by Debbie Disher
Creative Commons? What is Creative Commons and why would I care at all?
Have you ever worked on a presentation and you just needed a graphic to help convey a message or a feeling...or maybe just to tie some thoughts together? How about music? Ever made a video and needed a song for background music? Or maybe you wanted a poem that just perfectly ‘painted’ what you were feeling and you wanted to include it in your blog post or on your website?
If you just searched the Internet and grabbed something and used it, most probably it was work the creator held the copyrights to. Maybe it WAS ok with the creator/author/composer that you used it. Do you know?
If material you find on the internet does not say it is part of the Creative Commons you must assume that it is copyrighted. Further, you should assume you do not have permission to take it and use it as a part of your own work.
So what exactly is the Creative Commons? It “...is a global nonprofit organization that enables sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge through the provision of free legal tools.” You might be wondering if you are a creator/artist why would you be willing to give away your copyright. Well there are several reasons why you might want to share your work. One reason creators/artists decide to share their work using the creative commons, is that their work receives a wider audience. Another reason is to simply share their work with others. They might also want to allow others to reuse the work, modify the work, and share with others...maybe simply to see how it is built upon.
Creative Commons allows the creator/artist to decide how their work can be used by others. These are the various rights that are allowed with the various types of license citation:
Attribution - CC BY
This lets user share, modify, and expand on someone elses work and even use it commercially. You must give credit to the original creator/artist. Note this blog is being shared with the Attribution license.
Attribution - ShareAlike - CC BY-SA
This lets the user share, modify, and expand on someone elses work and even use it commercially. You must give credit to the original creator/artist and license it using the same license the original creator/artist used.
Attribution - NoDerivs - CC BY-ND
This lets the user share the work with others, but no modifications can be made and credit must be given to the original creator/artist.
Attribution - NonCommerical - CC BY-NC
This lets the user share the work with others, modify and expand on someones work for noncommercial use. You must give credit to the original creator/artist but do not need to license under the same license.
Attribution - NonCommercial-ShareAlike - CC BY-NC-SA
This lets the user share, modify, and expand on someone elses work, but you can not use it for commercial purposes. You must give credit to the original creator/artist and license it using the same license the original creator/artist used.
Attribution - NonCommercial-NoDerivs - CC BY-NC-ND
This allows the user to use the work of others and share that work, but they must give credit to the original creator/artist. You can not change the work or use it for commercial purposes.
So how can this be useful to you? If you do multimedia presentations to groups, work on a website, create printed materials for others to view - instead of doing a web search, I encourage you to search the Creative Commons and give credit to the creator/artist. Here is a great place to start your search - Creative Commons. (This link gives you a place where you can start your search for images, music, video and other licensed source material. If you are a contributing creator/artist this gives you a link to where your work can be posted, as well as licensing information)
Sources:
http://nic.suzor.net/_media/publications/nava-suzor.pdf
http://creativecommons.org
http://vimeo.com/help/faq/legal-stuff/creative-commons
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Creative Commons? What is Creative Commons and why would I care at all?
Have you ever worked on a presentation and you just needed a graphic to help convey a message or a feeling...or maybe just to tie some thoughts together? How about music? Ever made a video and needed a song for background music? Or maybe you wanted a poem that just perfectly ‘painted’ what you were feeling and you wanted to include it in your blog post or on your website?
If you just searched the Internet and grabbed something and used it, most probably it was work the creator held the copyrights to. Maybe it WAS ok with the creator/author/composer that you used it. Do you know?
If material you find on the internet does not say it is part of the Creative Commons you must assume that it is copyrighted. Further, you should assume you do not have permission to take it and use it as a part of your own work.
So what exactly is the Creative Commons? It “...is a global nonprofit organization that enables sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge through the provision of free legal tools.” You might be wondering if you are a creator/artist why would you be willing to give away your copyright. Well there are several reasons why you might want to share your work. One reason creators/artists decide to share their work using the creative commons, is that their work receives a wider audience. Another reason is to simply share their work with others. They might also want to allow others to reuse the work, modify the work, and share with others...maybe simply to see how it is built upon.
Creative Commons allows the creator/artist to decide how their work can be used by others. These are the various rights that are allowed with the various types of license citation:
Attribution - CC BY
This lets user share, modify, and expand on someone elses work and even use it commercially. You must give credit to the original creator/artist. Note this blog is being shared with the Attribution license.
Attribution - ShareAlike - CC BY-SA
This lets the user share, modify, and expand on someone elses work and even use it commercially. You must give credit to the original creator/artist and license it using the same license the original creator/artist used.
Attribution - NoDerivs - CC BY-ND
This lets the user share the work with others, but no modifications can be made and credit must be given to the original creator/artist.
Attribution - NonCommerical - CC BY-NC
This lets the user share the work with others, modify and expand on someones work for noncommercial use. You must give credit to the original creator/artist but do not need to license under the same license.
Attribution - NonCommercial-ShareAlike - CC BY-NC-SA
This lets the user share, modify, and expand on someone elses work, but you can not use it for commercial purposes. You must give credit to the original creator/artist and license it using the same license the original creator/artist used.
Attribution - NonCommercial-NoDerivs - CC BY-NC-ND
This allows the user to use the work of others and share that work, but they must give credit to the original creator/artist. You can not change the work or use it for commercial purposes.
So how can this be useful to you? If you do multimedia presentations to groups, work on a website, create printed materials for others to view - instead of doing a web search, I encourage you to search the Creative Commons and give credit to the creator/artist. Here is a great place to start your search - Creative Commons. (This link gives you a place where you can start your search for images, music, video and other licensed source material. If you are a contributing creator/artist this gives you a link to where your work can be posted, as well as licensing information)
Sources:
http://nic.suzor.net/_media/publications/nava-suzor.pdf
http://creativecommons.org
http://vimeo.com/help/faq/legal-stuff/creative-commons
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Check back with http://dishtech.weebly.com weekly as we present “THE DISH” on topics of interest for the technology curious!