Creative Commons Licenses. CC BY-SA 3.0 This Wikipedia article outlines the licenses and some use instructions: Open Licenses by CCCOER. CC BY 4.0 This article from the Community College Consortium of OER (CCCOER) outlines some good definitions for the different Creative Commons licenses. About the Licenses by Creative Commons. CC BY 4.0 To read all…

Creative Commons licenses were carefully crafted to make them legally enforceable in countries around the world. Law Library Stacks photo from Unsplash by Dmitrij Paskevic, free to use under the Unsplash license Learning Outcomes Describe the state of Creative Commons case law Explain the potential benefit of seeking non-legal resolutions to disagreements Big Question /…

There are six different CC licenses, designed to help accommodate the diverse needs of creators while still using simple, standardized terms. Learning Outcomes Explain the CC license suite Describe the different CC license elements Big Question / Why It Matters Why are there so many different Creative Commons licenses? There is no single Creative Commons…

Creative Commons licenses are built on copyright law. That simple fact tells you most of what you need to know about when they do and do not apply, and how long they last. Learning Outcomes Understand how CC works with copyright and why this is important Explain time length of license Big Question / Why…

Do you “speak CC” yet? This lesson covers the acronyms, terms, and symbols used in connection with Creative Commons’ tools, as well as some key things to know about how the licenses were designed. Learning Outcomes Differentiate the meaning of different CC icons Identify the different layers and elements of CC licenses and tools Big…

Creative Commons licenses give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a clear, standardized way to grant permission to others to use their creative work. From the reuser’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license answers the question, “What can I do with this?” and provides freedom to reuse, subject to clearly…

Creative Commons would like to highlight country case studies CC community members have written as items in this Appendix. If you would like to contribute information on your country’s copyright and CC licensing context, please work with your CC Network Chapter leader or representative, or contact certificates@creativecommons.org if your country does not have a Network…

More information about copyright concepts Liability and remedies Generally, to establish a claim of copyright infringement, creators or copyright holders need only show that they have a valid copyright in their works and that the defendants copied protected expression from the works. However, other facts may be relevant in some cases, such as if defendants…

The limitations and exceptions built into copyright were designed to ensure that the rights of the public were not unduly restricted by copyright. Learning Outcomes State what limitations and exceptions to copyright are and why they exist Name a few common exceptions and limitations to copyright The Big Question What would the world look like…

The public domain consists of works that are not subject to copyright. This is a vast, ever-growing pool of material on which new creativity and knowledge may be built without concern for copyright. Melies color Voyage dans la lune, by Georges Méliès, Public Domain. Learning Outcomes Explain what the public domain is Communicate the value…