Creative Commons

2. What is Creative Commons?
http://creativecommons.org/videos/wanna-work-together
http://creativecommons.org/videos/creative-commons-kiwi
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3. What is Creative Commons?
Intellectual property (songs, documents, drawings, sound effects, melodies etc.) are
automatically copyrighted – Creative Commons allows easy license sharing
6 easy to use and understand licenses for easy sharing of rights and content
Idea stems from open source software licensing
Use of CC material is legal within their license frameworks
The CC license is automatically “acquired” when downloading the sound/picture
Overview over the 6 licenses: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
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4. What is protected by copyright law?
You can NOT use:
Songs or melodies from musicians even if they have passed away e.g. Bach
(because the interpretation used is licensed)
Video or sound bites from known productions e.g. ending speech from “The
Great Dictator”
Images from Google
Sound effects found online without CC license
Samples
You CAN use:
Sounds/pictures with CC licenses
Sounds/compositions from friends etc. WITH proper legal consent of the
composer
Your own compositions/songs
Sounds/sound effects from PURCHASED music/editing software (e.G.
garageband, ableton, final cut)
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5. Where do I find Creative Commons content?
On Soundcloud
Search normally
Select “sounds”
Select “CC license”
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6. Where do I find Creative Commons content?
Click on the desired
sound
Click on the License
You will find
information about
the license type
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7. Where do I find Creative Commons content?
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8. Where do I find Creative Commons content?
On Vimeo (Music
Store)
Click on “Advanced
Filters”
Select “License”
Choose your license
type
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9. Where do I find Creative Commons content?
Other Sources
Click on “Licenses
Tab” on the CC
website
Select “Find license
content”
https://search.creativ
ecommons.org/
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10. Where do I find Creative Commons content?
Other Sources
Google is your friend: e.g. “creative commons sound effect library”
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11. How do I cite CC-sounds properly
Overview from CC website: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Marking/Users
Section: Marking Specific Media of relevance for the video
Example:
This video features the following songs:
“Desaprendere (Treatment)” by fourstones, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-
Noncommercial license.
“Some Other Song” by fourstones, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
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