This document provides an overview of Creative Commons licenses. It discusses what Creative Commons is, how CC licenses create a spectrum from most restrictive to least restrictive, and how CC metadata can help with discoverability of works. It also addresses common questions about non-commercial use and how to properly attribute CC licensed works. The key points are that CC licenses reduce transaction costs, metadata improves discoverability, and understanding non-commercial use and attribution are important for both content creators and users.
59. Commercial or Not Commercial?
“not-for-profit organization uses work
on its site, organization makes enough
money from ads to cover hosting costs”
Creators: 59.2
Users: 71.7
(1 – 100, 1 = completely NonCommercial, 100 = completely Commerical)
60. Figure 13: Ratings of Commercial Use by Creators and Users: Scenarios Related to Uses Involving Money
61. Figure 15: Ratings of Commercial Use by Creators and Users: Scenarios Related to Uses by Organization
62. Figure 16: Ratings of Commercial Use by Creators and Users: Scenarios Related to Uses with Charitable Purposes
63. Figure 12: Ratings of Commercial Use by Creators and Users: Scenarios Related to Uses by Individual
64. Figure 17: Ratings of Commercial Use by Creators and Users (Anchor Point Exercise)
78. “Yangtze River” by Greg Grossmeier
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/grggrssmr/5218192252/), available
under a Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/).
79. “Yangtze River” by Greg Grossmeier, available under a
Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 license.