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by Ivan Chew
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10 Mar 2009 – Creative Crew Singapore meet-up
Creative Commons
Or, How I understand and adopt
"How I understand & adopt Creative Commons" by Ivan
Chew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Singapore License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be
available at http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com. I'm
always happy to hear from those who found this work
useful. Feel free to email me at
Let’s say you need a photo
for your video project
You have less than one day
to find it
You found this on the Internet
You upload your video online
Your friends think it’s cool
You get 100,000 views
You get 100 fan mails daily
Then you get
ONE
email…
It doesn’t have to be that way
Creative Commons
Outline
�What CC is/ isn’t
�How to adopt a CC license
�What it means to “adopt a CC license”
�How to search for CC-licensed materials
Creative Commons
I produced this Music Video in 3 days…
http://starfishstories.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/music-video-one-world-2008/
…from
92 photos
&
Nine video
footages
LEGALLY
…
Permission… without every contacting anyone for
Permission… because
has already been granted.
Creative Commons
The generosity of those who adopted the mindset of the
Creative CommonsWhat
IS NOT
CC is NOT
�… an replacement for Copyright (it’s a
complement)
�… a way to make you famous (your
talents will)
�… a safeguard for copyright abuse
Creative Commons?
So what is
Copyright
It helps if already understand about
To read the Copyright Act…
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg
Try the IPOS FAQs
http://www.ifaq.gov.sg
Hire IP lawyers
Creative Commons
Or we can watch a video
about Copyright &
Creative Commons
�For those who wish to share their work
by default
�Allows you to state your terms of use in
layperson’s terms (legalese available for
lawyers too!)
Creative Commons
Three parts to
Part 1: Machine-readable Code
Part 2: Human-readable Code
Part 3: Lawyer-readable Code
Creative Commons
How do you adopt a
license?
http://creativecommons.org/license/
http://www.flickr.com/account/?tab=privacy
Creative Commons
How do you search for
licensed works?
http://search.creativecommons.org/
http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/
http://www.google.com.sg/advanced_search
http://search.yahoo.com/web/advanced
Creative CommonsWhat must you do when using
licensed works?
� Respect the terms of use
� All CC licenses require users to attribute the creator
� Understand the license variations (e.g. non-commercial; Share-Alike)
� If the stated terms do not fit your
requirements, you can always contact the owner
What to watch out for:
Creative Commons
Remember…
does not mean owners have
given up their Copyrights
Creative CommonsAre you still skeptical about
(as a creator)?
Let’s consider the types of users out there
the
Good
the
BADthe unsure
will do theRight Thing
will notgive a hoot
will ratherNOT DO ANYTHING
Potentially CC will encourage
the unsure
to do THE RIGHT THING
PublicityI think of CC as
Publicity - when others remix you
Publicity - when others remix you
ParticipationI think of CC as
Remix!
ccmixter.org
Publicity - participate!
Remix! - what others have shared
http://ccmixter.org/view/media/samples/browse
Remix! - share your own
Creative CommonsI am 100% comfortable with
because…
Courtesy of DYFL - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dyfl/4476112/
I choose to see the
donutrather than the hole
Summary
�What CC is/ isn’t
�How to adopt a CC license
�What it means to “adopt a CC license”
�How to search for CC-licensed materials
Creative Commons Singapore
CreativeCommonsSingapore.wordpress.com
"How I understand & adopt Creative Commons" by Ivan
Chew is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-
Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Singapore License.
Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be
available at http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com. I'm
always happy to hear from those who found this work
useful. Feel free to email me at
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