What is Creative Commons?A family of legal contracts

"The Creative Commons Licenses"

A non-profit organization

With chapters around the world

Why Creative Commons?Deficiencies in copyright law/treaties:

Copyright is a restriction with a certain aim

Copyright is often way more than what we want

e.g.

Copyright is automatic even when not wanted

Copyright covers all uses except fair uses

Copyright can last 100 years or more

The Creative Commons Solution

© [Your Name] [Year], licensed under a Creative Commons [Your Choice] license.

© [Your Organization] [Year], licensed under a Creative Commons [Your Choice] license.

(C) and (CC) can co-exist!(C) [Your Name] [Year] indicates you are the creator of this work and you claim over it all of the rights granted by copyright law from this year until the copyright expires.

(CC) Indicates which rights you want to give to people to use your work.

Which license?Creative Commons offers 7 basic licenses:

CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND

CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero

All licenses grant the people using your work the right to use and re-distribute your work.

Which license?All CC-BY licenses have an attribution requirement.

CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND

CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero

Require that people credit you for the work.

Which license?The CC-Zero has no attribution requirement.

CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND

CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero

It means you don't want the copy-right

Which license?The -NC licenses exclude commercial usage

CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND

CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero

They mean people can't use your work primarily for commercial advantage or monetary compensation

Which license?The -ND licenses exclude modifications

CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND

CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero

They mean people can't remix, transform, or build upon your work.

Which license?The -SA licenses force people to "share alike".

CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-ND

CC-BY-NC, CC-BY-NC-SA, CC-BY-NC-ND, and CC-Zero

They mean people who remix, transform, or build upon your work, must use the same license

Quick TestWhat does this mean? CC-BY-NC

What does this mean? CC-BY-ND

Which CC license do you think Wikipedia uses?

Can you put your photos online under a CC-BY-NC and sell them later if someone wants to include them in a commercial book?

Three extra benefits of CC1. Works across countries.2. Lawyer-friendly and

layman-friendly versions.3. Makes your content

searchable (e.g. Google Images > Search Tools > Usage Rights)

This presentation (C) Carlos Castillo 2015, licensed under a CC-BY license.