Dr. Theo Lynn DCU Business School Dublin City University Dublin 9, Ireland Creative Commons and Copyright

1 Creative Commons: A non-profit organisation founded on the notion that some authors may not want to exercise all of the intellectual property rights the law affords them. Creative Commons has developed a set of free public licences to enable authors to share their work with others.

2 Creative Commons - establishing a middle ground between copyright extremism and copyright anarchy Creative Commons is an NGO run by international lawyers and academics The goal is to provide a set of user-friendly online licenses combined with a sophisticated search technology

3 Core logos explained

4 How it works

5 Additional licenses

6 Thank You Dr. Theo Lynn