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+ Kathryn Barker 4 months ago
Clear and simple to follow. You’ve really done a nice job of explaining and showing how these things work.

Quite frankly, I doubt I’ll be able to keep up with your chat. If you’ve got a question, go ahead and ask your peers in chat. I’m certainly not the smartest person in this virtual room, so I bet there will be someone who might have an answer. If you don’t find the answer from others in chat, ask again when I get to a questions slide.

I’m a blogger, and a writer, and due to personal need, I’ve researched this quite a bit.

POLL What do you need for your training? Images Videos Audio Other (Please type in Chat)

Well, you can get them off the web, but you need to be careful. Images and media are not always in the public domain. I also used to teach college kids how to create a web page. Before I let them use a graphic, I made sure they contacted the owner to gain permission. It’s just smart to make sure your media is legal.

POLL Your work is copyrighted when … q. When you officially file for it b. When you create it c. When you imagine it. ALL BUT C. A & B ARE CORRECT.

VIDEO That’s where Creative Commons comes in. They’ve worked with the Office of Copyrights and a slew of lawyers to develop licenses that allow people to share their work and allow you to re-use it. This video is derived from a video the Creative Commons folks offer. I shortened it slightly for our purposes. Under a CC license, I was allowed to use the video and make changes to it. Anything can be licensed under CC. Books, music, images, video – anything.

Creative Commons offers 6 different types of licenses. Read all about them, as well as license your own work, at CreativeCommons.org CC licenses are non-revokable. You can change your mind, but you can’t take back the license someone is already using. Exist in addition to and on top of copyright. “Hey, it’s mine, but you can use it with some ground rules.”

POLL When can non-commercial be used? For internal use only at a for-profit company, when no profit is made from the use On your blog, which also uses Google AdWords You give a presentation to others from which you make no money

That was sort of a trick question. The answer is open for debate. As long as your work is not primarily intended for commercial gain, you should be okay. “ What does and doesn't constitute commercial use is not easy to answer. If you are unsure then you should contact the copyright holder for permission. Alternatively, you could search for works under a more permissive license. The license states that the use cannot be "primarily intended" for commercial gain, but what that phrase means is open to debate. Commercial Test for Fair Use: Does it impinge on the copyright owner’s ability to profit from the item?

Now that you know about Creative Commons, the question becomes, how do you find things licensed under it? CC Search accesses Google, Yahoo, Flickr, blip.tv, OWL music, and SpinXpress (all media). CC Search is also built into your Firefox browser, if you use Firefox.

CC Search is also built into your Firefox browser, if you use Firefox. Accesses the same search as CreativeCommons.org

Yahoo offers a CC search as well.

POLL True/False If you put your images on Flickr, anyone can use them. False. You can license your works All Rights Reserved. Can people still steal them? If they’re creative about it, but your license does hold.

Flickr Flickr is a great place to store your images, and an equally great resource for finding images for your training. I use CC-licensed Flickr images in most of my presentations. How to search for CC images on Flickr How to protect your own images on Flickr

Launched via Google Images last fall Available for personal use and non-commercial use

StockVault allows you to search for your images. Their terms of use request that you not use the images in inappropriate ways or to make money. Attribution is appreciated, but not required.

MorgueFile (named for newspaper archive files) allows you to search for your images. Their terms of use request that you not use the images in inappropriate ways or to make money. Attribution is appreciated, but not required.

Blip.tv is a video sharing site, similar to YouTube. In my experience, sites like Blip.tv tend to have better quality video. Blip.tv uses CC licensing.

YouTube YouTube requires common sense. If it’s obviously copyright infringement (tv show, movie, etc), you shouldn’t use it. It’ll probably disappear soon anyway. For instance, it’s almost impossible to find old Saturday Night Live clips, such as Will Ferrell’s Shaun Mondavi sketch. NBC has pulled any clips available and has only issued controlled videos, such as their digital shorts.

