creative commons - what, how, why

Creative CommonsWhat, Why, How

by Ivan Chew

MyRightBrain.wordpress.com

RamblingLibrarian.blogspot.com

10 Mar 2009 – Creative Crew Singapore meet-up

Creative Commons

Or, How I understand and adopt

"How I understand & adopt Creative Commons" by Ivan

Chew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-

Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Singapore License.

Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be

available at http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com. I'm

always happy to hear from those who found this work

useful. Feel free to email me at

RamblingLibrarian@gmail.com.

Let’s say you need a photo

for your video project

You have less than one day

to find it

You found this on the Internet

You upload your video online

Your friends think it’s cool

You get 100,000 views

You get 100 fan mails daily

Then you get

ONE

email…

It doesn’t have to be that way

Creative Commons

Outline

�What CC is/ isn’t

�How to adopt a CC license

�What it means to “adopt a CC license”

�How to search for CC-licensed materials

Creative Commons

I produced this Music Video in 3 days…

http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/music-video-one-world-2008/

…from

92 photos

&

Nine video

footages

LEGALLY

…

Permission… without every contacting anyone for

Permission… because

has already been granted.

Creative Commons

The generosity of those who adopted the mindset of the

Creative CommonsWhat

IS NOT

CC is NOT

�… an replacement for Copyright (it’s a

complement)

�… a way to make you famous (your

talents will)

�… a safeguard for copyright abuse

Creative Commons?

So what is

Copyright

It helps if already understand about

To read the Copyright Act…

http://statutes.agc.gov.sg

Try the IPOS FAQs

http://www.ifaq.gov.sg

Hire IP lawyers

Creative Commons

Or we can watch a video

about Copyright &

Creative Commons

�For those who wish to share their work

by default

�Allows you to state your terms of use in

layperson’s terms (legalese available for

lawyers too!)

Creative Commons

Three parts to

Part 1: Machine-readable Code

Part 2: Human-readable Code

Part 3: Lawyer-readable Code

Creative Commons

How do you adopt a

license?

http://creativecommons.org/license/

http://www.flickr.com/account/?tab=privacy

Creative Commons

How do you search for

licensed works?

http://search.creativecommons.org/

http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/

http://www.google.com.sg/advanced_search

http://search.yahoo.com/web/advanced

Creative CommonsWhat must you do when using

licensed works?

� Respect the terms of use

� All CC licenses require users to attribute the creator

� Understand the license variations (e.g. non-commercial; Share-Alike)

� If the stated terms do not fit your

requirements, you can always contact the owner

What to watch out for:

Creative Commons

Remember…

does not mean owners have

given up their Copyrights

Creative CommonsAre you still skeptical about

(as a creator)?

Let’s consider the types of users out there

the

Good

the

BADthe unsure

will do theRight Thing

will notgive a hoot

will ratherNOT DO ANYTHING

Potentially CC will encourage

the unsure

to do THE RIGHT THING

PublicityI think of CC as

Publicity - when others remix you

Publicity - when others remix you

ParticipationI think of CC as

Remix!

ccmixter.org

Publicity - participate!

Remix! - what others have shared

http://ccmixter.org/view/media/samples/browse

Remix! - share your own

Creative CommonsI am 100% comfortable with

because…

Courtesy of DYFL - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dyfl/4476112/

I choose to see the

donutrather than the hole

Summary

�What CC is/ isn’t

�How to adopt a CC license

�What it means to “adopt a CC license”

�How to search for CC-licensed materials

Creative Commons Singapore

CreativeCommonsSingapore.wordpress.com

See you in the

community!

Questions & Feedback:

RamblingLibrarian@gmail.com

"How I understand & adopt Creative Commons" by Ivan

Chew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-

Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Singapore License.

Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be

available at http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com. I'm

always happy to hear from those who found this work

useful. Feel free to email me at

RamblingLibrarian@gmail.com.