6. • Supposed to “promote the Progress of Science and useful
Arts”
• Automatic
• in U.S., lasts for life of author + 70 years
• “bundle of rights” = reproduce, make derivative works,
distribute, public performance
• Have to ask permission
• Infringement is expensive ($750-$150k)
• Safety valves (fair use)
• Public domain = no copyright protection
• Facts not protected
Features of copyright today
14. CC licenses build on
traditional copyright
• “All Rights Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved”
• Gives creators a choice about which freedoms to
grant and which rights to keep
• minimizes transaction costs by granting the
public certain permissions beforehand
15. All CC licenses are
combinations of 4
elements:
License Building Blocks
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https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/.
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