Ben Betts shares his thoughts on the practice of curating content for learning; sticking to a combination of facts and the moral high-ground (this should not be taken as legal advice!) Delivered as part of the eLearning Guild's 'Spotlight 2017: Curation Beyond the Buzzword' Webinar, April 5, 2017. Read more at https://www.ht2labs.com/blog/curation-copyright-law/

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eLearning Guild: Spotlight on Curation
April 5, 2017
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Curation, Copyright
and the Law…

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I AM NOT YOUR LAWYER!
We will try to stick to a combination of facts
and the moral high-ground
This should not be taken as legal advice…
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Get ready to raise your virtual hands…
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1. Is this stealing other people’s content?
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2. Is this stealing other people’s content?
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3. Is this stealing other people’s content?
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4. Is this stealing other people’s content?
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1. Typically, I’d call this linking and I think is mostly OK
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2. If it has an Embed widget, and no license issues… OK I think
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3. This is probably stealing, unless heavily cited / permission granted
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4. Is it accurately cited? What percentage is original content?
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Three Principles…
1. Check the License…
2. Apply the Principles of Fair Usage
3. Keep the Moral High-Ground
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Our first principle…
1. Check the License
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Can you use a TED talk?
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What about when it’s on YouTube?
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Creative Commons Licensing
BY
SA
NC
ND
You must attribute who made this – who is it ‘by’?
You must release derivative works as this one– ‘ShareAlike’
You cannot sell this (or derivative works) – Non-Commercial
You cannot modify this – No-Derivative
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So if you saw this…?
CC- BY-SA
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What about this…?
CC-BY-NC
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Creative Commons License Usage (March, 2016) adapted from: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Free-cultural-
license-cc.svg#filelinks
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OK, so what about Learning Solutions Mag?
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Quick Challenge
Can you find a policy relating to
Learning Solutions Magazine
with regards to curating
content?
www.learningsolutionsmag.com
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2. Apply the Principles of Fair Usage
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Is it Factual or Creative?
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Is it a significant part of the whole?
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Does it damage the market for the original?
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I believe that…
If you use a significant part of a creative work
and lessen the value of the original in the
process, that is not fair.
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3. Keep the Moral High-Ground
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Keeping on the high-ground
1. Ask Permission
2. Don’t overuse one source
3. Cite your sources!
This works both ways if you are an author…
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If you create / publish original content…
1. Do you make it easy for people to ask
permission?
2. Do you make it easy for people to grab a
‘snippet’ or widget?
3. Do you provide a citation?
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Open to contribution
Closed to contribution
Dictatorship Meritocracy
You are
responsible
Your users are
responsible
What about User Generated Content?
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Ben Betts
Questions?
Thanks for taking part!