A 45 minute introduction to the general principles of copyright. A look into history, the current situation, and the future with remixing and open content. Creative Commons licenses are explained in more detail.
Basics of copyright and open content for educators
1. Basics of copyright and open
content for educators
Tarmo Toikkanen
Creative Commons Finland
2013-08-28
2. Contents
1.Short history of copyright
2.Present day
2.1.What is protected by
copyright?
2.2.What does copyright protection
mean?
2.3.What rights do others have for
protected works?
3.Future
3.1.Remixing
3.2.Open licenses, Creative
Commons
Image:SteveJurvetson,CCBY
3. www.opettajantekijänoikeus.fi/kopiokissa/osa4
Bookshops
were an important
part of the markets
in ancient Rome.
The number of
copies was also
reremarkable.
China has
the longest
history in
book printing. Books
were copied even
before the
year 2year 220.
Copycat
part 4: History
of Copyright
The term of protection for
Austen’s works has expired.
You can do nearly whatever
you want with them!
Could I instead rewrite today’s
news item into a crime novel and
post it on my blog?
Today we’ll practice writing
techniques by creating
variations of Jane Austen’s
‘Pride and Prejudice’.
70 years of protection
still seems pretty long...
Copying and
preserving of text
was a respected
profession in
buddhist India.
But in ancient Rome, slave factories could
make thousands of copies in a day.
Poets of the time were
naturally not pleased.
Monks in monasteries copied books
by hand. Copyright was not needed
since not that many copies
were being made.
But book making
did not change overnight.
The traditional way of
writing books by hand
lasted for over
a century.
Gutenberg’s printing press
made book printing fast in
the 15th century Europe.
Actually,
no it
wasn’t.
I know! Copyright
was created because of
Gutenberg’s
printing press!
Tove
Jansson’s family
is doing very
well by selling
rights to
her works.
What good
are those
rights when
you’re dead?
Term of
protection?
Well,
do we have Austen’s
permission then?
70 years after
the author’s death.
Hey!
That’s my
poem!
543 pages
to go...
I
performed
it yesterday
at Obelix’s
party
...
NO! You can’t adapt
others’ works without
permission!
Authors:TarmoToikkanenandSannaVilmusenaho
4. What is protected by copyright?
Works
Anything that is original enough so
that no-one else could create the
same independently.
Photographs
Video and
audio recordings
TV and radio
broadcasts
Performances Related rights
5. This lecture: a
literary work
Example
Me reading
this aloud:
performance Audio
recording of my
performance
7. What does copyright protection mean?
Reproduction
The author has exclusive rights to
the protected work.
Dissemination
Publication
Moral rights
Performing
publicly
8. This lecture: a
literary work
Example
Me reading
this aloud:
performance Audio
recording of my
performance
Reproduction: as an
audio recording
Dissemination:
slideshare
Publication: online
Moral rights
Performing
publicly
9. Varies by country
What rights do others have for protected works?
Ideas
Reselling
Private use
Fair use
Citation
Educational non-
commercial fair use
Parody and satire
Needs of impaired
people
Cultural institutions
10. “A remix is a song that has been edited to sound
different from the original version.
A remix may also refer to a non-linear re-
interpretation of a given work or media other than
audio..” --Wikipedia
13. Benjamin
Franklin
1706-1790
“... even short Hints and imperfect
Experiments in any new Branch of
Science, being communicated, have
oftentimes a good Effect, in exciting
the attention of the Ingenious to the
Subject, and so becoming the Occasion
of more exact disquisitions ... and more
compleat Discoveries ...” PUBLIC DOMAIN
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19. BY: Attribution
Give credit to the author.
Mention the CC license that
has been used.
If you adapt a work, mention
the original author and
yourself, and clarify what each
has made. Link to the original
work if possible.
21. SA: ShareAlike
Affects only adaptations.
The published adaptation
must be licensed with the
same license.
Ensures that freedom is
retained in future derivative
versions.
22. NC: NonCommercial
Limits the rights given in the
CC license to affect only non-
commercial activities.
Slightly problematic, since
defining what is commercial is
sometimes difficult.