Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that provides standardized copyright licenses to allow for greater sharing and use of creative works. Their licenses provide alternatives to traditional "all rights reserved" copyright, addressing issues like copyright being automatic even when not desired and covering all uses except for fair use. The Creative Commons licenses allow creators to specify which rights, such as commercial use, adaptations, they wish to grant to others for their work. The organization offers 7 main licenses that vary based on permissions for attribution, commercial use, modifications, and sharing derivatives.

2. What is Creative Commons?
A family of legal contracts
"The Creative Commons Licenses"
A non-profit organization
With chapters around the world

3. Why Creative Commons?
Deficiencies in copyright law/treaties:
Copyright is a restriction with a certain aim
Copyright is often way more than what we want
e.g.
Copyright is automatic even when not wanted
Copyright covers all uses except fair uses
Copyright can last 100 years or more

4. The Creative Commons Solution
© [Your Name] [Year], licensed under a Creative
Commons [Your Choice] license.
© [Your Organization] [Year], licensed under a
Creative Commons [Your Choice] license.

5. (C) and (CC) can co-exist!
(C) [Your Name] [Year] indicates you are the creator
of this work and you claim over it all of the rights
granted by copyright law from this year until the
copyright expires.
(CC) Indicates which rights you want to give to
people to use your work.

6. Which license?
Creative Commons offers 7 basic licenses:
CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND
CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero
All licenses grant the people using your work the
right to use and re-distribute your work.

7. Which license?
All CC-BY licenses have an attribution requirement.
CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND
CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-
Zero
Require that people credit you for the work.

8. Which license?
The CC-Zero has no attribution requirement.
CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND
CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero
It means you don't want the copy-right

9. Which license?
The -NC licenses exclude commercial usage
CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND
CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-
Zero
They mean people can't use your work primarily for
commercial advantage or monetary compensation

10. Which license?
The -ND licenses exclude modifications
CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND
CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero
They mean people can't remix, transform, or build
upon your work.

11. Which license?
The -SA licenses force people to "share alike".
CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND
CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero
They mean people who remix, transform, or build
upon your work, must use the same license

12. Quick Test
What does this mean? CC-BY-NC
What does this mean? CC-BY-ND
Which CC license do you think Wikipedia uses?
Can you put your photos online under a CC-BY-NC
and sell them later if someone wants to include
them in a commercial book?

13. Three extra benefits of CC
1. Works across countries.
2. Lawyer-friendly and
layman-friendly versions.
3. Makes your content
searchable (e.g. Google
Images > Search Tools >
Usage Rights)

14. This presentation (C) Carlos Castillo 2015, licensed under a CC-BY license.