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The nuances of Copyright and Creative Commons and the differences between them can be confusing. I recently came across this neat little video that does a good job of explaining Creative Commons and what Creative Commons licenses allow or do not allow people to do with your works. A PDF of the images in the video can be found here . Applications for Education
Illustrated and Narrated Explanation of Creative Commons
Graphics and Other Images
Effective use of graphics can enhance student presentations in all types of formats including PowerPoint , electronic documents or webpages. If students are downloading graphics from the Internet rather than creating their own, copyright is an important factor to consider. In this section you will find information about copyright of graphics and images, websites designed to help students create their own graphics, libraries and compilations of free (public domain) graphics, search engines and directories that give information about, or direct access to, graphics as well as subscription sites and information about graphics software.
One of our Harvard Law colleagues, Professor Steven Shavell , has shared a draft of a new paper that "explains why abolishing copyright for academic publications is a good idea — and why the open access movement that seeks a similar goal is unlikely to succeed.” The conventional rationale for copyright of written works, that copyright is needed to foster their creation, is seemingly of limited applicability to the academic domain. For in a world without copyright of academic writing, academics would still benefit from publishing in the major way that they do now, namely, from gaining scholarly esteem. Yet publishers would presumably have to impose fees on authors, because publishers would not be able to profit from reader charges. If these publication fees would be borne by academics, their incentives to publish would be reduced.
"Should Copyright Of Academic Works Be Abolished?" | Berkman Center
14 Tools to Teach about Creative Commons
One of the most powerful, misunderstood and under-utilized tools for teaching 21st century skills, is the Creative Commons . Besides providing access to hundreds of thousands of media works that can be used to augment the creative process, the Creative Commons offers a legitimate way for students to license their own creative works, be they audio, video, text or hybrid products.
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As I wrote last week , I threw away a week I didn't have penning an "insanely long" review (as I described it), of Mark Helprin's insanely sloppy " Digital Barbarism ." The part of that book that really got me going was the incessant Red-baiting -- the suggestion that the movement of which I am a part is a kind of warmed over Marxism from the 1960s. That part always gets me going because it betrays a kind of mushiness in thinking that I should have thought a decade of writing by scores of advocates would have driven away. As I wrote about Helprin:The Commons Deed is not a license. It is simply a handy reference for understanding the Legal Code (the full license) — it is a human-readable expression of some of its key terms. Think of it as the user-friendly interface to the Legal Code beneath. This Deed itself has no legal value, and its contents do not appear in the actual license. Creative Commons is not a law firm and does not provide legal services. Distributing of, displaying of, or linking to this Commons Deed does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Creative Commons Licences
Innovate - Creative Commons: A New Tool for Schools
Nova Southeastern University's Fischler School of Education and Human Services online publication Innovate published its final volume in September 2009. The link you have reached is currently inactive. Our team continues to work diligently on preserving as much prior content as possible including links.
The CC Affiliate Network consists of 100+ affiliates working working in over 70 jurisdictions to support and promote CC activities around the world. The teams engage in public outreach, community building, translation, research, publicity, and in general, promoting sharing and our mission.
Welcome | Creative Commons
Welcome to the Podcasting Legal Guide. If you have suggestions, comments or questions about the Guide, please post your comments on the talk page of our wiki (located at http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide ). These comments will be reviewed periodically and will help us when preparing future updates to the Guide. Purpose