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

2. 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.

3. 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

4. 3 Core logos explained

5. 4 How it works

6. 5 Additional licenses

7. 6 Thank You Dr. Theo Lynn theo.lynn@dcu.ie