So what’s the deal about licensing something on the web?

= COPYRIGHT PROTECTION

1 want to share my creations

Sheila Drew’s slide

Attribution

Attribution

Attribution

Attribution

Attribution

Attribution

Share alike

Share alike

No derivatives

No derivatives

Noncommercial

Noncommercial

Noncommercial

Sheila Drew’s slide

So how does one use these licenses?

You upload a picture you have taken

You create an educational resourceto share with a license

1. What is the name of the bird in the foreground?

2. Can you name three other varieties of this bird?

The person who uses your resource gives you attribution

1. What is the name of the bird in the foreground?

2. Can you name three other varieties of this bird?

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attirbution 3.0 Unported LicenseCitation: Sheila Drew, 2013

Someone else uses and changes your resource and gives you attribution

1. The yellow hornbill on the left is one of four varieties in sub-Saharan Africa. Name the other varieties

2. The large horny bill is the key characteristic of this species. What does this suggest about their typical diet?

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attirbution 3.0 Unported LicenseCitation: Fiona Beal, 2013

There is no standard way to format the attribution of a CC-licensed work, and you can adapt the style or phrasing to suit your needs.

This is the license we want to use on the stories on the African Storybook Project website

In it’s full meaning this sign means “This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommerical 3.0 Unported License

One more license: Public domain

From Sheila Drew’s slide

Public domain – must be stated and is irrevocable

So how does one actually put the license on one’s work?

Go to http://creativecommons.org/

Follow the prompts

The dangers of using other people’s creations without

permission

http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com

http://www.roniloren.com/blog/2012/7/20/bloggers-beware-you-can-get-sued-for-using-pics-on-your-blog.html

Where can I find Creative Commons licensed items to use?

http://search.creativecommons.org/

The important words:

“Showing Creative Commons-licensed content for commercial use, adaptation, modification or building upon…”

Follow the picture to its license

For further help see: The OER Africa Copyright and licensing toolkit from Saide

http://www.oerafrica.org/copyright/CopyrightandLicencingToolkit/tabid/1781/Default.aspx

That’s it for today! Thank you!