ELIZABETH KARGES LIS7010 Creative Commons Creative Commons logo (Left, 2010)

Mission and Vision “Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.” “Our vision is nothing less than realizing the full potential of the Internet — universal access to research and education, full participation in culture — to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity.” (Creative Commons, 2013)

History 1983: “Copyleft” term coined by Richard Stallman 2001: Creative Commons founded with support from the Center for the Public Domain 2002: First licenses released in December Copyleft – all wrongs reversed. (Faulkner16, 2009)

History 2006: Estimated 50 million licensed works 2009: Estimated 350 million licensed works 2012: The World Bank launches Open Knowledge Repository under Creative Commons Huge stacks of books at the University of Illinois Undergraduate Library during rearranging (sTone, 2006)

What is the goal of Creative Commons? Creative Commons serves two main functions: Provides free copyright licensing of works  Three layers: legal, human readable, machine readable

What is the goal of Creative Commons? Gathers work licensed under CC for the use of the general public  Interior view of Stockholm Public Library. (Hannson, 2002)

Interpreting the licenses All licenses require attribution to the creator (BY) Features of licenses available through CC:  NoDerivs (ND): The work may not be modified in any way.  ShareAlike (SA): Any derivatives created from the original work have the same license as the original.  NonCommercial (NC): The work may not be used or distributed commercially.

How does this impact libraries today? Small scale:  Better access to creative resources with minimal cost  Minimal hassle in determining copyright infringement Large scale:  One of many open-source resources gaining prominence  Researchers can share their work freely while retaining the rights to their work  Money is becoming less of a barrier to knowledge

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