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Copyright & Open Licensing Applied

Rachel Arteaga �& Liz Yata

Tuesday,

June 30th

12 pm PT/ 3pm ET

Unless otherwise indicated, this presentation is licensed CC-BY 4.0

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Learning Outcomes

  • Understand limitations of copyright
  • What’s the difference between all rights reserved and some rights reserved?
  • Understand which creative commons licenses are used for OER
  • Demonstrate how to search for materials by license type

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What Is Copyright?

  • Exclusive set of rights for creators
  • Copyright holders can copy, distribute, perform, adapt or use the work
  • Incentivises creation of new works

Adapted by Rachel Arteaga from Creative Commons Certificate for Librarians, Module 2.1: Copyright Basics CC BY

Image by congerdesign from Pixabay

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What Is Copyright?

  • Someone controls the copyright - creator, organization, employer
  • Copyright holder grants permission to use work
  • All rights reserved

Copyright holders have a lot of legal power.

Adapted by Rachel Arteaga from Creative Commons Certificate for Librarians, Module 2.1: Copyright Basics CC BY

Image by congerdesign from Pixabay

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Copyright law is complicated in ways that cannot be quickly covered.

Image by succo from Pixabay

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What about “Free” Resources

  • Freely accessible
  • May be copyrighted or restricted
  • Most likely you cannot change, modify, or distribute the resource without permission
  • If you are unsure of how you can use the resource supply a link for students

Image by Lubos Houska from Pixabay

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Is there a way to avoid all of these complications?

Use Open Educational Resources!

Image by lil_foot_ from Pixabay

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The 5R Permissions of OER

The framework, freely available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (CC BY), was designed by Lumen Learning as the 5Rs

Combine two or more

Remix

Make and own copies

Retain

Use in a wide range of ways

Reuse

Adapt, modify, and improve

Revise

Share with others

Redistribute

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“Creative Commons is a global nonprofit organization that enables sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge through the provision of free legal tools... Our vision is to help others realize the full potential of the internet.”

Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay

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  • CC licenses work within existing copyright laws (creator retains copyright)
  • Supplies copyright licenses, including legal framework that allows creators to share work more openly
  • Some rights reserved

Image by Jörg Möller from Pixabay

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Understanding what each CC icon/abbreviation represents allows you to understand what permissions each CC license allows.

License Elements

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Creative Commons Elements:

Attribution (BY)

Non-Commercial (NC)

Share Alike (SA)

No Derivatives (ND)

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Most Open

Least Open

Not OER

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CC BY - Attribution

  • Credit creator
  • Distribute, remix, tweak, build upon work
  • Commercial use permitted
  • Most accommodating CC license
  • Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials

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CC BY SA - Attribution-ShareAlike

  • Distribute, remix, tweak, build upon work
  • Commercial use permitted
  • Credit creator
  • Must license new creations under the identical terms
  • New works will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also allow commercial use

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CC BY-NC-SA - Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

  • Remix, tweak, and build upon a work non-commercially
  • Credit creator and license new creations under the identical terms

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CC BY-ND - Attribution-NoDerivs

Allows redistribution, commercial and non-commercial use, as long as original is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to creator.

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CC BY-NC-ND - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs

  • Most restrictive license
  • Only allows download and sharing (with attribution)
  • Can’t change work in any way or use it commercially

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ND - You Can Create Collections NOT Adaptations

“CC Smoothie” by Nate Angell. CC BY. Derivative of “Strawberry Smoothie On Glass Jar” by Element5 in the public domain, and various Creative Commons license buttons by Creative Commons used under CC BY.

“CC TV Dinner” by Nate Angell. CC BY. Derivative of “tv dinner 1″ by adrigu used under CC BY, and various Creative Commons license buttons by Creative Commons used under CC BY.

Adaptation = Smoothie

Collection = TV dinner

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Attributions

  • Attribute all CC licenses
  • Include as much detail as necessary
  • Do your best - you might not find all the information
  • There is no strict formula so long as you include information
  • TASL

BY

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TASL

T = Title

A = Author (who to credit)

S = Source (link to resource)

L = License (link to license deed)

Image by Olya Adamovich from Pixabay

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Copyright in the Wild: Instagram vs flickr

Flickr / Public domain

Photo credit: Instagram / Ian Spalter, Joy-Vincent Niemantsverdriet, Eric Goud, Robert Padbury / Public domain

All uploads are automatically copyright all rights reserved.

Instagram doesn’t have a way for users to license photos/videos with an open licence.

Instagram’s Copyright page

Flickr lets users decide what copyright is right for their photos.

You can search for photos that are in the public domain or any Creative Commons license on the site.

https://www.flickr.com/search/

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Searching for Images on Google

Google Image Search allows you to filter by license

  1. Under search bar, click on “Settings”
  2. Select “Advanced search”
  3. Scroll down to “usage rights” and select license from pull-down menu

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Searching for OER on OASIS

Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool that aims to make the discovery of open content easier. OASIS currently searches open content from 97 different sources and contains 385,629 records.

OASIS is being developed at SUNY Geneseo's Milne Library.

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Speakers

Rachel Arteaga

Reference and Instruction Librarian

Butte College

arteagara@butte.edu

Liz Yata

Manager of Communities of Practice

Open Education Global

lizyata@oeglobal.org

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Join us for Timely OER Tutorials (TOTs)

  • July 7 NO tutorial
  • July 14 Searching for OER by discipline
    • Sneak peek: How Do I Find OER?
  • July 21 Designing Courses with OER
  • July 28 Evaluating and selecting OER

Webinar Descriptions & Registration:

https://bit.ly/OERtutor

Practical tutorials for faculty, staff, etc.

30 min preso + 30 min Q&A (optional)

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Self Assessment Quiz

Image by Tumisu from Pixabay

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Creative Commons - Resources

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Resources

Photo search:

  • Flickr
  • Wikicommons Images

OER Search: OASIS Geneseo

Creative Commons Certificate for Educators and for Librarians: The Audiobook