Easy (to Find) 'n Safe (to Use)

A Workshop on Finding and Using

LicensedMaterials

Barbara DeFeliceDirector, Digital Resources Program

Amanda AlbrightInstructional TechnologistMarch 21st, 2011

Creative Commons Workshop1. The Copyright Setting

2. Why Creative Commons

3. Creative Commons Licenses

4. Finding Materials with CC Licenses

5. Create Your Project with CC Materials

6. License It!

Copyright • happens automatically when a work is created in a

tangible form

• does not require registration or notice

• lasts for the life of the author plus 70 years at least, and more in some cases

Copyright is a bundle of rights:

• you can sign them away exclusively

• you can grant non-exclusive licenses that give multiple people permission to use a work for different purposes

The Copyright Setting

Creative Commons Licenses:

• apply to works that are subject to copyright (NOT to works already in the public domain)

• offer an option for the creator to define permitted uses explicitly

• do NOT affect Fair Use

• are NOT exclusive

• allow copying, distribution, display, public performance, & reformatting

• do NOT contradict copyright

What is a Creative Common License?

• Although everything is copyrighted automatically, creators may not want or need to hold all those rights exclusively

• Perfectly acceptable uses are often restricted due to the automatic assignment of copyrights

• Permissions handling is often unnecessary but costly in time, money and effort

Why use Creative Commons Licenses? 

http://creativecommons.org/videos/a-shared-culture

The Core Creative Commons License AttributesAttribution: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit the way you request

Non-Commercial: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.

No Derivative Works: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only exact copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.

Share Alike: You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

Creative Commons License Attributes

by

nc

nd

sa

6 Creative Commons License Combinations

Attribution Non-commercial (by-nc) provides for building upon and remixing but NOT for commercial purposes

Attribution is always present

Attribution Share Alike (by-sa) allows building upon and remixing the work, even for commercial purposes. The users must license their work as Share Alike also.

Attribution (by) only provides for all kinds of uses, including derivative works.

Attribution No Derivatives (by-nd)

Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd) is most restrictive

Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike (by-nc-sa) provides for building upon and remixing but NOT for commercial purposes

Can't I just Google the images I need and use them if they are online?What about videos on YouTube?

Freely available ≠ Free-to-Use

?

Finding and Identifying CC Licensed Materials

At your (virtual) fingertips...with Firefox Add-in

http://search.creativecommons.org

But look at the license for each object before you decide to use it!

Identifying Copyright Status of Images

vs.

http://flickr.com/creativecommons

http://lunacommons.org

What about Public Domain content?

http://www.archive.org/details/prelinger

Found what you need? How do you “cite” it?

Guidelines for Attribution

New add-on for Firefox will format an attribution for a Creative Commons licensed site for you:Open Attribute

Your Turn!

Use Creative Commons Licensed Materials Create a Project You Can Share

License It

Search---Find---Interpret---Create---License

Use Powerpoint or WORD to create something new, such as a presentation, a greeting card, a business card, or as a place to collect items to use in a video or a display.

My Sample Project: The Violin

"kowi strings” by Speck

2010 - Licensed under Creative CommonsAttribution Noncommercial (3.0)

covent garden - some dude playing the violin Uploaded on January 15, 2007by protographer23http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.enSome Rights Reserved Attribution 2.0 Generic

impro au violin by Ptitemesange 

Samples of new violin music

Samples of classical violin musicNow you want to learn to play violin!Video lessons from a pro!Note no CC license, this is an ad but is automatically copyrighted!

AcknowledgementsAnthony Helm, for co-creating the presentation and workshopMolly Kleinman at Univ. Michigan Work found at http://mollykleinman.com/2008/08/15/cc-

howto-1-how-to-attribute-a-creative-commons-licensed-work/ / Molly Kleinman / CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/)

License for this Powerpoint

What is it? When would you use it?

What can you do with material licensed with these combinations?

Quiz

What is it? When would you use it?

What can you do with material licensed with these combinations?

Quiz Time!

What is it? When would you use it?

What can you do with material licensed with these combinations?

Quiz Time!