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Four Different Projects Creative “Culture” Commons HQ in SF Main project since 2002 Creative Commons International Based in Berlin Started in 2003

Creative “Culture” Commons

HQ in SF

Main project since 2002

Creative Commons International

Based in Berlin

Started in 2003

Four Different Projects (cont.) Science Commons Based in Mass. Started late 2004/early 2005 iCommons Based in Johannesburg Started early 2005

Science Commons

Based in Mass.

Started late 2004/early 2005

iCommons

Based in Johannesburg

Started early 2005

About Creative Commons Non-profit started in December 2002 http://www.creativecommons.org Dedicated to promoting reasonable copyright Makes available standard licenses and tools that enable creators to make their works available on more flexible terms Enables “some rights reserved”, rather than “all rights reserved” Uses private, voluntary tools to create a public good - more freely* available content

Non-profit started in December 2002

http://www.creativecommons.org

Dedicated to promoting reasonable copyright

Makes available standard licenses and tools that enable creators to make their works available on more flexible terms

Enables “some rights reserved”, rather than “all rights reserved”

Uses private, voluntary tools to create a public good - more freely* available content

About Science Commons Started late 2004/2005 http://www.sciencecommons.org Dedicated to promoting the sharing of knowledge and learning in academics and the sciences Three project areas: publishing, data, socially responsible licensing Similar model to Creative Commons - standard licenses and tools to promote more humane, efficient & equitable access to scientific research

Started late 2004/2005

http://www.sciencecommons.org

Dedicated to promoting the sharing of knowledge and learning in academics and the sciences

Three project areas: publishing, data, socially responsible licensing

Similar model to Creative Commons - standard licenses and tools to promote more humane, efficient & equitable access to scientific research

About CCi Dedicated to the legal porting of Creative Commons standard licenses http://creativecommons.org/worldwide/ Legal porting involves the literal and legal translation of the licenses suitable for the jurisdiction in question 18 jurisdictions have already ported our licenses In total, in talks with 70 jurisdictions about porting http://iteamspace.creativecommons.org/wiki/Contact_info

Dedicated to the legal porting of Creative Commons standard licenses

http://creativecommons.org/worldwide/

Legal porting involves the literal and legal translation of the licenses suitable for the jurisdiction in question

18 jurisdictions have already ported our licenses

In total, in talks with 70 jurisdictions about porting

http://iteamspace.creativecommons.org/wiki/Contact_info

About iCommons Separate legal entity, different Board Designed to develop the international community around our licenses Translate and port our tools such as ccMixter, ccPublisher Support and generate ‘events’ such as Wired Remix contest etc.

Separate legal entity, different Board

Designed to develop the international community around our licenses

Translate and port our tools such as ccMixter, ccPublisher

Support and generate ‘events’ such as Wired Remix contest etc.

What is Creative Commons about? Copyright Reasonable copyright ready-made legal and technical toolkits to enable creators to get their works ‘out there’ on more flexible terms To enable ‘clearly signaling’ of permitted uses so that users know what use they make may of that work

Copyright

Reasonable copyright

ready-made legal and technical toolkits to enable creators to get their works ‘out there’ on more flexible terms

To enable ‘clearly signaling’ of permitted uses so that users know what use they make may of that work

Copyright? Law designed to govern creative and expressive works To encourage creation To promote dissemination Applies to certain categories of works Applies automatically upon fixation of a creative work to tangible form Grants copyright owner a bundle of exclusive rights

Law designed to govern creative and expressive works

To encourage creation

To promote dissemination

Applies to certain categories of works

Applies automatically upon fixation of a creative work to tangible form

Grants copyright owner a bundle of exclusive rights

applies to:

applies to:

What is the problem Creative Commons is trying to solve? Copyright automatically applies to creative, expressive works upon fixation Some people don’t know this = unwitting infringer Some people do = too scared to use a work interpretatively Digital technologies revolutionized how creative works are made, made available and used Everything a computer can see, a computer can copy The very essence of copy right is implicated by digital technologies Individuals can produce and reuse works in entirely new ways Reaction to this phenomenon has been polarized

Copyright automatically applies to creative, expressive works upon fixation

Some people don’t know this = unwitting infringer

Some people do = too scared to use a work interpretatively

Digital technologies revolutionized how creative works are made, made available and used

Everything a computer can see, a computer can copy

The very essence of copy right is implicated by digital technologies

Individuals can produce and reuse works in entirely new ways

Reaction to this phenomenon has been polarized

How? Nonprofit organization Based in San Francisco, offices in Berlin & Johannesburg Ported to 23 jurisdictions by volunteers (and growing) Offering legal and technical toolkits CC Licenses : staple or customized licenses Publish : for creators and their licensors to publish content under CC licenses & others to reuse it Find: for the general public to search for CC licensed content that they can use, copy and build on

