Creative Commons: Public Licenses Joan Naturale, NTID Librarian [email protected] | 2

Overview . Spectrum of Rights . Copyright, and reasons for using . Creative Commons elements and licenses . Finding Creative Commons works | 3 | 4

What is Copyright? . Exclusive set of rights for creators . Copy, distribute, perform, adapt or use the work . Encourages creation of new works . Who owns the copyright? Creator, organization, employer . Copyright owner gives permission to use the work . Works created after 1978: the length of the creator’s life plus 70 years | 5

What Does Copyright Protect? . Copyright protects original works in a tangible medium. • Literary and artistic works • Translations, adaptations, arrangements • Collections of works • A pplied art, industrial design and models • Computer software and websites • Can register your copyrighted works at the Library of Congress | 6

Why Creative Commons? . Avoid copyright issues-saves time, money and effort . Creator can define how works are used- Creative Commons licenses . Others can build and share your work if you choose . Promotes openness, collaboration and shared creativity . Helps with discoverability and dissemination of your work . CC works are more highly cited than other works . At least 1.4 billion Creative Commons licensed works | 7

Creative Commons . Non-profit “dedicated to building a globally accessible public commons of knowledge and culture” . Forefront of “copyleft” movement; alternative to traditional copyright . Supplies licenses that allow creators to share work more openly . These licenses work within existing copyright law . Six Creative Commons licenses only apply to works that are copyrighted . No registration needed | 8

Elements of Creative Commons Licenses | 9

CC-BY (Attribution) . Requires that you credit or attribute the original creator/copyright owner . A part of all of the 6 Creative Commons licenses . A way to show gratitude and give credit to the creator | 10

Non-Commercial (NC) . Works can only be used for a noncommercial purpose

. Based on the use and not the user | 11

No-Derivatives . Cannot create an adaptation or derivative work (without permission)

. Small changes (e.g. format shifting, or minor changes) –that do not alter the nature of the work, are acceptable | 12

Share-Alike . Any derivative work or adaptation needs to be ”Shared-alike”

. In the creation of a new work that incorporates a Share-Alike work, a similar license or more liberal license (e.g. CC-BY) needs to be used. | 13

The Six Creative Commons Licenses | 14

CC-BY License . Just one condition: Attribution | 15

CC-BY Attribution ShareAlike License . Two conditions: Attribution and Share-Alike | 16

CC-BY Non-Commercial . Two conditions: Attribution and non-commercial use | 17

CC-BY-ND . Two conditions: Attribution and No-Derivative works | 18

Licenses With 3 Conditions . CC-BY-NC-SA: Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share-Alike

. CC-BY-NC-ND: Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives | 19

Public Domain . = works that are out of copyright and not protected . Copyright is waived or expired . Cannot use Creative Commons licenses on Public Domain works | 20

Public Domain Mark . U sed for older works, believed to be in the Public Domain. (Copyright expired). . Mostly used by Cultural Heritage institutions (e.g. Archives, Museums, Libraries) . Not a license. An indicator that a work is believed to be in the Public Domain. . If you adapt a PD work, then you could apply a CC license. | 21

CC ZERO OR CC0 . Used to indicate when a work is deliberately dedicated to the Public Domain . Creators using CC0 waive any rights under copyright . Unlike CC licenses, users are not required to adhere to any conditions or provide attribution (although it is considered good practice to do so) | 22 | 23

Fair Use Applies to CC Works . As with copyrighted works, fair use applies to CC works

. This means you can use a small part of a CC work without following the license if it falls under ‘fair use’

. Link to RIT Fair Use Analysis Form | 24

Licensing Considerations . You have to own the copyright to your work in order to apply a CC license. Make sure you are not using someone else’s material. . Works created by employees in course of employment –employer usually owns copyright . Creative Commons licenses are irrevocable (“no takesies backsies”) . Specify what content you are licensing (e.g. “except where otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed under CC-BY”) . Do not restrict others from re-using the works (file formats, digital locks) that prevents them from using the work if the license permits it. . Online license creator (can copy XHTML text for your website that embeds the cc license) | 25

Example of CC Works Usage Ava takes a photograph of her pet cat surrounded by flowers. She decides to share this photo on Flickr using a which allows anyone to use the photograph and make changes to it as long as Ava is given credit as the original Photographer.

