2014 oct8 cemca-hyd-session-5-exercises-copyright and open licences
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This document discusses copyright and open content licensing. It defines key terms like author, copyright, and fair use. Copyright gives authors exclusive rights over their creative works, including rights to copy, distribute, license and sell. Creative Commons licenses like CC-BY, CC-BY-SA, CC-BY-NC allow authors to specify how others can use and share their works while still getting attribution. The document explores concepts behind open content like retaining, reusing, revising, remixing and redistributing content under these licenses. It provides guidance on choosing the appropriate Creative Commons license.
2014 oct8 cemca-hyd-session-5-exercises-copyright and open licences
- 2. Meaning of Terms Author/Creator: is the originator of any written work Copyright: exclusive right given by law to the author/creator of a work What can be copyrighted? – Any work which is not an exact copy of someone else’s work Can ideas be copyrighted? No… only expression of ideas are copyrighted... Can copyright be transferred? Yes, an author can assign copyright to another person, as in the case of property
- 3. Copyright Exclusive rights given by law to the original creator/author To get credit To copy To distribute To license To sell/make economic transaction To perform 3
- 4. Further Copyright… Prohibits unauthorized use, distribution, performance, adaptation, sell, etc. Requires permission of the Copyright holder for creating any derivative works Fair use or fair dealing is though permitted Fair use covers Examples of fair use include commentary, search engines, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship. 4
- 5. Knowledge Commons Who owns knowledge? Researchers stand on the shoulder of giants Previous research is necessary for new research Knowledge is Free – Information is not. Data Information Knowledge
- 6. What is “Open”? It’s about open license used to share educational and research material – Reuse – Revise – Remix – Redistribute – Retain No permission required as long as the open license is respected
- 7. Defining the "Open" in Open Content Retain - the right to make, own, and control copies of the content (e.g., download, duplicate, store, and manage) Reuse - the right to use the content in a wide range of ways (e.g., in a class, in a study group, on a website, in a video) Revise - the right to adapt, adjust, modify, or alter the content itself (e.g., translate the content into another language) Remix - the right to combine the original or revised content with other open content to create something new (e.g., incorporate the content into a mashup) Redistribute - the right to share copies of the original content, your revisions, or your remixes with others (e.g., give a copy of the content to a friend) http://www.opencontent.org/definition/ 7
- 8. Open Licenses Creative Commons CC-BY CC-BY-SA CC-BY-NC CC-BY-NC-SA CC-BY-ND CC-BY-NC-ND Concepts Attribution Share Alike Non-Commercial Non-Derivative
- 9. Why Creative Commons? Legal Code: expansive legal languages tested in several cases Commons Code: Simple icon-based approach to explain what you can do want you can’t Digital Code: Enables search engines to search and locate through CC Rights Expression Language 9
- 10. Re-mix Game 10
- 11. Creative Commons Licence Compatibility Wizards http://www.web2rights.com/creativecommons/ 11
- 12. Choosing CC 0 12
- 13. Choosing CC BY 13
- 14. Choosing CC BY SA 14
- 15. Choosing CC BY NC 15
- 16. Choosing CC BY ND 16
- 17. Choosing CC BY NC SA 17
- 18. Choosing CC BY NC ND 18
- 19. Case 1 Consider a publication where the author has identified the following to be included. Decide what license should be needed and how you will go about it. – Original texts plus, images from CC-BY- SA, also texts from CC-BY-NC. – Author has also indicated use of some Copyrighted materials, and have permission to be used by MANUU / BRAOU in Open Access 19 8763nctre
- 20. Case 2 20 Consider a publication where the author has identified the following to be included. Decide what license should be needed and how you will go about it. – Original texts plus, images and texts from PD – Author has also indicated use of some texts from CC-BY sources – There are large number of images from online sources, the author has not credited
- 21. Sources of Guidance JISC OER IPR Support http://www.web2rights.com/OERIPRSupport/index.html FAQ at CC http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#How_do_I_prope rly_attribute_a_Creative_Commons_licensed_work.3F WikiEducator http://wikieducator.org/Creative_Commons_unplugged/Re mix_and_compatibility OER Remix Game Online http://opencontent.org/game/betagame.html 21
- 22. Questions/Comments Thank you very much for your attention. 22 Thanks to Dr Sanjaya Mishra!