Class 2 spring 2011 creative commons

CSU Department of Instructional Technology

Professional Portfolio Experience

CEDo555Class #5

Presentation Author: J. SklarModified Spring 2011 by K. Diener

What is Creative Commons?Do I care?


Your work is yours, right?

• As we put our portfolios and other work online and into easily transportable electronic formats, we should begin to question what might happen to them.

• I am always honored when someone wants to use my handouts, PowerPoints etc.

• I just want to get credit for the time effort and content.


It is mine isn’t it?

• The work I create is mine. At least I believe it is. I thought it up, I put the pieces together. And of course, I’ve read a lot and seen a lot but none of that influenced my creativity, or did it?

• All in all our work is a product of our clever interpretation of what we saw, felt, learned and interpreted.


Young people, and older folks too..

• Today people have this idea that they can use what they find on the internet as theirs.

• Grab a picture, video, idea or what have you. Make a few changes and put it in my paper, slide show, media presentation.

• Often we don’t mean to steal, we just forgot where we got that copy from. The clipboard on my computer doesn’t register the copyright.


A lot of work is already free…

•There is a tremendous body of materials that are there for the use.

•Authors and other creators are glad to share their work.. No charge.

•So what’s the problem?


Everyone is not willing to share…

• When a person creates artistic work they may want to make a living with it. They have a right.

• These people want “all rights reserved!”

• Don’t change a thing and pay me to see or use it.

• They have a right. It is called a copyright!


Today’s NY Times….

• Websites that help people share music and media through a system called Bit-Torrent.

• They closed down gateway sites that show people where the torrents are.

• The “pirates” claim google and yahoo do the same thing. (They do)

• Search NYTimes.com for torrents to see the article


Enter Creative Commons

• You need to go to their website.• I can’t possibly explain CC as well as

they can. • The © on a document means that the

rights to use it are controlled by the owner and essentially says “All rights reserved”

• The CC on a document says, Its mine and you are welcome to use it.


Every CC license will

• Help you retain your copyright • Announce that other people’s fair

use, first sale, and free expression rights are not affected by the license.


Every license requires licensees

• to get your permission to do any of the things you choose to restrict — e.g., make a commercial use, create a derivative work;

• to keep any copyright notice intact on all copies of your work;

• to link to your license from copies of the work;

• not to alter the terms of the license • not to use technology to restrict other

licensees’ lawful uses of the work


Every license allows licensees, provided they live up to your

conditions,

• to copy the work • to distribute it • to display or perform it publicly • to make digital public performances

of it (e.g., webcasting) • to shift the work into another

format as a verbatim copy


Every license

• applies worldwide • lasts for the duration of the work’s

copyright • is not revocable


Slides 8-12 are from:

• http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Baseline_Rights

• The page had this at the bottom:


Clicking on the link…


And more…


Please take some time to look…

• If you use Firefox there is a CC search option.

• Otherwise, go to the Creative Commons Web site and see what they have to offer.

• You may find that the CopyLeft movement will better help you find your way through the copyright laws.

• I have some links in the Class three angel page.


Sharing Creative Works – An Illustrated Primer

• View and download a cartoon PDF http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Sharing_Creative_Works

• View the narrated YouTube Version http://youtu.be/mAk9H1N8beU

• Licensed under CC Attribution


CC Licenses

• Explanation of licenses available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/

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Class 2 spring 2011 creative commons