1https://www.flickr.com/photos/toprankblog/10987479805/in/photostream/

Meaning of Terms

Author/Creator: is the originator of any written work Copyright: exclusive right given by law to the

author/creator of a work What can be copyrighted? – Any work which is not an

exact copy of someone else’s work Can ideas be copyrighted? No… only expression of

ideas are copyrighted... Can copyright be transferred? Yes, an author can

assign copyright to another person, as in the case of property

Copyright

Exclusive rights given by law to the original creator/authorTo get creditTo copyTo distributeTo licenseTo sell/make economic transactionTo perform

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Further Copyright…

Prohibits unauthorized use, distribution, performance, adaptation, sell, etc.

Requires permission of the Copyright holder for creating any derivative works

Fair use or fair dealing is though permitted

Fair use covers Examples of fair use include commentary, search engines, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship. 4

Knowledge Commons

Who owns knowledge? Researchers stand on the shoulder of giants Previous research is necessary for new research Knowledge is Free – Information is not. Data Information Knowledge

What is “Open”?

It’s about open license used to share educational and research material– Reuse– Revise– Remix– Redistribute– Retain

No permission required as long as the open license is respected

Defining the "Open" in Open Content

Retain - the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage)

Reuse - the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video)

Revise - the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language)

Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with other open content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup)

Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend)

7http://www.opencontent.org/definition/

Open LicensesCreative Commons

CC-BY CC-BY-SA

CC-BY-NC CC-BY-NC-SA CC-BY-ND CC-BY-NC-ND

Concepts

Attribution Share Alike

Non-Commercial Non-Derivative

Why Creative Commons?

Legal Code: expansive legal languages tested in several cases

Commons Code: Simple icon-based approach to explain what you can do want you can’t

Digital Code: Enables search engines to search and locate through CC Rights Expression Language

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Re-mix Game

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Creative Commons Licence Compatibility Wizardshttp://www.web2rights.com/creativecommons/

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Choosing CC 0

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Choosing CC BY

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Choosing CC BY SA

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Choosing CC BY NC

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Choosing CC BY ND

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Choosing CC BY NC SA

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Choosing CC BY NC ND

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Case 1

Consider a publication where the author has identified the following to be included. Decide what license should be needed and how you will go about it.– Original texts plus, images from CC-

BY-SA, also texts from CC-BY-NC.

– Author has also indicated use of some Copyrighted materials, and have permission to be used by MANUU / BRAOU in Open Access

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Case 2

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Consider a publication where the author has identified the following to be included. Decide what license should be needed and how you will go about it.– Original texts plus, images and texts

from PD– Author has also indicated use of some

texts from CC-BY sources– There are large number of images

from online sources, the author has not credited

Sources of Guidance

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JISC OER IPR Support http://www.web2rights.com/OERIPRSupport/index.html

FAQ at CC http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#How_do_I_properly_attribute_a_Creative_Commons_licensed_work.3F

WikiEducator

http://wikieducator.org/Creative_Commons_unplugged/Remix_and_compatibility

OER Remix Game Online

http://opencontent.org/game/betagame.html

Questions/Comments

Thank you very much for your attention.

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Thanks to Dr Sanjaya Mishra!