When you upload a video to YouTube, you are given options: Public or private Embedding or not Comments, responses, ratings

Clips are share-able, embeddable

POLL Podcasts/vodcasts can use snippets of popular music or video (audio) if: A. Used for criticism, such as a movie review B. Used for intros and exits, such as theme music C. Used as an example for educational purposes D. The clip is in the public domain ALL BUT B A & C fall under Fair Use D is always okay

ALL BUT B A & C fall under Fair Use D is always okay

Slideshare.net Fantastic for research Can upload PPT, Keynote, or PDF files. Can set specifications: downloadable, Creative Commons licenses + All Rights Reserved Show edit screen for one of my own presentations

DocStoc Embeddable in websites Downloadable in PDF format Upload documents in Word, OpenOffice, and PDF format Collaboration / Commenting DocStoc Sync Private documents with invited sharing, monitoring Scribd Embeddable in websites Downloadable in PDF format Upload documents in Word, PDF format Collaboration / Commenting Private documents with invited sharing

MIT Opencourseware Initiative Licensed under Creative Commons – noncommercial use, sharealike

Open Source software is software that is developed collaboratively. The code is freely available and any one can build upon it or make improvements. This leads to well-supported, often surprisingly well-documented, software. Sourceforge is the repository for the compiled software, much documentation, and the code. OSalt lists both the Commerical versions and Open Source versions for comparisons Browser – Firefox Photo Editing – GIMP and GIMPshop (Photoshop replacement) Audio Editing – Audacity Email – Thunderbird MS Office Replacement – Open Office VLC; Video Media Player Content Management Systems: Drupal, Joomla Many many many more!

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Cool Tools: Spice Up Your Blogs Legally - Presentation Transcript

COOL TOOLS:
- Legally Spice Up Your Blogs with Free Social Media Options
Michelle Lentz @writetechnology Podcamp Ohio 2009
Twitter: @writetechnology
- Instructional Designer & Trainer
- Professional Technology Blogger (Who knew?)
- Help non-profits integrate social media
- Ballroom dancer & wine blogger
I’m not the smartest person in the room Contribute to the conversation Fromflickr user l oop_oh , CC
Overview
- Licensing: Creative Commons v ©
- Search
- Images
- Video / Audio
- Presentations / Documents
- Software (Sourceforge, OS LMSs))
I’m Not a Lawyer Fromflickr user vaXzine , CC
What do you need for your blogs? Fromflickr user kagey_b , CC
Get Legal From flickr user PugnoM , CC
When is your work copyrighted? Fromflickr user kagey_b , CC
Introducing Creative Commons (video available at http://creativecommons.org/videos/get-creative ) Derived from Get Creative @ CreativeCommons.org
Creative Commons Licenses http://www.creativecommons.org
- From Creative Commons.org comics
When can non-commercial be used? Fromflickr user kagey_b , CC
Non-Commercial Use Study http://wiki.creativecommons.org/NC © Non-Commercial
- If you’re unsure:
- Contact copyright holder for permission
- Search for works under a more permissive license
- Works cannot be primarily intended for commercial gain
Creative Commons Search http://search.creativecommons.org
Creative Commons Search: Browser Toolbar http://www.mozilla.org Firefox has a built-in Creative Commons search option
Yahoo! Creative Commons Search http://search.yahoo.com/cc
TRUE or FALSE: If you put your images on Flickr, anyone can use them. Fromflickr user kagey_b , CC
Images on Flickr: Creative Commons Licensing http://www.flickr.com
Alternate Flickr Search: Compfight http://www.compfight.com
Alternative Image Sites: Google LIFE Magazine Archives Personal and non-commercial use http://images.google.com/hosted/life
- From Life Magazine Archives, May 1, 1964
Alternative Image Sites: Non commercial, attrib polite but not req’d http://www.stockvault. net
Alternative Image Sites: Commercial, Remix, No Attribution http://www.morguefile.com and http://www.morguefile.com/license/morguefile/
Blip.tv : Uses Creative Commons
YouTube : If it’s available, you can use it. Within reason.
Your own videos on YouTube: You make the choice
Hulu.com: Legally embed clips http://www.hulu.com
Podcasts/vodcasts can use snippets of popular music when … Fromflickr user kagey_b , CC
Podcasting Legal Guide http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Welcome_To_The_Podcasting_Legal_Guide
- From Flickr user Steve Wampler , CC
Audio: ccMixter http://ccmixter.org/
- From Flickr user oneilkwangwanh , CC
SlideShare.net : Presentations Creative Commons licensing
Document Sharing and Collaboration - DocStoc: http://www.docstoc.com - Scribd: http://www.scribd.com
MIT OpenCourseware Initiative: http://ocw.mit.edu/ Creative Commons Licensing
Open-Source Software - Sourceforge http://www.sourceforge.net - Open Source as Alternative http://www.osalt.com
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