creativeimages/royaltyfree
•Google Image Search Tools Usage Rights
Music
•http://search.creativecommons.org (Choose Jamendo)
•Freemusicarchive.org
•dig.ccmixter.org
Video
•http://search.creativecommons.org (Choose YouTube)
CC Image by Robert Barney on Flickr

Creative Commons and the Ethical Use of Internet Resources