lecture 20: creative commons & copyright
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Flickr, Image Citation & Copyright
Dr. Jessica LaccettiModule 9
Outline
• What is Copyright• What is Creative Commons• History and Background• Uses• Flickr and Creative Commons• Practise • Homework
Nick Negroponte
“copyright law is
totally out of date.”
Esther Wojcicki from CC Says:
• E-mailing a book chapter to a friend or colleage?
• Posting a picture/video/article onto your learning space?
• Using a cartoon or a drawing in a handout?• Uploading resources you found to your web
site?• Copying a lesson plan and posting it to an
educational resource repository?
Illegal!!Unless you get permission
“Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright.”
“We provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the
creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination
thereof.”
• By using a Creative Commons license, you do not give up your copyright; you still own your work.
• Creative Commons licenses do not replace copyright registration - they apply in addition to copyright.
• Even if you're using a Creative Commons license, it is advisable to register your copyright so you can protect your work from unauthorized uses through the courts.
New technologies, especially SOCIAL MEDIA has revolutionised HOW creative works are made,
disseminated and consumed
Pop Quiz
Image on flickr by De todos los Colores :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nachoeuropa/4791946173/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Everyday We
• Are using:• Photos• Text• Music• Movies
Image from xkcd: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/copyright.jpg
Why is CC so Brilliant?
• This let’s use LEGALLY use:• Photos• Text• Music• Movies
Image from flickr by A. Diez Herrero: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21572939@N03/2090542246/sizes/m/in/photostream/
And…
• With CC you can MANAGE how your OWN creations are
• Made• Disseminated• Consumed
With CC
• You can easily• Collaborate and
share• Your creations with
other students, employers, professors…
• THE WORLD
Image on flickr by courosa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3708151311/sizes/l/in/photostream/
How?
» 18,373,287 photos
Your Turn
• With a partner or in a small group:• Take a photo of something (your laptop) or
someone (ONLY if they say it’s ok!)• Upload it to Flickr• Tag it appropriately• Choose your CC license• Add the link to today’s blog post in a comment
Image on flickr by turkguy0319: http://www.flickr.com/photos/turkguy19/1018420551/sizes/o/in/photostream/
CC Images
• FlickrStorm • The Open Photo Project • Wikimedia Commons • OpenClipArt • PhotoEverywhere
These ideas from Chris Betcher:
Remember
• CC is not a get-out-of-jail-free card• You still need to practise ethics!• Follow the rules of the license• Attribute as the license says
Benefits of CC
• Faciliate collaboration• Increase your reach and reputation• Speed the creation of educational/scientific
resources• Improve quality (peer review)• Reduce the cost of development• Make good use of publicly funded material• Imbue old work with new value• Provide legal clarity and reduce admin
REF: Jessica Coates presentation on Creative Commons in the Classroom
Homework
• Watch this Larry Lessig Video on Creative Commons and Scientific Publishing: http://vimeo.com/23078677
• Peruse Michael Geist’s blog (there are lots of posts on copyright): http://www.michaelgeist.ca/