Creative Commons
What, Why, How
by Ivan Chew
MyRightBrain.wordpress.com
RamblingLibrarian.blogspot.com
10 Mar 2009 – Creative Crew Singapore meet-up

Or, How I understand and adopt
Creative Commons

\"How I understand & adopt Creative Commons\" by Ivan
Chew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
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available at http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com. I'm
always happy to hear from those who found this work
useful. Feel free to email me at
RamblingLibrarian@gmail.com.

Let’s say you need a photo
for your video project

You have less than one day
to find it

You found this on the Internet

You upload your video online

Your friends think it’s cool

You get 100,000 views

You get 100 fan mails daily

Then you get
ONE
email…

It doesn’t have to be that way

Creative Commons

Outline
What CC is/ isn’t
How to adopt a CC license
What it means to “adopt a CC license”
How to search for CC-licensed materials

Creative Commons

I produced this Music Video in 3 days…
http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/music-video-one-world-2008/

…from
92 photos
&
Nine video
footages
LEGALLY
…

… without every contacting anyone for
Permission

… because
Permission
has already been granted.

The generosity of those who adopted
the mindset of the
Creative Commons

What
Creative Commons
IS NOT

CC is NOT
… an replacement for Copyright (it’s a
complement)
… a way to make you famous (your
talents will)
… a safeguard for copyright abuse

So what is
Creative Commons?

It helps if already understand about
Copyright

To read the Copyright Act…
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg

Try the IPOS FAQs
http://www.ifaq.gov.sg

Hire IP lawyers

Or we can watch a video
about Copyright &
Creative Commons

Creative Commons
For those who wish to share their work
by default
Allows you to state your terms of use in
layperson’s terms (legalese available for
lawyers too!)

Three parts to
Creative Commons

Part 1: Machine-readable Code

Part 2: Human-readable Code

Part 3: Lawyer-readable Code

How do you adopt a
Creative Commons
license?

http://creativecommons.org/license/

http://www.flickr.com/account/?tab=privacy

How do you search for
Creative Commons
licensed works?

http://search.creativecommons.org/

http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/

http://www.google.com.sg/advanced_search

http://search.yahoo.com/web/advanced

What must you do when using
Creative Commons
licensed works?

What to watch out for:
Respect the terms of use
All CC licenses require users to attribute the
creator
Understand the license variations (e.g. non-
commercial; Share-Alike)
If the stated terms do not fit your
requirements, you can always contact the
owner

Remember…
Creative Commons
does not mean owners have
given up their Copyrights

Are you still skeptical about
Creative Commons
(as a creator)?

Let’s consider the types of users out there
the the
the unsure
Good BAD
will do the will rather will not
Right Thing give a hoot
NOT DO ANYTHING

Potentially CC will encourage
the unsure
to do
THE RIGHT THING

I think of CC as
Publicity

Publicity - when others remix you

Publicity - when others remix you

I think of CC as
Participation

Remix!
ccmixter.org

Publicity - participate!

Remix! - what others have shared
http://ccmixter.org/view/media/samples/browse

Remix! - share your own

I am 100% comfortable with
Creative Commons
because…

Courtesy of DYFL - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dyfl/4476112/

I choose to see the
donut
hole
rather than the

Summary
What CC is/ isn’t
How to adopt a CC license
What it means to “adopt a CC license”
How to search for CC-licensed materials

Creative Commons Singapore
CreativeCommonsSingapore.wordpress.com

See you in the
community!
Questions & Feedback:
RamblingLibrarian@gmail.com

\"How I understand & adopt Creative Commons\" by Ivan
Chew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Singapore License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be
available at http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com. I'm
always happy to hear from those who found this work
useful. Feel free to email me at
RamblingLibrarian@gmail.com.