Creative commons licenses 101 Nicole Finkbeiner ”Creative Commons Licenses 101" by Nicole Finkbeiner is licensed under CC BY 4.0 unless otherwise noted.

copyright & CC licenses Creative Commons Licenses are used on top of, not as a replacement, to copyright.

copyright & CC licenses Example 1: If you take a photograph and license the photograph CC-BY, what you’re saying is, “I own the copyright to this photo, however, I’m giving you automatic permission to use it however you like as long as you provide attribution back to me.”

copyright & CC licenses Example 2: If you write an exercise and license it CC-BY-NC, you’re saying, “I own the copyright to this exercise. However, you have automatic permission use it as long as you provide attribution back to me and don’t attempt to make a profit from it.”

CC licenses: 3 layers Legal code Commons deeds “Machine readable” version of the licenses "3 Layers of a Creative Commons License" by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0

CC licenses: 3 layers Layer 1: Legal Code For the lawyers. Terms and conditions that are enforceable in court. "3 Layers of a Creative Commons License" by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0

CC licenses: 3 layers Layer 2: Commons Deeds For the non-lawyer humans. Web pages that lay-out key license terms. The recognizable icons. "3 Layers of a Creative Commons License" by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0

CC licenses: 3 layers Layer 3: Machine Readable For the machines. Summary of freedoms granted. Format that applications, search engines, & other technology can read & understand. "3 Layers of a Creative Commons License" by Creative Commons is licensed under CC BY 4.0

CC license elements Attribution NonCommercial ShareAlike NoDerivatives

CC license elements Element 2: NonCommerical “You can only use this for noncommercial purposes.” All licenses include attribution

CC license elements Element 1: Attribution “You must give me credit for my work by attributing the work to me.” All licenses include attribution Great tool for this: www.openwa.org/open-attrib-builder/

CC license elements Element 3: ShareAlike “If you adapt this, you must license your new work also under the same license." All licenses include attribution

CC license elements Element 4: NoDerivatives “You may use this, but you can’t share any adaptations of this work.” All licenses include attribution

Public Domain consists of creative works not subject to copyright. Reason 1: Copyright has expired Copyright expires typically x years (usually 50-100) after the author’s death. In the U.S., copyright currently expires 70 years after an author’s death

Public Domain consists of creative works not subject to copyright. Reason 2: Copyright holder didn’t acquire or maintain their copyright through formalities. In most cases today, copyright is automatic. However in the past and in some countries, this isn’t the case.

Public Domain consists of creative works not subject to copyright. Reason 3: The work was never entitled to copyright protection. Examples: Recipes without substantial literary expression. Brand names, titles, slogans, logos (falls under trademark law) Ideas (falls under patent law) Names of people

Public Domain consists of creative works not subject to copyright. Reason 4: Creator dedicates the work to public domain prior to the copyright expiring.

Dedicated to Public Domain by the copyright holder. No known copyright restrictions.