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Creative Commons
for educators
Jessica Coates
Project Manager
Creative Commons Clinic
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Enter Creative Commons
Aims to make creative material more usable
by providing free licences that creators
can use to give permission in advance
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Licences
4 licence elements:
Attribution – attribute the author
Noncommercial – no commercial use
No Derivative Works – no remixing
ShareAlike – remix only if you let
others remix
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Licences
creators mix and match these elements to
make a licence eg:
Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike –
can remix, tweak, and build upon the work, as
long as:
• you credit the author;
• it is for non-commercial purposes; and
• you license your new creations under the same licence
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Attribution-ShareAlike
Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike
Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives
Licences
Attribution
Attribution-Noncommercial
Attribution-NoDerivatives
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Licences
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
Licences
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CC for Education
• Provides a source of material that can be
legally used beyond the limits of Part VB
and s200AB
• Can be used to share material with other
students / teachers / the world
• Can potentially be used to reduce licence
fees under Part VB
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Finding CC Material
• Built in metadata makes
CC materials easy to find.
• CC search functions built
into Google, Yahoo, Flickr
and Firefox.
• Creative Commons
website lets you search
by type of material.
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
CC sites
Good places to find CC material:
• Flickr - photos
• Blip.tv – videos
• Magnatune – music
• Opsound – CC ‘sounds’
• Directory of Open Access Journals - articles
• ccMixter – remix community
• Internet Archive - everything
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Things to think about
Before using CC material:
• Check that you’re following the licence
(ask for extra permission if necessary)
• Do you need any other rights?
• Make sure your use isn’t ‘derogatory’
• Use common sense
• Don’t forget to attribute
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Using CC licences
• Can apply to your own
material
• Free, easy to understand, no
lawyers needed
• If putting material online,
should always license if you
can – otherwise, people can’t
do anything
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Licences
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
Licences
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
Licence tools
• ccPublisher –
downloadable desktop
wizard
• Microsoft plug-in –allows
you to CC license straight
from Office programs
• Individual site generators
eg Flickr
• Plug-ins / wizards for other
programs, formats etc
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
What to CC license?
You can publish:
• short works
• long works
• previews/excerpts
• samples
• ‘drafts’
• material that would not otherwise
be published – eg source
material, back catalogue, ‘junk’
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Where to share material
• Own website
• Popular sites – eg Flickr,
Garageband.com
Myspace
• Remix communities – eg
ccMixter, Opsound
• CC businesses – eg
Revver, Magnatune
• Own website
• Peer-to-peer, bit torrent
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
Things to think about
Before using CC licences:
• Who do you want to use the material, and
when? eg global, perpetual
• Are you choosing the right licence? eg do you
want them to be able to change your material?
• Do you have the rights to license the material?
Are you using anyone else’s material?
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
http://creativecommons.org.au/unlockingthepotential
Thanks
http://www.creativecommons.org
http://www.creativecommons.org.au
info@creativecommons.org.au
AUSTRALIA
part of the Creative Commons international initiative
CRICOS No. 00213J
This slide show is licensed under a Creative Commons Australia Attribution licence. For more
information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/.

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  • 1. Creative Commons for educators Jessica Coates Project Manager Creative Commons Clinic AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 2. AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 3. AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 4. Enter Creative Commons Aims to make creative material more usable by providing free licences that creators can use to give permission in advance AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 5. Licences 4 licence elements: Attribution – attribute the author Noncommercial – no commercial use No Derivative Works – no remixing ShareAlike – remix only if you let others remix AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 6. Licences creators mix and match these elements to make a licence eg: Attribution-Noncommercial-ShareAlike – can remix, tweak, and build upon the work, as long as: • you credit the author; • it is for non-commercial purposes; and • you license your new creations under the same licence AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 8. Licences AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative
  • 9. Licences AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative
  • 10. CC for Education • Provides a source of material that can be legally used beyond the limits of Part VB and s200AB • Can be used to share material with other students / teachers / the world • Can potentially be used to reduce licence fees under Part VB AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 11.
  • 12. Finding CC Material • Built in metadata makes CC materials easy to find. • CC search functions built into Google, Yahoo, Flickr and Firefox. • Creative Commons website lets you search by type of material. AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 13. CC sites Good places to find CC material: • Flickr - photos • Blip.tv – videos • Magnatune – music • Opsound – CC ‘sounds’ • Directory of Open Access Journals - articles • ccMixter – remix community • Internet Archive - everything AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 14. Things to think about Before using CC material: • Check that you’re following the licence (ask for extra permission if necessary) • Do you need any other rights? • Make sure your use isn’t ‘derogatory’ • Use common sense • Don’t forget to attribute AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 15. Using CC licences • Can apply to your own material • Free, easy to understand, no lawyers needed • If putting material online, should always license if you can – otherwise, people can’t do anything AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 16. Licences AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative
  • 17. Licences AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative
  • 18. Licence tools • ccPublisher – downloadable desktop wizard • Microsoft plug-in –allows you to CC license straight from Office programs • Individual site generators eg Flickr • Plug-ins / wizards for other programs, formats etc AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 19. What to CC license? You can publish: • short works • long works • previews/excerpts • samples • ‘drafts’ • material that would not otherwise be published – eg source material, back catalogue, ‘junk’ AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 20. Where to share material • Own website • Popular sites – eg Flickr, Garageband.com Myspace • Remix communities – eg ccMixter, Opsound • CC businesses – eg Revver, Magnatune • Own website • Peer-to-peer, bit torrent AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 21. Things to think about Before using CC licences: • Who do you want to use the material, and when? eg global, perpetual • Are you choosing the right licence? eg do you want them to be able to change your material? • Do you have the rights to license the material? Are you using anyone else’s material? AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J
  • 23. Thanks http://www.creativecommons.org http://www.creativecommons.org.au info@creativecommons.org.au AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J This slide show is licensed under a Creative Commons Australia Attribution licence. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/.

