This document discusses copyright and creative commons licensing. It covers topics such as what qualifies for copyright protection under US law, the length of copyright terms, fair use exemptions, the idea-expression dichotomy, differences between copyright and plagiarism, the history and versions of Creative Commons licenses, and choosing an appropriate Creative Commons license for original works. Contact information is provided for the author to discuss using or licensing content.
28. Mathias Klang
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US Constitution by Kim Davies cc by nc nd
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.
Article I, Section 8, Clause 8 of the United States Constitution
Bone Flute found in Hohle Fels Cave in Germany, is at least 42,000 years old.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/science/oldest-musical-instruments-are-even-older-than-first-thought.html
Copyright Act of 1976snowman by Javier cc by nc nd
capturing the art shark by Art Siegel cc by nc
Ferry Building, 18th April 2013 by screaming_monkey cc by sa
Alas _ Hope is the thing with feathers... By Celeste cc by nc CROPPED
David Slater was taking photos of macaques on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi in 2011
Ahchan on iPad By jetalone cc by
Fair-Use Doctrine: it is permissible to use limited portions of a work. The reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair if it is used for: criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, research.
The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes.
The nature of the copyrighted work.
The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work
The fair use doctrine has been described as a "guarantee of breathing space at the heart of copyright."... This breathing space ensures that copyright will not stifle the very proliferation of creative works that it was designed to foster. Three of the four fair use factors in the present case militate in favor of a finding of fair use, largely because the defendant's transformation of the plaintiff's photograph has resulted in public access to two distinct works, serving distinct markets, with little risk that the creator of the first work will be disinclined to create further works that may be open to parody. Because I agree with the Second Circuit that in this case "[a]ccording [the] proprietor [of the copyrighted work] further protection against parody does little to promote creativity, but it places a substantial inhibition upon the creativity of authors adept at using parody, ..." I hold that the fundamental purposes of copyright are best served by a finding that defendant's use of the Moore photograph is a fair one.
After a long day at work by screaming_monkey cc by sa
Can be used without permission or the payment of fees
Low Cost by Luigi Piazzi cc by nc sa
Plagiarism by Steve Ransom CC BY NC SA
Plagiarism Quotation source: www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2013/12/college_pap...
Image Credit: Kristina Alexanderson www.flickr.com/photos/kalexanderson/7588771492
Used and modified (text added) under Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/
creative commons -Franz Patzig- from A. Diez Herrero cc by nc sa
Off Switch from Kyle Slattery cc by nc sa
So to make sure our licenses and public domain tools are up to date, Creative Commons has been versioning them since we first launched it in 2002. And you can see here the different versions launched at various intervals – 1.0 in 2002, 2.0 in 2004 up through 3.0 in 2007 and 4.0 last year.
= Why versioning is important =
So I mentioned a bit on the last slide about why Versioning is important, but I want to re-emphasize that here, with a few additional points. Versioning is really a core responsibility of license stewardship, because:
(as I mentioned) the Law and technology keeps changing – for example, think about privacy before and after the Internet!
But what’s more, the Usage of our licenses keeps growing, certainly since 2002 the number of CC licensed works has grown exponentially, and this results in many more and diverse stakeholders when it comes to our licenses, also known as license adopters
And lastly, we can’t predict the future. Because we are not fortune tellers, we do have to continue versioning the licenses every so often to adapt to this growing and diverse base of users and to anticipate significant changes to the law and technology
Long story short: Version 4.0 is the most up to date version of our license suite yet, and it was designed in consultation with many, many legal experts from around the world to account for and anticipate all these changes!
For speaker and further interested audience members: we have this detailed chart explaining the differences between all the versions: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/License_Versions
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= Examples of when versioning was needed =
(only dive into if relevant to audience, eg. open ed advocates might be interested; educators don’t need to know this)
1.0 – 2.0:
CC learned a lot its first year in existence, and with experience came recognition that adjustments were needed relatively soon after launch of 1.0. Among other things
no demand for the non BY licenses in the original suite of 11 licenses; took the opportunity to drop those from the 2.0 suite
dropped affirmative representations and warranties on the part of licensors, to bring us in line with what other providers of free content were doing. We recognized (and encouraged then as well as today) that licensors can offer warranties with or without a fee where those are sought. This is a common model throughout the open publishing landscape, and one embraced by the open source community as well.
other important changes: improving the attribution requirement, addressing music-related issues including how the CC licenses work with collecting societies, and introducing compatibility between ported versions of BY-SA.
