Openness, Law
           &
  Creative Commons
Creative Commons Israel, The Law & Technology Clinic,
          Haifa Center for Law & Technology
          Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
          ***The Presentation is updated till 14 Nov. 2012***
Copyright – in what?
 »Pictures
 »Paintings
 »Movies
 »Music
 »Software
 »Homework
 »Books
 etc. …
The Rights
• Israeli Copyright Act of 2007, replaced the 1911
  Copyright Act and came into force on May 2008.
• Economic Rights:
   –   Reproduction
   –   Publication
   –   Public performance
   –   Broadcasting
   –   Rental                                                 Kevin McCarthy
   –   Making of a derivative work
   –   Making a work available to the public (i.e. YouTube etc.)


• Moral Right (credit & no distortion)
Copyright Act 2007
• What works are protected?
  – Original works
  – Literary works, artistic works, dramatic works or
    musical works
  – Expressions not ideas
  – Fixed in any form


• Who is the Owner?                             Andrew Magill


  – The author (even in case of Commissioned Works,
     except of a portrait or a photograph of a family event
     or other private event)
  – The employer
  – The state
  ** Unless otherwise agreed**
Copyright Act 2007
Duration of Copyright
  – 70 years after the author’s death
  – State works - 50 years from the date of its making


What is not protected under the 2007 Act?
  (1) Ideas**
  (2) Procedures and methods of operation**
  (3) Mathematical concepts**
  (4) Facts or data**
  (5) News of the day**
  ** however it shall extend to their expression
  (6) statutes, regulations, Knesset Protocols and judicial decisions
     of the courts or of any other government entities having judicial
     authority according to law
Permitted Uses in Libraries
              and Archives
(a) Copying of a work, a copy of which is already in the permanent
   collection of a library or archive of the type of libraries or archives as
   prescribed by the Minister, is permitted for the following purposes,
   provided that it is not possible to purchase an additional copy
   of said work within a reasonable period of time and on
   reasonable terms:
   (1) To make a reserve copy, in any format, of a work already in the
   possession of the aforesaid library or archive, provided that the said
   reserve copy is not used as an additional copy to the copies in the
   library;
   (2) To replace a copy of the work held by the aforesaid library or the
   archive, which has been lost, destroyed or become unusable;
   (3) To replace a copy of the work, that had been in the permanent
   collection of another library or archive and was lost, destroyed or
   has become unusable.
Permitted Uses in Libraries
            and Archives
(b) Copying of a work, a copy of which is held in a library or archive as
   prescribed in sub-section (a), for a person requesting such copy,
   is permitted, provided that the request for such reproduction is
   made by a person, who, if he had made the copy himself, would
   be permitted by law to do so; The Minister may prescribe an
   application form for use by libraries or archives for purposes of this
   sub-section.
Permitted Uses in Libraries
             and Archives
(c) Copying of a work by entities of the type prescribed by the Minister,
   for purposes of preservation, is permitted; The Minister may
   prescribe types of works which will be subject to this subsection,
   conditions for the execution of copying as well as conditions for the
   grant of public access to copies that were made in accordance with
   this sub-section.
Fair Use
Purposes such as:
  private study, research, criticism, review, journalistic reporting,
  quotation, or instruction and examination by an educational institution.

The factors to be considered shall include, inter alia, all of the following:
(1) The purpose and character of the use;
(2) The character of the work used;
(3) The scope of the use, quantitatively and qualitatively, in relation to the
   work as a whole;
(4) The impact of the use on the value of the work and its potential
   market.




                                                               Brian Teutsch
Creative Commons Israel

• Established   in    2004    under     the
  endorsement of Haifa Center for Law and
  Technology, Faculty of Law, University of
  Haifa
Creative Commons
• “Creative Commons is a nonprofit
  organization that enables the sharing and
  use of creativity and knowledge through
  free legal tools.”

• CC Solution
  – free, easy-to-use copyright licenses
Copyright                            Public Domain
“All Rights Reserved”                    “No Copyright”




                        CC Licenses
                         “Some Rights
                          Reserved”
CC Licenses
BY (Attribution)


SA (Share Alike)


NC (Non-commercial)


ND (No Derivative Works)
CC Licenses
CC Public Domain Tools
          CC0                Public Domain Mark




 “No Rights Reserved”        “No Known Copyright”

(** Moral Right problem**)
CC Scholar’s Copyright Project
Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (SCAE)
CC Scholar’s Copyright Project
Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (SCAE)

 Explanations from the website:
Access – Reuse -
You retain sufficient rights to grant to the reading public a Creative Commons
Attribution-NonCommercial license or similar license that allows the public to
re-use or re-post your article so long as you are given credit as the author and
so long as the reader’s use is non-commercial.

Immediate Access -
You retain sufficient rights to post a copy of the published version of your article
(usually in .pdf form) online immediately to a site that does not charge for
access to the article.
CC Scholar’s Copyright Project
Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (SCAE)

 Explanations from the website:
Delayed Access -
You have the right immediately to post your final version of the article, as edited
after peer review, to a site that does not charge for access to the article, but
you must arrange not to make the published version of your article available to
the public until six months after the date of publication.

