To successfully complete Copyright
READ this blog post.
DO and THINK about the information in the “Learn More About” activities.
LEARN by completing the Hands-On Activities.
Your total time commitment is about 50 minutes.
Introduction to Copyright
The term copyright refers to a legal right - granted by law, so it varies by country - given to the creator of an original work (written, audiovisual, software, etc.) to use and distribute it as they see fit. You can usually find copyright information printed inside books, on the back of DVD and CD cases, listed at the bottom of websites, and buried in the legalese of many End-User License Agreements. Copyright is very easy to get; all you have to do is create an original work! Copyright law says that once something is created, it is copyrighted. You can, however, register a work to set the record right as to who "owns" the work.
Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization that tries to make it easier to understand how original works can be used. Creative Commons offers licenses that explain clearly how the creator of a work wants to allow people to use it. Are they allowed to use it as it is? Can they make changes and then use it? Is commercial use allowed? All these answers can be found in the CC license.
You can use copyrighted material under Fair Use, which has four factors. These are not hard-and-fast rules, but Fair Use considers the purpose of the use (it should be educational or non-profit), the nature of the work being used (it should be published, and it should be more fact than fiction), how much of the work is being used (you shouldn't use the vital "heart of the work" and you shouldn't use too much of it), and your use of the material should not harm the market for it.
Public Domain is the term for material that is not copyrighted, whether it never had copyright or the copyright expired. Most works created by the United States government do not have copyright applied to them, and are therefore Public Domain. Copyright owners can choose to release their works to the Public Domain, or allow their copyright to expire.
Creative Commons is a not-for-profit organization that tries to make it easier to understand how original works can be used. Creative Commons offers licenses that explain clearly how the creator of a work wants to allow people to use it. Are they allowed to use it as it is? Can they make changes and then use it? Is commercial use allowed? All these answers can be found in the CC license.
You can use copyrighted material under Fair Use, which has four factors. These are not hard-and-fast rules, but Fair Use considers the purpose of the use (it should be educational or non-profit), the nature of the work being used (it should be published, and it should be more fact than fiction), how much of the work is being used (you shouldn't use the vital "heart of the work" and you shouldn't use too much of it), and your use of the material should not harm the market for it.
Public Domain is the term for material that is not copyrighted, whether it never had copyright or the copyright expired. Most works created by the United States government do not have copyright applied to them, and are therefore Public Domain. Copyright owners can choose to release their works to the Public Domain, or allow their copyright to expire.
Learn More About Copyright (20 minutes)
1. Read TCC Library's Copyright LibGuide (a big thank you to Ruth Shumate and Bethany Wright for creating this!) (10 minutes)
2. Read the Creative Commons "About" page to learn more about the organization. (10 minutes)
Hands-On Activities (20 minutes)
1. Think of an original work you might create (a song, short story, photograph, website, piece of software, etc.). Then visit the Creative Commons Licenses page to read about what each license allows. Which one would you want to apply to your work? Why? (10 minutes)
2. Visit flickr. Do a search for a photo subject that interests you. At the top of the page of results, click where it says "License: Any License." Choose "Creative Commons only." All these images should have CC licenses of some kind applied to them. Click on an image in your results. Under the "Taken on" date, there is a message about the copyright that should be linked to a page from Creative Commons. Read about the license applied to the image you chose. What are you allowed to do with it? What aren't you allowed to do? (10 minutes)
When You're Done...
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When You're Done...
Don't forget to submit this form to get credit! You'll also be entered to win a prize drawing to take place at the end of the blog training.
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