copyright and creative commons for teachers making powerpoints and other teaching resources
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Copyright and Creative
Commons for Teachers
How to get legal resources for your PowerPoints and other teaching materials
This is NOT
legal advice!
Advice by Dominik Lukes for teachers creating content
based on years of experience of
dealing with content and following
discussions about copyright and
licensing
What is free of
copyright?
Everything has a
copyright
What is copyright?
Right to control how your
work is copied,
distributed, modified or
reused.
How can I use
copyrighted content?
Permission
Exemption
License
Exemption for Print
Disabilities
Make accessible copies for
someone with a print
disability.
Made Load2Learn possible
but has many restrictions
Can I copy 10% of
anything for
educational purposes?
No!
Schools must buy a CLA
license to allow them to
make copies for educational
purposes
Can I use a
copyrighted image if I
give attribution?
No!
You must have a proper
licence or permission to
use copyrighted work.
Your license may include a
requirement of attribution.
Attribution on its own does
not constitute a license.
Don’t I have right
for fair use?
No!
Fair use a US doctrine,
the UK has fair dealing
which is similar but not the
same!
Fair dealing
Fair dealing is not a right it
is a defence!
Research (non-commercial)
Private study
Criticism
Review
News reporting
Never to distribute to
another person (e.g. make photocopies for all students)
Public domain
Copyright term has expired
Copyright is not applicable
Has been marked as public
domain by creator
Differs by country, type of
work, etc.
Works in the public domain
in the US, may not be public
domain in the UK.
US federal government
works in the public domain
but UK government under
crown license.
Unreliable. Better to use
works with an explicit
license.
Creative Commons
License to copy, distribute,
modify or reuse a
copyrighted work!
4 options to
license
BY Attribution
NC Non-commercial
ND No derivatives
SA Share alike
Rules of thumb
CC BY Approve designed by Venkatesh Aiyulu from the Noun Project
Safe to use without limits
Always keep a record of
where your got the image
from and with what licence!
Safe to use with attribution
OK to use anywhere only IF
shared under same license
OK for conference presentation
NOT for teaching materials
OK for conference presentation
NOT for teaching materials
IF shared under same license
How to reference
creative commons
images
Same slide
OR
Credits slide at the end
CC BY work title author
name link
One way to provide attribution is as
reference and link on the same
page/slide
CC BY orangeacid http://www.flickr.com/photos/71753457@N00/8422757897/
Another way to provide attribution is
as reference and link on separate
page/slide
Where to get
creative commons
images?
Interfaces to Flickr and
other repositories do not
store images themselves
search.creativecommons.or
g
compfight.com
search.creativecommons.org
Compfight.com is a simple interface to
find Creative Commons licensed images
on Flickr
The Noun Project
has great CC icons
TheNounProject.com search for
“reading”
Free with attribution but must attribute
NounProject take attribution seriously
Open Government
Licence
UK equivalent to Creative Commons
NationalArchives.gov.uk not all open
Stock photography
Professional photos made
available royalty free for
limited commercial
purposes
What is royalty free?
Royalty-free images may
be used multiple times for
multiple projects without
paying additional fees.
Restrictions on
royalty free?
Varies by stock photo
provider but…
No resale
Limited number of
impressions (eg. half a
million)
Limited commercial products
(eg. no T-Shirts, Mugs, etc.)
Often there are tiers
by use
by size
How much does it
cost?
Credits
Subscriptions
20p … £5per image
Stock photo
sources
iStockPhoto.com ShutterStock.com
Fotolia.com
Can I use
(Microsoft) clipart?
No
advertise your
business
create a company logo
illustrate the chapters
of a book
Yes
personal, noncommercial
uses
school assignments and
projects
church brochure
Work I create as part
of my job?
Through contract
agreement copyright may
be owned by your institution.
Personal work I/friend
want to share with my
institution?
Permission (non-exclusive
license)
Creative Commons license
(CC BY)
Other sources of
Open Content
FreeSound.org
OpenClipart.org
OERcommons.org
Archive.org
Pixabay.com
Sources with some
Open Content
YouTube.com
Vimeo.com/creativecommon
s
500px.com/creativecommon
s
SlideShare.net
Look for Creative Commons in
search options
Summary
Everything has copyright
Use Creative Commons with
attribution
Use bought stock photos
within license restriction
Creative Commons Attribution
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