{"id":145,"date":"2015-04-03T18:45:11","date_gmt":"2015-04-03T18:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/userguide\/?post_type=chapter&p=145"},"modified":"2015-04-03T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T18:45:11","slug":"creative-commons-introduction","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ccc-userguide-1\/chapter\/creative-commons-introduction\/","title":{"raw":"Creative Commons Introduction","rendered":"Creative Commons Introduction"},"content":{"raw":"
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What does it mean?<\/h2>\r\n

In 2002 the Creative Commons released its first license free to the public. By 2005 an estimated 20 million works had been licensed with a CC license. We can think of CC licenses, at their essence, as telling the world that we want to share what we created but reserve SOME rights. As opposed to traditional copyright where we reserve ALL rights and Public Domain where we reserve NO rights, the CC license allows us to control what people do with our content. \u00a0In the following video, a brief overview of Creative Commons Licensing is presented.<\/p>\r\n \r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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\r\n\r\nDo we have to be experts in copyright law to take advantage\u00a0of what this offers? Fortunately the answer is NO. The CC license is presented in 3 tiers or layers, each layer designed to be used by a different audience. The three layers of a CC license are:\r\n
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      The Legal Code.<\/ol>\r\n
        Each license begins as a traditional legal tool, in the kind of language and text formats that most lawyers know and love. We call this the Legal Code layer of each license.<\/ol>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n
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            The \"Human Readable\" Code.<\/ol>\r\n
              Since most creators, educators, and scientists are not in fact lawyers, we also make the licenses available in a format that normal people can read \u2014 the Commons Deed (also known as the \u201chuman readable\u201d version of the license). The Commons Deed is a handy reference for licensors and licensees, summarizing and expressing some of the most important terms and conditions. Think of the Commons Deed as a user-friendly interface to the Legal Code beneath, although the Deed itself is not a license, and its contents are not part of the Legal Code itself.<\/ol>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n \r\n
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                  The Machine Readable Code.<\/ol>\r\n
                    The final layer of the license design recognizes that software, from search engines to office productivity to music editing, plays an enormous role in the creation, copying, discovery, and distribution of works. In order to make it easy for the Web to know when a work is available under a Creative Commons license, we provide a \u201cmachine readable\u201d version of the license \u2014 a summary of the key freedoms and obligations written into a format that software systems, search engines, and other kinds of technology can understand.<\/ol>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nGo to the Creative Commons Website <\/a>and see what the \"three layers\" look like for the most commonly and open of the licenses: CC-BY.\r\n\r\nThe Share-Alike clause in some of the Creative Commons licenses makes it so that creative works licensed with some CC licenses cannot be remixed with creative works licensed with some other CC licenses. Read these questions and answers from the CC FAQ <\/a>and then check your understanding by playing the game linked below.\r\n

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                    Can I combine works that use different Creative Commons licenses into my work?<\/h3>\r\nIt depends. You may only remix works released under different CC licenses if the terms of the licenses involved permit it. The NoDerivatives licenses do not permit remixing at all. All the other CC licenses allow remixes, but may impose conditions on how the remix may be used. For example, if you create a remix with a work licensed under a ShareAlike license, you need to make sure that the remix is licensed under the same license conditions. Likewise, if you want to use the remixed work for commercial purposes, you cannot incoporate a work released under one of the NonCommercial licenses. Review the charts below for more details on whether and how differently licensed works can be combined and licensed.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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                    If I derive or adapt a work offered under a Creative Commons license, which CC license(s) can I apply to the resulting work?<\/span><\/h3>\r\nThe chart below details the CC license(s) you may apply to the resulting work. Please note that this chart is not a substitute for legal advice and should not be relied upon as legal advice.\r\n\r\nThe green boxes indicate where compatibility exists between licenses. When modifying a work licensed under the license identified in the lefthand column, you may license the adaptation under one of the licenses indicated on the top row if the corresponding box is green. White boxes indicate those licenses that you should not use for the adapted work. In the absence of an applicable copyright exception or limitation, you cannot adapt<\/a> works that contain the No Derivatives license element<\/a>.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n

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                    Compatibility chart<\/strong><\/td>\r\nTerms that may be used for a derivative work or adaptation<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
                    BY<\/td>\r\nBY-NC<\/td>\r\nBY-NC-ND<\/td>\r\nBY-NC-SA<\/td>\r\nBY-ND<\/td>\r\nBY-SA<\/td>\r\nPD<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
                    Status of original work<\/td>\r\nPD<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
                    BY<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
                    BY-NC<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
                    BY-NC-ND<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
                    BY-NC-SA<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
                    BY-ND<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
                    BY-SA<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
                    Abbreviation Key\r\n