John sees Ava's photograph and downloads it to his computer where he remixes the photo into an animated GIF of Ava's cat bouncing around with flower petals falling through the air. When he posts the GIF to his website, he gives Ava credit for the original photograph, linking to both her Flickr account, and to the Creative Commons license she has chosen for her work. He also adds a Creative Commons license to his remixed GIF.

Sue has written a short piece of music which she plans to post on her YouTube channel. She sees John’s GIF and decides to use it in the background video of her piece of music. She posts her song on YouTube with the animated GIF playing for the video and gives proper credit to John and Ava. Each of the three has benefited from using Creative Commons licensing for their work. | 26

What is Considered Adapted or Derivative Works . Adaptation means creating something new from an original, copyrighted work. The resulting work is based on or derived from the original. . Film based on book . Translation of a book from one language to another . Open book chapter that weaves together multiple open resources . Syncing a musical work with a moving image . Modifying a photo by cropping, applying a filter or adding elements | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31

What is NOT Considered Adapted or Derivative Works

. Technical format shifting-converting from digital format to a physical copy . Fixing spelling or punctuation errors . Reproducing and putting CC works together in a collection (compiling essays by different authors for use in an open textbook) . An image with text such as a blog post, a PowerPoint, or article . Using an excerpt of a work that shows a new idea or provides an example (not building a new original work based on the excerpt) | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36

Example of Reuse and Remix . Professor creates course materials by using specific CC licensed materials and providing attribution

. https://uri.libguides.com/creativecommons/reuse | 37

Attribution . The title . The name of the author . A link to the original, if available . A link to the specific license . The copyright notice for the work (if any) . Open Attribution Builder a browser plugin for Firefox and Chrome that grabs the CC license metadata on a web page and turns it into an attribution for you | 38

Open RIT Resources . RIT Scholar Works-post your articles and work here

. Open Access Journals @ RIT

. Open Access Books @ RIT | 39

Finding Creative Commons Materials . Creative Commons Search . Wikipedia Commons . Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources . Public Domain Review . Google Image Search (use Tools to look for usage rights . Flickr's Creative Commons and Flickr’s The Commons . Bing | 40

Finding Images . OpenClipArt . Compfight . The Noun Project . NY Public Library Digital Collections . PhotoPin . Photos for Class . Multicolr Search Lab TinEye allows you to search for Creative Commons-licensed images by color. Users can enter up to five colors simultaneously and will return dozens of images that include all of the selected colors. Images are pulled from Flickr | 41

Finding Images

. Unsplash . Wellcome Library images . New Old Stock . LibreStock . Pexels . Creativity103 . Pixabay | 42

Finding Art Images . Getty’s Open Content . Metropolitan Museum . National Gallery of Art . Ruks Museum . Yale University Art Gallery . Europeana . Asian Art . ArtStor Public Collections . Deviant Art | 43

Educational Materials (Open Educational Resources-OER)

. MERLOT . Open Educational Resources Used in Various Colleges and Universities . Open Textbook Library . Openstax . Open Courseware . Open Movement . OER Commons . Open Textbook Repositories . Authoring Open Textbooks . Find Free Open Materials Related to a Book . Milne Open Textbooks | 44

Finding Articles and Books . DOAJ-Open Access Journals . PLOS-Science Articles . HathiTrust-Books . Project Gutenberg-Books . Folger Shakespeare Library | 45

Finding Videos . YouTube's Creative Commons . Vimeo's Creative Commons . National Park Service . Prelinger Archives . Internet Stock Footage . Moving Image Archive . . Videvo Free Stock Footage | 46

Finding Music . SoundCloud . . ccMixter . Community Audio . Musopen . Digital History . FreeSound—sound effects . Wikipedia Sound Files . Incompetec . Free Music Archive