2500 Creative Commons Licenses (http://www.flickr.com/photos/qthomasbower/3640362081/in/photostream/ ) /
QThomas Bower (http://www.flickr.com/photos/qthomasbower/ ) / CC BY-SA 2.0
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ )
Finding and
Crediting
Copyright-Friendly
Media for
Presentations,
Publications, and
Posts
Amanda Pape – 7 November 2014
This presentation may be used (subject to limits of individual images and slides) under a Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) license. Please
attribute to Amanda Pape
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Every day we
Use
Movies
Pictures
Music
Text
from the internet
Image: Are you ready??? by ssh available at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ssh/12638218/
used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 licence /(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ )

Not a lawyer Not a lawyer
( but a CFO)
Lawyer!

Why should I care?

Mighty Kids Meal (http://www.flickr.com/photos/54149575@N00/6882159 ) / Mark Payne (http://www.flickr.com/photos/markpayne/ ) / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ )

Man of Steel (http://www.flickr.com/photos/36521965978@N01/9484440 ) / B. Baltimore Brown (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bbaltimore/ ) / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ )

thou shalt not... (http://www.flickr.com/photos/97676798@N00/421747228 ) / Scott (http://www.flickr.com/photos/saintbridge/ ) / CC BY-NC 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/ )

“© All Rights Reserved”
But what about
everything in between
“Public Domain”

What is
Creative Commons?
Carpeted Commons (http://www.flickr.com/photos/glutnix/2079709803/in/pool-ccswagcontest07 ) / Brett Taylor (http://www.flickr.com/photos/glutnix/ ) / CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ )

Creative
Commons
provides
resources
that you can
legally copy,
modify
(sometimes),
and reuse.
my CC stickers have arrived!!! by laihiu available at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laihiu/290630500/
under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license

Components of Creative Commons Licenses
Source: http://resourcelinkbce.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/creative-commons-a-virtual-treasure-chest-of-content/ licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Australia Licence.

YES YES
YES
YES NO
NO
NO
NO NO
YES with
same
license
YES under
any NC
license
YES with
same
license
Note that ALL 6 licenses require attribution – more on that in a bit.

http://search.creativecommons.org

http://commons.wikimedia.org

Google Image Search http://www.google.com/imghp

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

http://www.panoramio.com
Good for places – but NOTE: not all images here have Creative Commons licenses!

flickrCC.net

Using flickrCC: 1. Enter your search term
 Use single words to begin with
 Narrow the search by adding more terms
 Leave 'For editing' checked to allow cropping, etc.
 Select 'Commercial' if you're going to sell the image
or use it for advertising copy (even for non-profits!)

Using flickrCC: 2. Click on a thumbnail
 Choose a thumbnail and
click on it.
 This will load the
attribution in the next
panel...
 If you don’t like any of the
thumbnails, load 30 new
images using the 'next 30'
link at the bottom of the
page.

Using flickrCC: 3. Select your image size
 You can click on the image
title to see the original on
Flickr
 The links below the image
load different sizes into the
browser.
 Note that the photographer
may not allow original or
large images to be used.

Using flickrCC: 4. Edit the image (optional)
If you left 'For editing' selected when you started the search you can
now click on the 'Edit' link to open Aviary, an online image editor...

Using flickrCC: 5. Save your image
 Right click on the image
 Select 'Save Image As' from
the pop up menu (actual
words may vary depending on
the browser used)
 Name the file
 Remember where you saved
it!

Using flickrCC: 6. Copy the attribution text
 Select the attribution text (left click and drag over the text).
 Right click the selection and choose 'Copy' from the pop up menu.
 NOTE: This attribution is incomplete – it is missing the author and the CC
license – but it is better than no attribution at all.

Using flickrCC: 7. Add the image to
your document and add the
attribution text
Image: 'Erath County: No. 1 Dairy County In Texas'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50821237@N03/6210169658
Found on flickrcc.net

Image Attribution : Creativecommons.org by Andrew* - http://www.flickr.com/photos/nez/299989580 - CC BY SA 2.0

All CC licenses require attribution
• Credit the author, licensor and/or other parties
(such as a wiki or journal) in the manner they
specify (if they do so).
• Sometimes you can find their preferred
attribution with the image, or on a profile page.
• If no specific attribution is given, then…

According to Creative Commons you need to:
1) keep intact any copyright notices for the work
2) Cite the work's title or name, if such a thing
exists. Link the name or title directly to the
original work, or provide the URL to the source.
3) Cite the author's name, screen name, user
identification, etc. It is nice to link or provide URL
to the person's profile page, if such a page exists.

