LibGuides: Copyright : Creative Commons

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.

Their free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice. CC licenses let you easily change your copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.”

Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs.

Types of Licenses

Attribution CC BY (Attribution only)
Attribution - ShareAlike CC BY-SA (Attribution-ShareAlike)
Attribution - Non-Commercial CC BY-NC (Attribution-NonCommercial)
Attribution - Non- Commercial - ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA (Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike)
Attribution No Derivatives CC BY-ND (Attribution-NoDerivatives)
Attribution - Non- Commercial - No Derivs CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives)
Public Domain PD = Dedicated to or marked as being in the public domain via one of our public domain tools, or other public domain material; adaptations of materials in the public domain may be built upon and licensed by the creator under any license terms desired.

Source: Creative Commons

Credit Where Credit is Due

Descriptive annotation example in APA format is reproduced from "How to write annotated bibliographies" on the Memorial University Libraries website.

Descriptive annotation example in MLA format is reproduced from "Writing an Annotated Bibliography" on the Saint Mary's University Library's website.

(Creative Commons Infographic from: Technology Enhanced Learning Blog)

Open Licensing

What Does Fair Use Have to do with OER?

What Does Fair Use Have to do with OER
Presentation by Will Cross
Director, Open Knowledge Center & Head of Information Policy
NC State University for the Open Education Network

Best Practices in Fair Use for OER
A Guide for Authors, Adapters & Adopters of
Openly Licensed Teaching and Learning Materials
Center for Media and Social Impact other Fair Use Codes
Codes of Best Practices in Fair Use for other creative and professional communities
that may complement this code are available at the Center for Media and Social
Impact.

Creative Commons Compatibility Chart

Open Content and OER

Defining the "Open" in Open Content and Open Educational Resources:

The terms "open content" and "open educational resources" describe any copyrightable work (traditionally excluding software, which is described by other terms like "open source") that is licensed in a manner that provides users with free and perpetual permission to engage in the 5R activities:

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 material 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)

Open Washington Attribution Builder

Open Washington Attribution Builder
This is a tool to help you build attributions. Click the About box to learn more. As you fill out the form, the app automatically generates the attribution for you.