The document discusses Creative Commons licenses and their role in facilitating the sharing and reuse of creative works. It explains that CC licenses provide a standardized way for creators to grant copyright permissions for their work. Creators can choose from different combinations of conditions, such as allowing commercial use, modifications, or requiring attribution. The licenses are expressed in human-readable, legal, and machine-readable forms to ensure broad understanding and use. Over 500 million works have been licensed under Creative Commons to date, across 52 jurisdictions.

1. c
www.creativecommons.org
janepark@creativecommons.org

3. digital preservation

4. digital sustainability

5. the Internet stack
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6. HTTP/The Web Documents
TCP/IP The Network
Ethernet Computers
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7. Creative Commons Knowledge and Culture
HTTP/The Web Documents
TCP/IP The Network
Ethernet Computers
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8. C All Rights Reserved.

11. nina paley:
* annette hanshawʼs music inspired the film
* her 80 year old recordings were free to use in the public
domain, but nina had to clear the rights to the underlying
compositions
* nina went through a ton of red tape and lawyers and ended
up paying >$50k to partially clear the rights to a few songs
* the media corporationsʼ initial asking price was more than
what the film cost ($220k)

12. ✓ Automatic
✓ “All Rights Reserved”
C ✓ Lasts a very long time
✓ Keeps getting extended

13. This situation is a result of ever-
increasing legal protection colliding with
unprecedented technological change

14. In a digital world, we are all producers of
copyrighted “born-digital” content.

15. When it comes to access, reuse, and
distribution of content, Creative Commons
provides a very simple and legal way to
change the default rules.

16. Creative Commons Knowledge and Culture
HTTP/The Web Documents
TCP/IP The Network
Ethernet Computers
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17. A simple, standardized
way to grant copyright permissions
to your creative work.
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18. Step 1: Choose Conditions
Attribution Share Alike
Non-Commercial No Derivative Works

19. Step 2: Receive a License

20. CC licenses are unique because they
are expressed in three ways.

21. Lawyer
Readable Legal
Code

22. Human
Readable Deed

23. <span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<span rel="dc:type" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
Text" property="dc:title">My Photo</span> by
<a rel="cc:attributionURL"
property="cc:attributionName" href="http://joi.ito.com/
my_photo">Joi Ito</a>
Machine is licensed under a
Readable <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
License</a>.
Metadata
<span rel="dc:source" href="http://fredbenenson.com/
photo"/>
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be
available at <a rel="cc:morePermissions" href="http://
ozmo.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">OZMO</a>.</
span>
</span>

26. nina paley:
* wanted to give others a financial incentive to promote her
film and protect it from being locked up
* downloaded over 150k times on archive.org alone
* wsj article, nov. 9: film garnered $55k, impressive for a film
that spent nothing on promotion or advertising
* spread of film has given paley a platform for speaking
arrangements, a lucrative market
* cc by-sa

29. 500 million works
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30. 52 Jurisdictions Ported

31. ✓ built on copyright law. Does not replace, substitute,
or provide an alternative to copyright.
✓ does not preclude fair use, but picks up where fair
use leaves off.
✓ does not affect rights not covered by copyright,
such as publicity or privacy rights.
✓ irrevocable and perpetual.
✓ can be changed/removed from a work.
✓ non-exclusive/allows for dual licensing.

32. digital sustainability

33. <span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">
<span rel="dc:type" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
Text" property="dc:title">My Photo</span> by
<a rel="cc:attributionURL"
property="cc:attributionName" href="http://joi.ito.com/
my_photo">Joi Ito</a>
Machine is licensed under a
Readable <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
License</a>.
Metadata
<span rel="dc:source" href="http://fredbenenson.com/
photo"/>
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be
available at <a rel="cc:morePermissions" href="http://
ozmo.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">OZMO</a>.</
span>
</span>

34. “License” or “Copyright license” field =
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

35. examples
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41. The Public Domain Mark is used to
mark those works already in the public
domain, ie. those works whose
copyrights have expired.

42. CC0 is a legal and technical tool that
enables you to to waive all your
copyrights to a work. (It is a waiver, not
a license.)
creativecommons.org/choose/zero/

43. wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies

44. Attribute to c with a link to
creativecommons.org
Creative Commons, ccLearn, the double C in a circle and the open Book in a circle are
registered trademarks of Creative Commons in the United States and other countries.
Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.