Editor's Notes

  1. Standard copyright law says that you can’t reproduce or communicate creative material (eg movies, books, music etc) without the copyright owner’s permission, except in very limited circumstances The problem with this in the digital era is that every use of material makes a reproduction. This includes just viewing This means that, under the default copyright laws, printing out a webpage, emailing a picture to your friend, making a digital collage or remix work etc will all generally infringe copyright
  2. Standard copyright law says that you can’t reproduce or communicate creative material (eg movies, books, music etc) without the copyright owner’s permission, except in very limited circumstances The problem with this in the digital era is that every use of material makes a reproduction. This includes just viewing This means that, under the default copyright laws, printing out a webpage, emailing a picture to your friend, making a digital collage or remix work etc will all generally infringe copyright
  3. Non-profit Founded in 2001 These academics became concerned that the default copyright laws that applied in most countries were restricting creativity in the digital environment by preventing people from being able to access, remix and distribute copyright material online Taking inspiration from the open source movement, they decided to develop a set of licences that creators could use to make their material more freely available without giving up their copyright They wanted to replace the standard “all rights reserved” model with a new, more flexible, “some rights reserved”
  4. The first CC licences were released in 2002 The central to each of the CC licences are the four licence elements – Attribution, noncommercial, no derivative and sharealike These represent restrictions that copyright owners may want to put on how people can use their material. As you can see, each of the elements has a symbol that can be used to ‘represent’ each of these elements this makes the licences easier understand – in theory, once a person is familiar with the CC licences, they should be able to recognise what uses are allowed simply by looking at the symbols
  5. Users can mix and match these elements to set the conditions of use for their material So, for example, an author may be happy to allow private uses of their work, but may want to limit how it can be used commercially. They may also want people to remix their work, but only so long as that person attributes them and makes the new work available for others to remix So they can choose the Attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licence
  6. Users can mix and match these elements to set the conditions of use for their material So, for example, an author may be happy to allow private uses of their work, but may want to limit how it can be used commercially. They may also want people to remix their work, but only so long as that person attributes them and makes the new work available for others to remix So they can choose the Attribution-noncommercial-sharealike licence
  7. . . .to the licence deed, which sets out the licence in plain english terms You can see the licence element symbols here By clicking on this link here, you can access . . .
  8. The full licence code – which sets out the licence in full legal terms
  9. The first CC licences were released in 2002 The central to each of the CC licences are the four licence elements – Attribution, noncommercial, no derivative and sharealike These represent restrictions that copyright owners may want to put on how people can use their material. As you can see, each of the elements has a symbol that can be used to ‘represent’ each of these elements this makes the licences easier understand – in theory, once a person is familiar with the CC licences, they should be able to recognise what uses are allowed simply by looking at the symbols
  10. But how do you find all of this material? One of the most important innovations of the CC licensing model was to make the licences machine readable. This means that, if the XHTML text is correctly embedded in the work, the work can be searched for through a series of specific CC search engines this is probably one of the biggest benefits of using CC licensing – it makes it easy for those looking for material they can use to find your material, and gives you direct access to the open source and re-mix communities Google, Yahoo, flickr and blip.tv all provide specific CC search tools, as does the firefox web browser
  11. Selecting a licence takes you through to a page that provides you with some XHTML text that you can copy onto you website This basically ‘embeds’ the cc licence into your work, and displays the ‘licence button’ on your site By clicking on the button, you’re taken through. . .
  12. As well as the CC website, you can also download the generator to your desktop, as part of the ccPublisher This helps you automatically label your material as CC, and publish it online In an interesting development, Microsoft has also recently released an plugin that allows you to label any work created in an Office as CC. A number of sites also let you licence your material as cc – including flickr, and blip.tv