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1. What is
Creative
Commons?
William L. Merrill, Ph.D.
Central Michigan University
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3. Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that works to
increase the amount of creativity (cultural, educational, and
scientific content) in “the commons” — the body of work that is
available to the public for free and legal sharing, use,
repurposing, and remixing.
Creative Commons defines the spectrum of possibilities
between full copyright and the public domain. From all rights
reserved to no rights reserved. Our licenses help you keep your
copyright while allowing certain uses of your work — a “some
rights reserved” copyright.
-http://creativecommons.org/about/what-is-cc

4. The Possibilities:
C cc pd
Full Copyright: Creative Commons: Public Domain:
all rights reserved no rights reserved
some rights reserved

5. cc Licenses Conditions

6. cc Licenses Conditions

7. cc Licenses Conditions

8. cc Licenses Conditions

9. The Licenses
Attribution: This license lets others
distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even
commercially, as long as they credit you for the original
creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered, in
terms of what others can do with your works licensed under
Attribution.
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

10. The Licenses
Attribution Share Alike: This license lets others remix, tweak,
and build upon your work even for commercial reasons, as long
as they credit you and license their new creations under the
identical terms. This license is often compared to open source
software licenses. All new works based on yours will carry the
same license, so any derivatives will also allow commercial use.
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

11. The Licenses
Attribution No Derivatives: This license allows for
redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is
passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

12. The Licenses
Attribution Non-Commercial: This license lets others
remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and
although their new works must also acknowledge you and be
non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative
works on the same terms.
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

13. The Licenses
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike: This license lets
others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-
commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new
creations under the identical terms. Others can download and
redistribute your work just like the by-nc-nd license, but they
can also translate, make remixes, and produce new stories
based on your work. All new work based on yours will carry the
same license, so any derivatives will also be non-commercial in
nature.
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

14. The Licenses
Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives: This license is
the most restrictive of our six main licenses, allowing
redistribution. This license is often called the “free advertising”
license because it allows others to download your works and
share them with others as long as they mention you and link
back to you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them
commercially.
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

15. cc Licenses Comparison
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16. What you get with a cc Licenses
Commons Deed: simple plain-language summary of the license
+ relevant icons
Legal Code: the fine print that you need to be sure the license
will stand up in court
Digital Code & Icons: a machine-readable translation of the
license that helps search engines and other applications display
your work by its terms of use

17. Obtain a Lisense
http://creativecommons.org/license/