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- 1. Creative CommonsBy: ErinCampbell and Christine Westgate
- 2. What it is/doesCreativecommons is a nonprofit organization that works to put together a group of works that is available to the public for free.corp.kaltura.com
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- 4. CC LicensesA creativecommon license is software license that gives the creators the right to set the terms of their license. Gives everyone a simple way to grant similar copyright permissions to their work.
- 5. Terms of LicenseThelicense grants certain freedoms to the users of the property.The owners still have some control and have the ability to make a profit off of the distribution of the work.
- 6. OriginCreative Commons wasformed in 2001 and was the brilliant idea of Lawrence Lessig, a Stanford University law professor. Before he started the company, he wrote the book Free Culture which started the Free Culture Movement. huffingtonpost.com
- 7. Free Culture MovementAsocial movement, especially popular among college students, that promoted the freedom to disperse and modify a body of works in the form of free content. freedomdefined.org
- 8. License VersionsThere arefour types of licenses :Licenses 1.0, 2.0, 2.5, and 3.0 1.0 licenses are just the initial version released in 2002. 2.0-2004, 2.5-2005, 3.0-2007.
- 9. Possible Future VersionsVersion3.01 and 3.5 were in discussion in 2007.The latest version in discussion is 4.0.3.01 and 3.5 are no longer in discussion and will not be produced.
- 10. Purpose of CClicensesThey were designed to liberate intellectual property so that is can inspire and extend expression with consent from the original owner.
- 11. Four Types ofCC LicensesAttribution: Allows others to copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work. However they must give you credit how it’s requested. Share Alike: Allows others to distribute work under a license that is identical to the license that governs your own work.
- 12. Four Types OfLicenses (cont…)No Derivative Works: Allows others to copy, display, distribute, and perform only specific pieces of your work. Non-Commercial: Allows others to copy, display, distribute, and perform your work for non-commercial reasons only.
- 13. CC WebsiteOn thewebsite you can search hundreds of millions of CC licensed works and create a license of your own. creativecommons.org is the home page.
- 14. Nation Wide SuccessCreativeCommons Licenses have spread across the nations.There are now nation-specific differences in copyright laws.The owners can choose either a generic license or one that represents the laws in any of the three dozen countries involved.
- 15. AdvantagesKnowing clearly andup front what is permissible, users can remix, copy, distribute, and repurpose content according to the copyright owner’s preferences. Without simply making everything available to anyone CC invites and encourages people to use and share content in ways that benefit everyone.
- 16. Downsides to CCThelaws we have today regarding copyright are extremely complexThere is a huge range of jurisdictional differences that can be protected in copyright casesCreative commons is made for easy use but this comes at the expense of understanding your risks.
- 17. CC LicensesThe fourtypes of Licenses can be combined to make a very specific license The Creative Commons Licenses approach falls somewhere between traditional licensing that doesn’t allow any copying or altering, and the GPL that allows any amount of copying and altering. Very flexible system!
- 18. Real Life Artistsenjoy CC licenses because it allows them to make a living from the distribution of their work. But also allows others to build off the artists work and creativity. Educators also enjoy CC because it’s a copyright license that is based on openness and sharing.
- 19. Real Life (cont…)A photographer, for example, might choose to allow anyone to reproduce her photos or make derivative works from them, as long as it is done for noncommercial purposes.
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