Creative Commons - What, How, Why

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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- 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.

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. noncommercial; 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

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.