Creative Commons

Creative Commons• Creative

commons wants to help define the spectrum of possibilities between full copyright - all rights reserved -- and public domain -- no rights reserved.

Copyright ©• New works are

automatically protected by full copyright -- whether you file for protection or not.

• Use the © or not.

• What about people who want to share their work with certain terms?

Ideas

• Creative Common licenses are designed for people who understand that innovation and new ideas come from building off of existing ideas.

Creative Commons

• Every Creative Commons license allows the world to distribute, display, copy, and webcast your word -- provided they abide by your conditions

4 Conditions

• Attribution Requirement

• I'm a budding photographer and I want to get my name and work out on the web. The attribution option lets people freely redistribute my photos as long as they give me credit.

Attribution License• When Mario comes

across my site, he knows he can use my photo provided he gives me credit.

• No need to contact me

• Name must be mentioned and Mario must link to my attribution license.

No Commercial Use

• Share photograph with the world but prohibits others from making money off it.

• Need my permission for commercial purpose.

• $$

No Commercial Use

• José, a teacher, wants to put your photo on his class's web site, he can do it without asking.

• Still has to link to my license -- so other people can know how they can and can't reuse it.

No Commercial Use

• If Moly wants to include my photo in a book she's producing for profit.

• She must get my permission.

No Derivative Works

• Others can copy and redistribute the photo.

• Only without transforming it

• Want photos distributed only in their whole, original state.

No Derivative Works• Maya wants to

crop my photo and include in a collage she's working on.

• Maya needs to ask my permission.

• She can copy and distribute the photo in its original form.

Share Alike

• Requires people who transform or build on my original photograph to make the resulting work available on the same terms I gave them.

Attribution, Noncommercial, Share Alike

• With this combination, Maya can modify and use my photo in her collage as long as she releases the whole collage on the same terms I offer her.

Attribution, Noncommercial, Share Alike

• Maya must also comply with the original license by giving me credit and asking my permission before making money from her collage.

Combinations

• The 4 options can be combined to reflect your preferences.

• 11 combinations total

Public Domain

• If you want to release all control of your work to the public with no conditions whatsoever.

• Creative commons website can be used to dedicate your work to the public domain.

Share a wide rage of creative works on your own terms

CreativeCommons.org

CreditsCartoon concept and design by Neeru Paharia

Original illustrations by Ryan Junell

Photos by Matt Haughey

Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License

CreativeCommons.org