Pros and Cons to Using Creative Commons to Secure Your Online Lectures or Videos

Leila Liberman, RDH, BS

WHY do I need to know this??

Digital archive Shared information Advancement in technology More open access to our lectures/videos Protect ones moral rights/reputation

What is Creative Commons? (CC)

Non-profit organization Devoted to sharing works in a legal fashion Free of charge to the public Allows users to waive their rights to benefit others in the world Simplified copyright process

Historical Perspective
Founded-2001 Location-Mountain View California, USA Founder-Lawrence Lessig Web address:
Creativecommons.org

You Tube Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DKm96Ft fko 3:21 minute video is a great opener to the following information

Legal Representation Disclosure

CC is not a law firm CC provides no legal services CC provides a list of attorneys who are willing to assist CC does not refer to a specific attorney

Who uses CC?

Some government agencies Open Educational Resources (OER) Photography (Flcikr) Journalism Music Literature

Other languages:
Traditional Chinese Simplified Chinese Thai Turkish Spanish Portuguese Persian Korean
MIT is behind this advancement MIT has been providing this service for 10 years

What should I know before I apply for a CC license?

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Is my work copyrightable Do I have the rights How does each license operate Be exact with what you want to license Does this institution all CC licensure

Permission from who to use the documents with CC licenses?

Anyone who holds the copyright Could be the author CC has no knowledge of who uses the works CC has no means to contact the specific authors

What does it mean to attribute a work

Users must cite the original author All CC works require this

How often does CC update?

Last update was 2007 with version 3.0 It is recommend to use the most recent version

Some Rights Reserved

Allows the creator to choose between maintaining all rights to distribute, change, sell and so on and allowing works to go directly to the public domain

International Licensing
CC offers 6 international copyright licenses Why?? So that works can be shared globally

Can I change my mind?

CC licenses are not convertible If you change any aspect of the terms you may not use this service (not advised) If a work holding a CC license is misused-the user can no longer use the work

6 different types of licenses

Attribution-CC BY Attribution-ShareAlike-CC BY-SA Attribution-NoDevrivs-CC BY-ND Attribution-NonCommercial-CC BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial ShareAlike-CC BYNC-SA Attribution-NonCommercial NoDevrivs-CC BYNC-ND

Attribution-CC BY
Best used for your own creations If used must credit you Most friendly to use Lets others:
Distribute Change Restructure

Attribution-CC BY
Keep in mind the following:
Anything may be waived with permission of the owner When the work appears in the public domain-CC no longer applies Fair use rights Moral rights

Attribution-ShareAlike-CC BY-SA
Wikipedia uses this type of license Same as CC BY Additionally:
May license their creation using the same terms you have chosen for your original document

Attribution-ShareAlike-CC BY-SA
Recommended for your own creations Keep in mind the following:
Anything may be waived with permission of the owner When the work appears in the public domain-CC no longer applies Fair use rights Moral rights

Attribution-NoDevrivs-CC BY-ND
May be used for commercial or not Allows distribution Totally unchanged Entire document

Attribution-NoDevrivs-CC BY-ND
Recommended for your own creations Keep in mind the following:
Anything may be waived with permission of the owner When the work appears in the public domain-CC no longer applies Fair use rights Moral rights

Attribution-NonCommercial
New work must also be noncommercial When the new publications comes out they are not required to relicense at the same terms as original work Allows others to :
Change Restructure

Attribution-NonCommercial
Recommended for your own creations Keep in mind the following:
Anything may be waived with permission of the owner When the work appears in the public domain-CC no longer applies Fair use rights Moral rights

Attribution-NonCommercial ShareAlike-CC BY-NC-SA

Lets others:
Distribute Change Restructure

Must be non-commercial Must credit you Must maintain licensure identical to yours

Attribution-NonCommercial ShareAlike-CC BY-NC-SA

Recommended for your own creations Keep in mind the following:
Anything may be waived with permission of the owner When the work appears in the public domain-CC no longer applies Fair use rights Moral rights

Attribution-NonCommercial NoDevrivs-CC BY-NC-ND

Most restrictive Only download your work Share only Must credit you NO changes at all

Attribution-NonCommercial NoDevrivs-CC BY-NC-ND

Recommended for your own creations Keep in mind the following:
Anything may be waived with permission of the owner When the work appears in the public domain-CC no longer applies Fair use rights Moral rights

Public Domain
Work is no longer restricted by a copyright Freely used by other users The creator is identified in the HTML

Summary youtube video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKEfkeAR x_M

PROS of using CC
10 different languages Changes can be made to the original document but the creator must still be recognized 6 different type of licenses Open Educational Resources (OER)

CONS of using CC
Lack of legal representation Maker of the creation must decide in advance concerning open domain

2 other copyright programs

The Copyright Hub Copyright Crash Course

The Copyright Crash Course

Analysis
Web site is clear and consise All active links for guidance No cost

The Copyright Hub

Analysis
New program Not open yet for use Government supported funds

References:
http://creativecommons.org The Copyright Hub. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.copyrighthub.co.uk/ Harper, G. K. (2007). Copyright crash course. Retrieved from http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/index.html

Questions??