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

2. 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

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

4. ©
CC BY 3.0 US

5. So how do you opt out?

6. 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.

7. 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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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.