According to Creative Commons you need to:
4) Cite the specific CC license the work is under,
and link to or provide the URL for the specific CC
license.
5) If you are making a derivative work, you also
need to identify that your work is an adaptation.
For example, “This is an adaptation of [title of
original work] by [original author] from [source
URL], [CC license and link/URL]”

Credit thetitle, the artist, thesource, the CC
license,
and provide
the URL
or links
to each of
these
(TASL)
Pro Nikon Photographer at Morro
Rock 04 Dec 2007 / Mike Baird /
CC BY 2.0
Pro Nikon Photographer at Morro Rock 04 Dec 2007 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2087094553) / Mike Baird
(http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/) / CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ )

Some images come with “no known copyright restrictions.”
Add the URL and follow the instructions of the image library.
Interior, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Houston, Texas, postmarked June 5, 1911
Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries [Public domain] via University of Houston Digital Library

Wikimedia Commons Attribution Tool

When you click Download, a window
pops up that looks like this:
The attribution provided is not quite complete
(missing the title and link to author), but it’s a start.
Check the HTML box if embedding in a website.

When you click Use this file on the web,
you can get code that you can actually
embed on many websites.
You can also adjust the width of the image with the drop-down box.

Using OpenAttribute.com

Using OpenAttribute.com
Once you’ve installed it in Chrome, an icon
that looks like this should appear on pages
with Creative Commons licensed material
(works with Flickr & Wikipedia pages):

Using OpenAttribute.com
When the Icon
appears on a page,
click on it, then click
”More Information”
You can choose
either the Basic
Attribution or the
RDFa format. I
take the Basic
format and tweak
it for my needs.

Using OpenAttribute - example

Credits
• Slides 2, 19, 20: modified from “Creative Commons in the Classroom,” by Jessica Coates of Creative Commons
Australia, found at http://www.slideshare.net/Jessicacoates/creative-commons-in-the-classroom-presentation /
CC BY-NC 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ )
• Slides 3-10, 23: from “Creative Commons - What, How, Why,” by Ivan Chew , found at
http://www.slideshare.net/ramblinglibrarian/creative-commons-what-how-why / CC BY-NC-SA 2.5
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ )
• Slides 11, 13-16: modified from “Creative Commons in our Schools,” by Mark Woolley, found at
http://www.slideshare.net/markwoolley/creative-commons-in-our-schools / CC BY-NC 2.5
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/ )
• Slide 18: modified from “Creative Commons: What every Educator needs to know,” by Rodd Lucier , found at
http://www.slideshare.net/thecleversheep/creative-commons-what-every-educator-needs-to-know-presentation
/ CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ )
• Slide 22: modified from “The OER 101 Workshop at USM II,” by Zaid Alsagoff , found at
http://www.slideshare.net/zaid/the-oer-101-workshop-at-usm-ii / CC BY-NC-SA 2.5
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ )
• Slides 29-36: modified from “Using flickrCC.net to find free, Creative Commons licensed images,” by Peter
Shanks, found at http://www.slideshare.net/botheredbybees/using-flickrccnet-to-find-free-creative-commons-licensed-
images / CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ )
• Slides 37, 41, 42: modified from “Creative Commons Attribution” by elisabeth abarbanel, found at
http://www.slideshare.net/eabarbanel/creative-commons-attribution-3228503 / CC BY-NC-SA 2.5
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ )
• Slide 46: modified from work found at http://openattribute.com/first-run-firefox / / Open Attribute
(http://openattribute.com/ ) / CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ )

Bibliography
About Creative Commons
• http://creativecommons.org/choose/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons_license
• http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Sharing_Creative_Works_23
Search tools - articles with good info
• http://www.pcworld.com/article/253168/using_creative_commons_to_find_photos_you_can_use.
html
• http://edtechideas.com/2012/01/12/four-creative-commons-photo-sites-you-should-know-about/
• http://certivweb.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/finding-images-youre-allowed-to-use-on.html
• http://www.slideshare.net/botheredbybees/using-flickrccnet-to-find-free-creative-commons-licensed-
images
Even more info
• http://www.pcworld.com/article/255602/how_to_protect_your_artistic_works_with_a_creative_c
ommons_license.html
• Comic by Creative Commons about using creative works:
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Sharing_Creative_Works
• Series of tutorials (see playlist) on using Creative Commons:
http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/movie/74162/play_window?type=Workshop&sid=2180
• http://www.wired.com/business/2009/05/flickr-creates-new-license-for-white-house-photos/

Bibliography, Continued
Attribution articles
• http://mollykleinman.com/2008/08/15/cc-howto-1-how-to-attribute-a-creative-commons-licensed-
work/
• http://www.wikihow.com/Attribute-a-Creative-Commons-Licensed-Work
• http://creativecommons.org.au/content/attributingccmaterials.pdf - GREAT!
• http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking/Users
• http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#How_do_I_properly_attribute_a_Creative_Commons_licens
ed_work.3F
• How to correctly attribute Creative Commons images found on Flickr:
http://librarianbyday.net/2009/09/28/how-to-attribute-a-creative-commons-photo-from-flickr/
Resources needing more research
• http://photopin.com/
• http://www.pics4learning.com/
• http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ (use advanced search)
• http://www.abelssoft.net/ccfinder.php
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Free_media_resources/Photography
• http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xpert/
• http://www.photodropper.com/
• http://www.imagecodr.org/get.php

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Contact Information:
Amanda Pape
Coordinator for Archives and
Special Services
Dick Smith Library
Tarleton State University
Box T-0450
Stephenville, TX 76402
254-968-9251
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