MIT Copyright Amendment -
Developed at MIT, this amendment is a tool authors can use to retain rights
when assigning copyright to a publisher. It will enable authors to continue using
their publications in their academic work at MIT, to deposit them into the MIT
Libraries’ DSpace repository, and to deposit any NIH-funded manuscripts on
the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central database.
Summary
• Copyright act of 2007
  Rights
  Who owns the work?
  Permitted uses
     Permitted Uses in Libraries and Archives
     Fair Use

• Creative Commons Tools
   6 Licenses
   CC0
   Public Domain Mark
   Projects
      Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (SCAE)
Contact Us

• CreativeCommons.org.il

• Email:
                                Kecko
 IPClinic@law.haifa.ac.il
 cc@creativecommons.org.il

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Dalit Ken-Dror - Openness, Law and Creative Commons

  • 1.
    Openness, Law & Creative Commons Creative Commons Israel, The Law & Technology Clinic, Haifa Center for Law & Technology Faculty of Law, University of Haifa ***The Presentation is updated till 14 Nov. 2012***
  • 2.
    Copyright – inwhat? »Pictures »Paintings »Movies »Music »Software »Homework »Books etc. …
  • 3.
    The Rights • IsraeliCopyright Act of 2007, replaced the 1911 Copyright Act and came into force on May 2008. • Economic Rights: – Reproduction – Publication – Public performance – Broadcasting – Rental Kevin McCarthy – Making of a derivative work – Making a work available to the public (i.e. YouTube etc.) • Moral Right (credit & no distortion)
  • 4.
    Copyright Act 2007 •What works are protected? – Original works – Literary works, artistic works, dramatic works or musical works – Expressions not ideas – Fixed in any form • Who is the Owner? Andrew Magill – The author (even in case of Commissioned Works, except of a portrait or a photograph of a family event or other private event) – The employer – The state ** Unless otherwise agreed**
  • 5.
    Copyright Act 2007 Durationof Copyright – 70 years after the author’s death – State works - 50 years from the date of its making What is not protected under the 2007 Act? (1) Ideas** (2) Procedures and methods of operation** (3) Mathematical concepts** (4) Facts or data** (5) News of the day** ** however it shall extend to their expression (6) statutes, regulations, Knesset Protocols and judicial decisions of the courts or of any other government entities having judicial authority according to law
  • 6.
    Permitted Uses inLibraries and Archives (a) Copying of a work, a copy of which is already in the permanent collection of a library or archive of the type of libraries or archives as prescribed by the Minister, is permitted for the following purposes, provided that it is not possible to purchase an additional copy of said work within a reasonable period of time and on reasonable terms: (1) To make a reserve copy, in any format, of a work already in the possession of the aforesaid library or archive, provided that the said reserve copy is not used as an additional copy to the copies in the library; (2) To replace a copy of the work held by the aforesaid library or the archive, which has been lost, destroyed or become unusable; (3) To replace a copy of the work, that had been in the permanent collection of another library or archive and was lost, destroyed or has become unusable.
  • 7.
    Permitted Uses inLibraries and Archives (b) Copying of a work, a copy of which is held in a library or archive as prescribed in sub-section (a), for a person requesting such copy, is permitted, provided that the request for such reproduction is made by a person, who, if he had made the copy himself, would be permitted by law to do so; The Minister may prescribe an application form for use by libraries or archives for purposes of this sub-section.
  • 8.
    Permitted Uses inLibraries and Archives (c) Copying of a work by entities of the type prescribed by the Minister, for purposes of preservation, is permitted; The Minister may prescribe types of works which will be subject to this subsection, conditions for the execution of copying as well as conditions for the grant of public access to copies that were made in accordance with this sub-section.
  • 9.
    Fair Use Purposes suchas: private study, research, criticism, review, journalistic reporting, quotation, or instruction and examination by an educational institution. The factors to be considered shall include, inter alia, all of the following: (1) The purpose and character of the use; (2) The character of the work used; (3) The scope of the use, quantitatively and qualitatively, in relation to the work as a whole; (4) The impact of the use on the value of the work and its potential market. Brian Teutsch
  • 10.
    Creative Commons Israel •Established in 2004 under the endorsement of Haifa Center for Law and Technology, Faculty of Law, University of Haifa
  • 11.
    Creative Commons • “CreativeCommons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.” • CC Solution – free, easy-to-use copyright licenses
  • 12.
    Copyright Public Domain “All Rights Reserved” “No Copyright” CC Licenses “Some Rights Reserved”
  • 13.
    CC Licenses BY (Attribution) SA(Share Alike) NC (Non-commercial) ND (No Derivative Works)
  • 14.
  • 15.
    CC Public DomainTools CC0 Public Domain Mark “No Rights Reserved” “No Known Copyright” (** Moral Right problem**)
  • 16.
    CC Scholar’s CopyrightProject Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (SCAE)
  • 17.
    CC Scholar’s CopyrightProject Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (SCAE) Explanations from the website: Access – Reuse - You retain sufficient rights to grant to the reading public a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license or similar license that allows the public to re-use or re-post your article so long as you are given credit as the author and so long as the reader’s use is non-commercial. Immediate Access - You retain sufficient rights to post a copy of the published version of your article (usually in .pdf form) online immediately to a site that does not charge for access to the article.
  • 18.
    CC Scholar’s CopyrightProject Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (SCAE) Explanations from the website: Delayed Access - You have the right immediately to post your final version of the article, as edited after peer review, to a site that does not charge for access to the article, but you must arrange not to make the published version of your article available to the public until six months after the date of publication. MIT Copyright Amendment - Developed at MIT, this amendment is a tool authors can use to retain rights when assigning copyright to a publisher. It will enable authors to continue using their publications in their academic work at MIT, to deposit them into the MIT Libraries’ DSpace repository, and to deposit any NIH-funded manuscripts on the National Library of Medicine’s PubMed Central database.
  • 19.
    Summary • Copyright actof 2007 Rights Who owns the work? Permitted uses Permitted Uses in Libraries and Archives Fair Use • Creative Commons Tools  6 Licenses  CC0  Public Domain Mark  Projects  Scholar’s Copyright Addendum Engine (SCAE)
  • 20.
    Contact Us • CreativeCommons.org.il •Email: Kecko IPClinic@law.haifa.ac.il cc@creativecommons.org.il Presentation under Photos under