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Creative commons licenses and legal tools
- 1. CC-BY Creative Commons CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES AND LEGAL TOOLS Aurelia J. Schultz Counsel, Creative Commons aurelia@creativecommons.org CREATIVE COMMONS IS NOT A LAW FIRM AND DOES NOT GIVE LEGAL ADVICE.
- 2. Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that enables worldwide sharing and reuse of creative works and knowledge through free legal and technical tools.
- 3. Why Enable Sharing • Technology changed how we interact with copyrighted works and copyright law • We are all creators • Many creators build off of others’ works • Not all creators want all the rights granted by copyright in every situation
- 4. How Sharing is Enabled Free copyright tools make it easier for copyright holders to exercise their rights by cutting out the middleman and getting the law out of the way. .
- 12. License Chooser http://creativecommons.org/choose
- 14. Legal Code http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode
- 15. Metadata
- 16. Searching for CC Licensed Material http://www.google.com/advanced_image_search
- 17. Nitty Gritty of the Licenses
- 18. Creative Commons Licenses are Copyright Licenses • Only license copyright elements, not things in the public domain or other rights like publicity or trademark • Copyright exceptions and limitations are left in place • License lasts for duration of copyright protection • License is non-revocable
- 19. Creative Commons Licenses are Copyright Licenses (cont.) • Non-exclusive • No sublicensing • No warranties • No choice of law or forum (international) • No DRM can be added • Automatic termination upon breach
- 20. Important for ShareAlike • ShareAlike (SA) licenses require that derivative works are licensed under the same or a compatible license • Cross-jurisdiction compatibility • Future compatible • i.e. BY-SA 2.0 remixed work can be released under BY-SA 3.0 • NOTE: version 1.0 is not compatible • Other compatible licenses: http://creativecommons.org/compatiblelicenses
- 21. Things Licensors Should Consider • Standard things for any license: Is it copyrightable? Do they have the rights to the work? • How broadly do they want to share? What level of reuse? • Which license suite? • How do they want to be attributed?
- 22. Things Licensees Should Consider • Does the desired use fit within license terms? • Are there other rights implicated in the work, such as publicity rights? • Is attribution properly given? • When remixing, consider things both from the Licensee’s and Licensor’s point of view
- 23. Benefits For Creators For Users • Increased sharing of • Safe, legal reuse work, higher exposure • Build on works already • See the creativity created, not reinventing inspired in others the wheel through their remixes • Easy to find and use • Full-choice on license materials with low cost terms • Access to knowledge • Time- and cost-saving • Standardized license terms
- 24. Other Legal Tools • CC0 – for putting works into the public domain • Waives all rights to the extent possible • http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/ • PDM – for marking works already in the public domain • To be used only on works that are in the public domain everywhere • http://creativecommons.org/choose/mark/
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