2.0 to 3.0: second major upgrade
endorsement: concern by licensors that when others reused their works, the licensor endorsed those uses through attribution statements. Introduced “no endorsement” provision, introduced provision requiring removal of attribution when requested and reasonably possible, and clarified moral rights
internationalization-related issues: the generic license was one in the same as the US license, wanted to change that by creating a more international license using international terminology to ease adoption issues; other issues also were in play, including the need to harmonize still further treatment of moral rights.
compatibility: other major issue was compatibility with other copy-left or ShareAlike licenses. Recognized problems associated with having incompatible silos of content that could not be remixed; introduced a provision that would allow CC to declare other licenses sufficiently compatible such that content could be remixed between them and licensed under one or the other license easily.
In 4.0, Attribution requirements have been aggregated and greatly simplified, with more flexibility built in such that the attribution requirement is subject to a “reasonable to the means, medium and context” standard. So for example, one reasonable way to satisfy the attribution requirement is with a link to a page that lists all the required attribution information.
Note: This was assumed reasonable under 3.0, but made explicit in 4.0.
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To help you out, we revamped our best practices for attribution guide
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Best_practices_for_attribution
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Author
Source
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(for better or for worse) NonCommercial has stayed the same, so whatever you were able to do before with an NC licensed work you can continue to do so. Nothing about the definition has changed, so if you hated back then, you can continue to hate it….
Extra presenter’s notes:
Does my use violate the NonCommercial clause of the licenses?
CC's NonCommercial (NC) licenses prohibit uses that are "primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or monetary compensation." This is intended to capture the intention of the NC-using community without placing detailed restrictions that are either too broad or too narrow. Please note that CC's definition does not turn on the type of user: if you are a nonprofit or charitable organization, your use of an NC-licensed work could still run afoul of the NC restriction, and if you are a for-profit entity, your use of an NC-licensed work does not necessarily mean you have violated the term. Whether a use is commercial will depend on the specifics of the situation and the intentions of the user.
In CC's experience, it is usually relatively easy to determine whether a use is permitted, and known conflicts are relatively few considering the popularity of the NC licenses. However, there will always be uses that are challenging to categorize as commercial or noncommercial. CC cannot advise you on what is and is not commercial use. If you are unsure, you should either contact the rights holder for clarification, or search for works that permit commercial uses.
In 2008, Creative Commons published results from a survey on meanings of commercial and noncommercial use generally. Note that the results of the study are not intended to serve as CC's official interpretation of what is and is not commercial use under our licenses, and the results should not be relied upon as such.
Day 78 - Peace by lintmachine cc by nc sa
Peggy Bacon in mid-air backflip, Bondi Beach, Sydney, 6_2_1937 _ by Ted Hood By State Library of New South Wales collection
Statue Park by Bill McIntyre cc by nc sa
Carl Curman
Stockholm, Sweden
View towards the Old Town and the Southern part of Stockholm city.
Vy mot Gamla stan och Söder.
Parish (socken): StockholmProvince (landskap): UpplandMunicipality (kommun): StockholmCounty (län): Stockholm
Photograph by: Carl CurmanDate: 1900Format: Cyanotype
Persistent URL: www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000300029623
Read more about the photo database (in english): www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/about.html
Carl Curman
Stockholm, Sweden
View towards the Old Town and the Southern part of Stockholm city.
Vy mot Gamla stan och Söder.
Parish (socken): StockholmProvince (landskap): UpplandMunicipality (kommun): StockholmCounty (län): Stockholm
Photograph by: Carl CurmanDate: 1900Format: Cyanotype
Persistent URL: www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/show-image.html?id=16000300029623
Read more about the photo database (in english): www.kms.raa.se/cocoon/bild/about.html
Superman in North Dakota from Fonzie's cousin cc by nc sa