Creative Commons licenses provide alternatives to traditional copyright for authors and creators to grant permissions for others to use their work. The licenses offer options for allowing commercial use, modifications, and sharing derivatives under the same license (Attribution, NonCommercial, NoDerivatives, ShareAlike). Licenses are granted to the public and last as long as copyright, though authors retain moral rights. Works can be licensed by adding attribution and license information. Creative Commons does not enforce licenses but provides tools and education to help authors share their work while maintaining control over how it is used.

1. Creative Commons Licenses
April 14, 2011
Maarten Zeinstra
Stichting Nederland Kennisland
Creative Commons Nederland
e: mz@kl.nl t: mzeinstra

2. Copyright 101
Public Domain 101
Creative Commons Licenses
How it works
Questions

3. Copyright 101
Copyright is a law that gives the owner of a
creative work like a document, book, or other
piece of information, the right to decide what
others can do with it.

4. Some characteristics of copyright
Copyright is automatically granted
No need to register
Copyright only covers works that are a form of material expression
Copyright always means: all rights reserved
Copyright has a limited duration:
lasting 70 years after the author’s death (text)
lasting 50 years after first recording (neighboring rights)

5. PD No rights reserved (public domain)
C All rights reserved

6. Two Objectives of Copyright
Moral rights
Protect the moral rights of the author as the maker of the work
Exploitation rights
Grant the copyright-holder the opportunity to generate returns from
his work, to exploit the work.

7. Moral rights
“independently of the author's economic rights, and even after the transfer of
the said rights, the author shall have the right to claim authorship of the
work and to object to any distortion, mutilation or other modification
of, or other derogatory action in relation to, the said work, which would be
prejudicial to his honor or reputation.”
-Berne Convention(1886)-
Right of attribution (name of the author mentioned)
Right to be the first to publish the work
Right to publish the work anonymously or pseudonymously
Right to the integrity of the work

8. Exploitation rights (or: economic rights)
Right to make copies of the work or of parts of the work
Right to perform the work
Right to distribute the work or copies of the work
Right to use the work to create new works (create derivative works)
Right to import or export the work and copies of the work
Right to sell or assign the exploitation rights to others

9. Public Domain 101
The Public Domain is the rule, copyright
protection is the exception. Since copyright
protection is granted only with respect to
original forms of expression, the vast majority
of data, information and ideas produced
worldwide at any given time belongs to the
Public Domain
-Public Domain Charter-

10. Be aware of moral rights & neighboring rights
Moral rights are perpetual in some countries like France
Different parts of a work fall into the public domain at different times
combined works
copyright and neighboring rights

11. Creative Commons
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
-creativecommons.org-

12. Creative Commons Licenses
A license is a document demonstrating permission. Licenses are granted by a
party (the licensor) to another party (the licensee). A license can be seen as a
promise by the licensor not to sue the licensee.
You still own the rights to your music
You describe how other people can use your music
Creative Commons offers a license system with 4 building blocks

13. License Building Blocks (1/4)
Attribution

14. License Building Blocks (2/4)
NonCommercial

15. License Building Blocks (3/4)
NoDerivatives

16. License Building Blocks (4/4)
ShareAlike

17. PD No rights reserved (public domain)
Some rights reserved
C All rights reserved

18. Some additional characteristics
Licenses are granted to an anonymous public (no one can be excluded)
Licenses are irrevocable (you cannot take them off after a particular time)
Licenses last for the duration of legal copyright protection
Creative Commons is NOT involved in negotiations or (dis)agreements of
parties using Creative Commons licenses
Creative Commons does NOT register licensed work nor does it enforce the
licenses

19. How it works (1/3)

20. How it works (2/3)

21. How it works (3/3)
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22. Online Documents
Goto http://creativecommons.org/choose/
Choose your license
Copy the provide HTML and add it to your website

23. Offline Documents
Add your name as the creator of the work
Add the license button
Add license restrictions
CC-BY: You are free to copy, alter, and distribute the work as long
as you give appropriate attribution.
CC-BY-NC-ND: You are free to download the work and share them
with others as long as you give credit, you are not allowed to
change the work in any way or use the work commercially.
Add a link to the Creative Commons license page

24. General Questions
How can we re-use work made by others? Found on Google for example.
Search for open licensed material
Mention license and name (and source)
Are there limitation on the use of logos?
As long as you do not present the logo as an official affiliation.

25. Educational uses (1/2)
Can I use an article from a magazine in the courses I give? (by myself or
others)
Open Content? If so, see deed
Contact rights holder
Fair use/Onderwijs Exceptie (billijke vergoeding)
Can I refer to a scientific article on a website or internal educational
system?
You are always allowed to refer to a online resource

26. Educational uses (2/2)
Can I re-use my own published materials in a different lay-out or
presentation?
Depends on the made agreement with the publisher.
Can I publish a translated version of my article?
Depends on the made agreement with the publisher.

27. Open Access Publishing
Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/
Watch out for exclusivity clauses
Open Access is not always Open Content
Free to read, not free to re-use

28. Questions?
mail: mz@kl.nl
web: creativecommons.org