Creative Commons and Copyright - Unit Lesson
Objectives:
- Learn the differences between copyright, trademark and patent, and Creative Commons licensing
- Search, find and use Creative Commons materials
- Create a CC license
What is the difference between copyright, trademark and patent?
- Copyright vs. Trademark vs. Patent http://www.lawmart.com/forms/difference.htm
What about educational fair use?
- Fair Use and Copyright Guide, by Don Macnaughtan, Lane CC Reference Librarian
http://libraryguides.lanecc.edu/friendly.php?s=fair
This Guide provides a one-stop place for Lane teachers, administrators and staff to consult on copyright and fair use issues. - Written permission for taking photos on campus
http://lanecc.edu/sites/default/files/mpr/photoreleaseform.pdf
An introduction to Creative Commons
- Overview → http://creativecommons.org/videos/wanna-work-together
Retain copyright while allowing others to copy, distribute, and make some uses of the work — at least non-commercially. Every Creative Commons license also ensures licensors get the credit for their work they deserve. - Review the basic CC license choices and what each represents at http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses
Learn how to use Creative Commons
- Search, find and give attribution
Go to: http://search.creativecommons.org/ Using CC search within fotopedia [images], find an image to download for your webpage. Your subject choice is pumpkins.
- Choose the Fotopedia icon.
- Type in your search term in the text box next to the search icon.
- Be sure to check: I want something that I can...
use for commercial purposes;
modify, adapt, or build upon. - Choose an image. Hover over the image and and click on the "i". This will take you to a larger image and give your license information.
- Choose download. Right click on the large image and download to your computer.
- Gather correct licensing and credit information.
- Here is an example of attributing the original work used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.
The image:
The attribution:
- Here is an example of attributing the original work used under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.
Become a part of the digital commons
- Choose/create a license for your own work http://creativecommons.org/choose/
Creative Commons and education
- Creative Commons and Education http://creativecommons.org/education
For more courses, workshops and trainings related to online teaching and learning or staff training related to web technologies go to: http://blogs.lanecc.edu/atc. You can join colleagues in the new networking community ATUDE [Academic Technology Used to Deliver Education] at https://blogs.lanecc.edu/atude/.
Introduction to Creative Commons - Tutorial Lesson by Meredith Keene is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. The direct links to outside sources are not covered under this license. You must check the resource, or with the author of the resource, regarding any use other than linking to them.