Creative Commons
Using material you find on the web has been made easier in recent years through Creative Commons, which provides a system of licensing to enable people to share and re-use information easily.
Activity 4 Introducing Creative Commons
The objective of this course activity is to find out more about the Creative Commons movement.
Play this video from Creative Commons for a brief introduction.
A shared culture [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)]
Now look at the Creative Commons licenses; note the increasing degrees of protection they offer for the creators of material, and also what constitutes ‘use’. Note down which of the licenses are the most useful, from your point of view.
Discussion
Creative Commons extends and works alongside copyright to enable people to share their work. This works well for us as consumers of information because it expands the amount of information available for us to re-use.
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