This document discusses copyright and Creative Commons licenses. Copyright automatically protects original creative works from unauthorized use and provides creators exclusive rights over their work. Creative Commons licenses provide free options for creators to allow some uses of their work while still retaining copyright, such as allowing non-commercial sharing and distribution with attribution. The key difference is that copyright reserves all rights by default, while Creative Commons licenses provide pre-defined terms for limited sharing and reuse with credit given to the original creator.

1. Copyright and Creative
Commons
By Samuel Willie

2. Content
 Definition of copyright
 How copy right works
 Examples of copy right
 Definition of creative commons
 How creative commons works
 Examples of creative commons
 Differentiation creative vs copy right
 Summary

3. What is copyright?
Copyright is the exclusive right that the owner of an
intellectual property has. It protects the creator's work
from unauthorized duplication or use.

4. How does copyright works?
Copyright (or author's right) is a legal term used to
describe the rights that creators have over their
literary and artistic works. Works covered by copyright
range from books, music, paintings, sculpture, and
films, to computer programs, databases,
advertisements, maps, and technical drawings.

5. Example of copyright
Under copyright law, original works are given copyright
protection in order to prevent theft and unauthorized
use. Copyright examples include creative works with a
tangible form, such as art, music, or literary works.

6. What is creative
commons?
Creative Commons (CC) is an internationally active non-
profit organization that provides free licenses for
creators to use when making their work available to the
public. These licenses help the creator to give permission
for others to use the work in advance under certain
conditions.

7. How does creative
commons works?
Every Creative Commons license allows the creator to
retain copyright whilst allowing others to copy and
distribute and make use of their work non-commercially.
The creative Commons license also ensures creators get
the recognition and credit for the work they produce and
share.

8. Some examples of
creative commons
•Governments and intergovernmental organizations.
•Books.
•Comics.
•Educational resources.
•Games.
•Video games.
•Images and photos.

9. Difference between
copyright and creative
commons
Creative Commons is actually a license that is applied to a work
that is protected by copyright. It’s not separate from copyright,
but instead is a way of easily sharing copyrighted work with some
right reserved where as copy right do not allow users to share,
remix and redistribute and it is all right reserved.

10. Summary
Copyright works are that is all right reserved and does
not allow users to remix and redistribute. Creative
commons allow users to remix and redistribute with
various conditions and always must give credit to
author.