Free Yourself from © and Get Creative with Presented for PNLA Annual Conference by Connie Strittmatter and René Tanner Reference Librarians, Montana State University This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.Creative Commons License

Overview  What is Creative Commons?  A brief overview of open source and copyright  History of Creative Commons  Types of licenses  Creating a CC license  Searching for CCs works  Attributing CC works August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference2

What is Creative Commons?  New and less restrictive way to copyright materials  License your works  Locate works for projects August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference3

The Path to Creative Commons Open Source Movement  1950s-1960s software free/open source  IBM bundled software  1969 United States vs. IBM  1970s AT&T distributed UNIX  1976 Bill Gates wrote Open Letter to Hobbyists  Late 1970 – early 1980 software licensed August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference4

The Path to Creative Commons Open Source Movement  1983 GNU Project launched by Richard Stallman  1991 Linux kernel developed by Linus Torvalds  GNU/Linux make a complete OS  1999 Sun Microsystems OpenOffice.org  Free as in freedom August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference5

The Path to Creative Commons Copyright  Humble Beginnings – 1790  Maximum copyright was 28 years  Had to register to be protected  Only covered maps, charts and books 210 Years later.... August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference6

The Path to Creative Commons Copyright  It has morphed into a complex, growing enterprise  Maximum copyright: life +70 years  All works are automatically copyrighted  Now includes maps, charts and books writings, musical compositions, newspapers, works of foreign authors and unpublished works August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference7

Progression of Copyright Extension Source: Bell, Tom W. Trend of Maximum U.S. General Copyright Term, Licensed under August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference8

The Path to Creative Commons Copyright  Ramifications  Takes longer for works to come into the public domain  Since works don’t have to be registered, tracking down the owner of a work can be challenging. August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference9

What Happens when two opposing ideas clash? August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference10

Creative Commons  Created in 2001 by Lawrence Lessig et al.  Works covered:  Images  Music  Video  Websites  Software  Written Works August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference11

Creative Commons Video Get Creative! August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference12

4 conditions for a CC license

Attribution August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference14

Non-Commercial August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference15

No Derivative Works August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference16

Share-Alike August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference17

6 Types of Licenses

Attribution August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference19

Attribution – No Derivatives August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference20

Attribution – Non Commercial August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference21

Attribution – NonCommercial-No Derivatives August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference22

Attribution / Non-Commercial / Share Alike August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference23

Attribution-Share Alike August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference24

What You Need to Do and What Each License Allows If You...Then you can... Give creditApply identical licensing Use for commercial purposes Modify the work Attribution Attribution, No Derivatives Attribution, Non-commercial Attribution, Non-commercial, No Derivatives Attribution, Non-commercial Share-Alike Attribution, Share-Alike August 6, 2009 PNLA Annual Conference 25

Licensing Exercise #1 Flower Power August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference26 - Attribution Non-commercial Scenario 1: You want to use this flower photo for a birthday card for your friend. Is this a permissible use under this CC license? Scenario 2: You want to post this photo on a free website that is supported by web-advertising. Can you use this photo under the current license?

Licensing Exercise #2 Dino-rama of Teeth August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference27 Scenario 1. You make a derivative version of this work using Photoshop and place it on your personal website with other dinosaur photos. Is this permissible under this license? If so, how would you license it? Scenario 2. – You want to use this image in a book that you are writing on dinosaurs. Is this permissible under the current license? What if the license was an Attribution, Share-alike license? If permissible under this license, would you need to license your work under the same license? Attribution, Non-commercial, Share-Alike

Licensing Exercise # 3 Head in the Clouds August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference28 Attribution Attribution, Non-commercial, Share-alike Scenario 1: Using these two photos, you create a brand piece of art. What license would you need to license this under? Scenario 2: Could you use your new work for commercial purposes?

Software Licenses Available.... The CC-GNU GPL adds the Creative Commons' metadata and Commons Deed to the Free Software Foundation's GNU General Public License. The license is the official FSF GPL The CC-GNU LGPL adds the Creative Commons' metadata and Commons Deed to the Free Software Foundation's GNU Lesser General Public License. The license is the official FSF LGPL Under a BSD license, users can: to Share — to copy, distribute and transmit the work to Remix — to adapt the work Under the following conditions: No Endorsement. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission. August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference29

Public Domain Tools Use this tool if you have identified and want to certify other works that are already in the public domain. Use this universal tool if you are a holder of copyright or database rights, and you wish to waive all your interests in your work. August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference30

Licensing Your Own Material Through Creative Commons August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference31

Locating Creative Commons Licensed Materials  Google Images (image)  Yahoo and Google (web)  Flickr (image)  Jamendo (music)  BlipTV (video)  SpinXpress (audio, video, and image) Recommendation: go directly to these sites and search rather than search through CC website August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference32

Attributing a Work  Credit the creator  Cite the work's title or name  Provide URL where the work is hosted  Cite the specific CC license the work is under  Keep any copyright notices intact  If you are making a derivative word or adaptation, identify that your work is a derivative work August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference33

Examples of Attribution August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference34

Examples of Attribution August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference35 Dinosaur Roaming in Alberta by Frank Maurer

Another Example August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference36

Another Example August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference37 "Image by Kevin Dooley under Creative Commons license.”Kevin Dooley Creative Commons license.”

Caveats and Considerations  Privacy issues  Virgin to Virgin Virgin to Virgin  Due diligence when using a work for commercial purposes  You can always contact the creator for permission. August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference38

Review – You should now be able to  License a work  Locate a work  Attribute a work  Discuss the types of licenses available  Understand why CC was created  Share, Remix, Reuse — Legally August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference39

Questions? August 6, 2009PNLA Annual Conference