i gave a short talk about a this unit which covered the topic of using CC license and CC licensed works.

1. CREATIVE COMMONS
CERTIFICATE - 2019
Assignment - Unit 4: Using CC Licenses
and CC-Licensed Works
By Alice J. Mihayo

2.  Adaptation or derivative work, as it is called in some parts
of the world is a term of art in copyright law. It means
creating something new from a copyrighted work that is
sufficiently original to itself be protected by copyright. This
is not always easy to determine, though some bright lines
do exist. Some examples of adaptations include a film
based on a novel or a translation of a book from one
language into another.
 An adaptation is a work based on one or more pre-existing
works. What constitutes an adaptation depends on
applicable law, however translating a work from one
language to another or creating a film version of a novel
are generally considered adaptations.
Remixes/adaptations/derivative work

3.  In order for an adaptation to be protected by copyright, most
national laws require the creator of the adaptation to add original
expression to the pre-existing work. However, there is no
international standard for originality, and the definition differs
depending on the jurisdiction.
 Note that an adaptation does not include redistributing a work in
a new format: “Note that all CC licenses allow the user to exercise
the rights permitted under the license in any format or medium.”
 So just like many things in copyright law, what makes something
an adaptation or remix depends on where you are, and even then
it’s not necessarily 100% clear. The general idea seems to be that
you are changing a work to enough of a degree that you can be
said to be adding something original that can be copyrightable.
Remixes/adaptations/derivative work

4. collection
 A collection, by contrast,
would then seem to be using
works (more or less?)
unaltered and putting them
together in some fashion.
 Nate Angell provided a nice
metaphor for the difference
between remixes and
collections, likening remixes to
smoothies and collections to
TV dinners

5.  When you create a collection, you must provide attribution and licensing
information about the individual works in your collection. This gives the
public the information they need to understand who created what and
which license terms apply to specific content. Revisit Section 4.1 on
choosing a license to learn how to properly indicate the copyright status of
third party works that you incorporate into your new work
 When you create a collection, the copyrights in the individual works remain
intact with the creators of those works. When you combine material into a
collection, you may have a separate copyright of your own that you may
license. However, your copyright only extends to the new contributions you
made to the work. In a collection, that is the selection and arrangement of
the various works in the collection, and not the individual works themselves.
 For example, you can select and arrange pre-existing poems published by
others into an anthology, write an introduction, and design a cover for the
collection, but your copyright and the only copyright you can license
extends to your arrangement of the poems (not the poems themselves),
and your original introduction and cover. The poems are not yours to license
collection

6.  The distinction between adaptations and collections is one of the
trickiest concepts in copyright law. While there are many situations
in which the differences are clear, there are also several ambiguous
scenarios. The distinction between adaptations and remixes varies
by jurisdiction and, even within a given jurisdiction, a judge’s
determination between the two can be subjective, since there are
few definitive rules on which to rely.
 In contrast to an adaptation or remix, a collection involves the
assembly of separate and independent creative works into a
collective whole. A collection is not an adaptation. One community
member likened the difference between adaptations and
collections to smoothies and TV dinners, respectively.
Collections

7.  All Creative Commons licences contain an attribution (BY)
clause. This means that you must include a statement that gives
credit to, or attributes, the creator of the work from which you
have borrowed, whether it’s text, an image, a video, or other
item. If you have made a change, indicate that in your attribution
statement.
 As far as how and where to place attribution statements for text
or media taken from another source or sources, best practices
state that you should place them at the bottom of each affected
web page. Clearly mark all of these with a heading called:
“Attributions”. Several attribution statements can be listed
under this heading. Here are example;
This chapter is an adaptation of Natural Disasters and Human
Impacts (on Open Geography Education) by R. Adam Dastrup and
Maura Hahnenberger, and is used under a CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
attributions

8. Thank You!!