Nonprofit organization

Based in San Francisco, offices in Berlin & Johannesburg

Ported to 23 jurisdictions by volunteers (and growing)

Offering legal and technical toolkits

CC Licenses : staple or customized licenses

Publish : for creators and their licensors to publish content under CC licenses & others to reuse it

Find: for the general public to search for CC licensed content that they can use, copy and build on

Core Licensing Suite: Creator/Licensor chooses license options NonCommercial No Derivatives ShareAlike Every Creative Commons licenses allows the world to copy and distribute a work provided that the licensee credits the creator/licensor In addition creator/licensor may apply the following conditions:

Simple License Generator Answer ~two simple questions to choose a license.

License is produced in three different formats

Logo is Placed on the Content

Logo Links to the Commons Deed

Commons Deed Links to the Legal Code

Important aspects of the Creative Commons Licenses Expressly drafted not to limit fair use rights A non-exclusive, irrevocable public license CC licensor enters into a separate license agreement with each user License runs with the work, recipient may not apply technological measures or conditions that limit another recipients rights under the license No warranties License terminates immediately upon breach Licensor may withdraw the work at any time

Expressly drafted not to limit fair use rights

A non-exclusive, irrevocable public license

CC licensor enters into a separate license agreement with each user

License runs with the work, recipient may not apply technological measures or conditions that limit another recipients rights under the license

No warranties

License terminates immediately upon breach

Licensor may withdraw the work at any time

Current State of Creative Commons international … in talks with volunteers in 70 countries

… in talks with volunteers in 70 countries

ccPublisher for publishing audio and video http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Tools

Internet Archive Free Hosting for CC works http://www.archive.org/

ccPublisher: free and easy publishing of audio and video

Choose a license

Upload your file

Get a download URL

Your work is online at the Internet Archive

http://search.creativecommons.org/

Searchability Relies on Metadata

Beastie Boys / Now Get Busy

Trifonic / Bored on Your Backside

T he A E xperience to date Who are the CC-license adopters? The idealist who agrees with the principle The educator for whom sharing ideas & building on knowledge is their objective The pragmatist who is starting out The artist for whom sampling & recontextualization is their artform The citizen journalist

Who are the CC-license adopters?

The idealist who agrees with the principle

The educator for whom sharing ideas & building on knowledge is their objective

The pragmatist who is starting out

The artist for whom sampling & recontextualization is their artform

The citizen journalist

M yth-busting Myth: Creative Commons licenses prevent creators earning $$ from their work Experience: CC-licenses are about what others do with your work, not you CC-licenses do not contain a royalty provision CC licensed work can get you noticed CC-license a work in a different format CC-license a work to get it noticed to sign a commercial deal for that work CC-license a work to get it noticed to sign a commercial deal for future deals

Myth: Creative Commons licenses prevent creators earning $$ from their work

Experience:

CC-licenses are about what others do with your work, not you

CC-licenses do not contain a royalty provision

CC licensed work can get you noticed

CC-license a work in a different format

CC-license a work to get it noticed to sign a commercial deal for that work

CC-license a work to get it noticed to sign a commercial deal for future deals

Small fish, big pond ~53,000,000 web pages link to a license 1 out of 295 pages indexed by Yahoo’s One third increase in past 3mths

~53,000,000 web pages link to a license

1 out of 295 pages indexed by Yahoo’s

One third increase in past 3mths

adoption across all creative spheres

A … changing culture one copyright license at a time …

Useful pages Our sites http://creativecommons.org/ http://www.sciencecommons.org/ Set up an RSS feed for both blogs Best way to navigate our site: http://creativecommons.org/sitemap Cool graphics & movies that explain us http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/how1 http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/comics1 http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/

Our sites

http://creativecommons.org/

http://www.sciencecommons.org/

Set up an RSS feed for both blogs

Best way to navigate our site:

http://creativecommons.org/sitemap

Cool graphics & movies that explain us

http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/how1

http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/comics1

http://mirrors.creativecommons.org/

Other Useful Resources Legal concepts http://creativecommons.org/about/legal/ Meet the licenses page http://creativecommons.org/license/meet-the-licenses Developers’ page http://creativecommons.org/technology/ US Copyright Office - Copyright Basics http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html World Intellectual Property Organization http://www.wipo.int

Legal concepts

http://creativecommons.org/about/legal/

Meet the licenses page

http://creativecommons.org/license/meet-the-licenses

Developers’ page

http://creativecommons.org/technology/

US Copyright Office - Copyright Basics

http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html

World Intellectual Property Organization

http://www.wipo.int

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