My reflection on copyright and creative commons

1. My reflections on Copyright and
Creative Commons
BY TYSON OPA

2. Why I prefer this Attribution (CC BY) licenses? Because,
 This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon my work, even commercially, as long as
they credit me for the original creation.
 This is the most accommodating of licenses offered.
 Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.
 The OER Foundation and many OER practitioners recommend this license for OER (open educational
resources).

3. Explanation of copyright
 Copyright is the basis on which my open licensing is built.
 Copyright is a legal concept which grants creators (authors, musicians, artists and other
creators).
 Has the rights of ownership and protection against unauthorised uses of my works for a fixed
period.

4.  It may provide protections for personal interests called “moral rights”
 It is attempts to balance exclusive rights of copyright holders with the interests of society at
large by providing a number of exceptions and limitations
 Copyright safeguard my creative works in a digital world.

5.  Copyright provides creators with the legal framework to share knowledge
freely.
 Without giving my copyright away.
 Therefore, this is the legal enabler for creative commons licenses which
provide me with the tools to share knowledge and creativity freely.

6. When does a work qualify for my copyright protections?
 It is used to protect creative works
 It protects the expression, not the underlying idea
 Very often, copyright requires an expression in a particular form
 The work must be original
 No formalities are required

7. Explanation of creative commons
 Creative Commons is an international non-profit organization
dedicated to helping build and sustain a thriving common of
shared knowledge and culture.
 Creative commons provides a set of free tools to help me
legally share my knowledge and creativity freely.
 The Creative Commons licenses have become the de-facto
international standard for open licensing of creative works.

8.  Creative works dedicated to the public domain can be remixed with all the CC license types.
(Remember that the public domain is not a license.)
 The Creative Commons Attribution license may be re-licensed using any of the six license
types.
 Generally speaking, you may not re-license derivative works under more open licenses
without prior consent from the copyright holder.

9.  You may never remix source materials containing a No-Derivatives
restriction (however, format shifts are permissible).
 Creative Commons works in tandem with copyright law to provide
educators alternatives to refine their copyright by transforming the default
position of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved” according to
permissions determined by the creator of the work.

10.  Creative Commons provides six license alternatives based on the
permissions for derivative works and whether or not commercial use is
allowed.
 Creative Commons provides public domain tools which allow
copyright holders to place their works into the public domain or to
mark a work that is already in the public domain as such.

11.  They are available in three different formats: the full legal terms, the
license summary (deed), and “machine-readable” code.
 With CC licenses, users know in advance which material can be revised,
remixed and redistributed as derivative works, according to compatibility
for re-licensing among different licenses.

12. Summary for copyright and creative
commons
 Copyright is a legal concept which grants creators (authors,
musicians, artists and other creators.)
 Has the rights of ownership and protection against unauthorised
uses of our works for a fixed period.
 The Creative Commons Website provides a free online tool to
choose a license for a creative work.
 CC licenses are user-friendly and appropriate for the digital world.