copyright for wikipedians
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Copyright
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Wikipedians
Greg Grossmeier – grossmei@umich.edu – lib.umich.edu/copyright
Except where otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
What is ?
US Constitution“To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries”
Not a tool to control all content forever in all
mediums.
But what is ?
“a bundle of rights”
The right to reproduce the workThe right to prepare derivative worksThe right to distribute the workThe right to perform the workThe right to display the workThe right to license any of the above to third parties
How do I get ?
How do I receive copyright protection for my work?
First, it must meet somebasic requirements:
● It must be original.● It must have some level of creativity.● It must be in a fixed medium.
Old Days -You use this symbol
And provide a date
And register it with theUS Copyright Office.
1930
Now-a-days:
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Now-a-days:
Also, it's instant.
Copyright protects…
WritingChoreographyMusicVisual artFilmArchitectural works
Copyright doesn’t protect…
IdeasFactsData (mostly)Useful articles (that’s patent)
How long does
protection last?
The life of the Authorplus 70 years(for now).
After that
The Public Domain
General Rules for Public Domain/Copyright Status
Works No Longer Protected by Copyright
• Published before 1923• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends.• Authored by the Federal Government
General Rules for Public Domain/Copyright Status
Works Still Protected by Copyright
• Published after '63• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends• Most State and Municipal works
Fair Use
17 USC 107
An exception to copyright
protection.
The Four Factors
● The Nature of the original work● The Purpose of the use● The Amount of the original work● The Affect on the Market of the original
Remember: Every case is different
Another way....
?
Public Domain
All Rights Reserved
Some rights reserved: a spectrum.
least restrictive
most restrictive
<rdf:RDF xmlns="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"
xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
<License rdf:about="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/">
<permits rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Reproduction"/>
<permits rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Distribution"/>
<requires rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Notice"/>
<requires rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Attribution"/>
<permits rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#CommercialUse"/>
<permits rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#DerivativeWorks"/>
<requires rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#ShareAlike"/>
</License>
</rdf:RDF>
RDFa Primer - Bridging the Human and Data Webshttp://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa-primer/
What browsers see. What humans see.
Discoverability.
But, not everything you find can be used...
Public Domain
All Rights Reserved
Some rights reserved: a spectrum.
least restrictive
most restrictive
“free content defition [1]”
http://freedomdefined.org/Definition
Public Domain
All Rights Reserved
Some rights reserved: a spectrum.
least restrictive
most restrictive
Public Domain
All Rights Reserved
Some rights reserved: a spectrum.
least restrictive
most restrictiveX XX X X
Pop Quiz: What license is Wikipedia's text licensed under?
And other Free licenses...
And things not restricted by copyright(ie: public domain)
And...
Works No Longer Protected by Copyright
• Published before 1923 (in the US)• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends.• Authored by the US Federal Government
Most exhaustive list of copyright statuses acceptable on Wiki[mp]edia
(that I could find):
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags
However, everything YOU create can be used.
(as long as you agree to license it under an appropriate license)
Finding freely/openly licensed content.
General:
Google Advanced Search: http://www.google.com/advanced_search
Images:
Flickr Advanced Search: http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/
Audio:
Internet Archive: http://archive.org
Jamendo: http://www.jamendo.com
Video:
Internet Archive: http://archive.org
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/
Blip.tv: http://blip.tv
Questions?
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