I gave a talk at Social Media Art Camp (SMart CAMP http://socialmediaartcamp.com/) on Creative Commons and how it relates to artists and arts organizations. It was Ustreamed: http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/5261313.

1. c
www.slideshare.net/janeatcc
janepark@creativecommons.org

2. Who we are
How we happened
What we do

4. by aussiegall

7. Weʼre a 501c3 corporation headquartered in
San Francisco with ~30 employees around the
world.

8. Creative Commons International

9. Creative Commons International
(Weʼre international.)

10. Weʼre a 501c3 corporation headquartered in
San Francisco with 30 employees around the
world.
• Weʼre a nonprofit.

11. Weʼre a 501c3 corporation headquartered in
San Francisco with 30 employees around the
world.
• Weʼre a nonprofit.
• We do not offer legal services.

12. Weʼre a 501c3 corporation headquartered in
San Francisco with 30 employees around the
world.
• Weʼre a nonprofit.
• We do not offer legal services.
We offer free legal and technology tools that
allow creators to publish their works on more
flexible terms than standard copyright.

13. Weʼre a 501c3 corporation headquartered in
San Francisco with 30 employees around the
world.
• Weʼre a nonprofit.
• We do not offer legal services.
We offer free legal and technology tools that
allow creators to publish their works on more
flexible terms than standard copyright.
Terms that allow public sharing, reuse, and
remix.

14. C
Before 1976
• Default was free
• U.S. Register of Copyrights
• Any work fixed in a tangible
medium

15. C
Copyright
• Law designed to govern creative
and expressive works
• Encourage creation and promote
dissemination

16. C
Before the Internet
• Creation and dissemination were
via the printing press or film reels
• When it wasnʼt so easy to make
copies

18. C
1976 Copyright Act
• Automatic Copyright
• Life plus 50 years

20. cba by hyku
http://www.flickr.com/photos/hyku/2166224145/

21. C
1998 CTEA Act
(“Sonny Bono” or “Mickey Mouse” Act)
• Life plus 70 years
• 120 years for corporate works

22. cba by ivva
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivva/336209777/

23. cba by ivva
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ivva/336209777/

25. It is illegal to
copy, distribute, build upon, or remix
copyrighted works.

26. Break the law
or
Donʼt use the Internet

27. C Fair use, or Copyrights Exceptions &
Limitations (CEL)
• No blanket protection for one kind of
use (ie. educational uses)
• Rather relies on a host of factors
• Can only be determined on a case
by case basis, usually in a court of law
• Varies drastically by jurisdiction
(country to country)

28. A lot of creators want to share,
especially
globally.
=
Musicians, ryancr
http://flickr.com/photos/ryanr/142455033/
artists, and educators participate
in a sharing and remix culture.

29. A lot of creators want to share,
especially
globally.
=
Musicians, ryancr
http://flickr.com/photos/ryanr/142455033/
artists, and educators participate
in a sharing and remix culture.

30. cb by Joi

31. C
2003 - Eldred v. Ashcroft
• Challenged Constitutionality of the
1998 Copyright Extension Act
• constantly expanding the term
undermines the original intent of
copyright

32. “To promote the Progress of Science
and useful Arts, by securing for limited
Times to Authors and Inventors the
exclusive Right to their respective
Writings and Discoveries.”

33. 7-2

34. cb by Joi Ito

35. c

36. c
offers an alternative.

37. For the
Global
Networked
Age
http://flickr.com/photos/wwworks/440672445/
b Woodley Wonderworks e

38. A simple, standardized way to grant
copyright permissions to your
creative work.

39. Step 1: Choose Conditions
Attribution Share Alike
Non-Commercial No Derivative Works

40. Step 2: Receive a License

41. CC Licenses are built on top of
copyright law

42. ✓ CC works within the existing system by
allowing movement from “All Rights
Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved”

43. ✓ CC works within the existing system by
allowing movement from “All Rights
Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved”

44. ✓ CC works within the existing system by
allowing movement from “All Rights
Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved”
✓ CC improves copyright by giving creators
a choice about which freedoms to grant and
which rights to keep

45. ✓ CC works within the existing system by
allowing movement from “All Rights
Reserved” to “Some Rights Reserved”
✓ CC improves copyright by giving creators
a choice about which freedoms to grant and
which rights to keep
✓ CC minimizes transaction costs by granting
the public certain permissions beforehand

46. How do I get one?

49. CC licenses are expressed in three
different ways:
human-readable lawyer-readable legal machine-readable
commons deed code metadata
<a rel="license" href="http://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
3.0/us/"><img alt="Creative Commons
License" style="border-width:0"
src="http://i.creativecommons.org/
l/by/3.0/us/88x31.png" /></a><br /
>This work is licensed under a <a
rel="license" href="http://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
3.0/us/">Creative Commons
Attribution 3.0 United States
License</a>.

56. 52 Jurisdictions Ported

57. 52 Jurisdictions Ported

58. Licensed Objects via Google & Yahoo!

59. Over 350 million items

60. Over 133 million photos on
Flickr alone

63. Who is using CC?

64. Film

67. Music

74. Design

77. Dance

80. Museum

82. “CC allows us to change as we grow and
thatʼs very valuable – it means we can
take small steps toward larger goals and
do so as the institution feels comfortable.”

83. wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies

84. The Sharing Landscape in Culture before CC
Permission Culture
Copyright Exceptions and
Limitations, ie. Fair use
Underground or “Guerrilla”
sharing

85. The Sharing Landscape in Culture after CC
Permission Culture
Pre-cleared permissions via CC
Copyright Exceptions and
Limitations, ie. Fair use
Visible sharing
Remix culture: a community of
creators/organizations/institutions
not only sharing, but improving
adapting, remixing, innovating

86. Attribute to c with a link to
creativecommons.org
Creative Commons, ccLearn, the double C in a circle and the open Book in a circle are
registered trademarks of Creative Commons in the United States and other countries.
Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.