All About Copyright Important Legal Stuff You Should Know

What is copyright?  5 Related Rights Copying Performance Display Building Upon Distribution Automatic Covers all forms of expression

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5 Related Rights

Copying

Performance

Display

Building Upon

Distribution

Automatic

Covers all forms of expression

Why is copyright good? http://flickr.com/photos/nathangibbs/1360099367/

What is NOT copyrighted? Ideas Phrases Facts Names Logos URLs http://flickr.com/photos/eqqman/86125716/

Ideas

Phrases

Facts

Names

Logos

URLs

Patent vs. Copyright http://flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/132173035/ http://flickr.com/photos/selva/459347/

History of the Commons “The Commons” = resources freely available to community members http://flickr.com/photos/curiouskiwi/245159102/

“The Commons” = resources

freely available to community members

The Commons Today Copyright “ All Rights Reserved” Creative Commons “ Some Rights Reserved”  Our resources are cultural and digital

Copyright

“ All Rights Reserved”

Creative Commons

“ Some Rights Reserved”

What else is out there? Public Domain “ No Rights Reserved” Copyleft “ No Future Copyright”

Public Domain

“ No Rights Reserved”

Copyleft

“ No Future Copyright”

Continuum 

Why do we care? Copying Performance Display Building Upon Distribution http://flickr.com/photos/aloriel/457590762/

Copying

Performance

Display

Building Upon

Distribution

How do we know? Notices Buttons Links Lawyers Remember, copyright is automatic unless the creator says otherwise

Notices

Buttons

Links

Lawyers

Remember, copyright is automatic unless the creator says otherwise

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Flickr http://flickr.com/search

http://flickr.com/search

Creative Commons http://search.creativecommons.org 1. type 2. click

http://search.creativecommons.org

Cite = Give Credit http://flickr.com/photos/nathangibbs/1360099367/ http://flickr.com/photos/eqqman/86125716/ http://flickr.com/photos/jimfrazier/132173035/ http://flickr.com/photos/selva/459347/ http://flickr.com/photos/curiouskiwi/245159102/ http://flickr.com/photos/aloriel/457590762/

Your Turn Do 6 searches for CC-licensed works Compare the number of CC-licensed results with the total number of results Find a CC-licensed work you like (photo, mp3, web page, etc.) for each Save the work and cite it Email results to [email_address]

Do 6 searches for CC-licensed works

Compare the number of CC-licensed results with the total number of results

Find a CC-licensed work you like (photo, mp3, web page, etc.) for each

Save the work and cite it

Email results to [email_address]