Creative Commons for Archivists Aprille McKay, JD Society of American Archivists Atlanta, August 2016

Copyright used to be opt in Creative expression that was: Published With a notice Registered at the Copyright Office Renewed after a period of years

Now it is opt out Now, it just must be “fixed on a tangible medium” CC By-NC 2.0 adwriter@Flickr

© TilarX@Flickr CC BY 3.0 US

So how do you opt out?

Generate citation information President Johnson Receiving Honorary Degree by the Regents of the University of Michigan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Public Domain Tools CC-Zero Use if you want to waive rights to work YOU have created Public Domain Mark Use if you have identified a work that is free of copyright restrictions in ALL jurisdictions

Use CC works others have contributed Need music for a training tutorial? SoundCloud ccMixter Rights-free pictures for a brochure? Flickr Wikimedia Commons

Publish work product with CC In CC-friendly archives journals Finding aids, research guides, exhibit texts, etc. Train your patrons to consider CC for their publications

Suggest donors use CC Model Deed of Gift Peter B. Hirtle, Anne R. Kenney, Judy Ruttenberg, Special Issue on Special Collections and Archives in the Digital Age, RLI 279, June 2012 http://publications.arl.org/rli279/5

CC for owned copyrights It might be more efficient than your permissions process It might generate more use, and bigger impact You could still charge for commercial use But might mean reduced ability to collect metrics Grantors love CC

Relationship to RightsStatements.org DLPA/Europeana standardized rights statements NOT licenses but a description of copyright status – not legally binding Users many not understand Stay tuned for guidance from SAA IPWG

Allow commercial use? Wikimedia only allows Free Cultural Works Do you wish to prevent bloggers from using works if the site is ad supported? Commercial use can be mutually beneficial You may not exercise any of the rights granted to You ... in any manner that is primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation

Questions? Aprille McKay Bentley Historical Library aprille@umich.edu Creative Commons for Archivists by Aprille McKay is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.