Creative Commons Design

& Culture

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staff + affiliates

Who are we?

creativecommons.org

We make sharing content easy, legal,

and scalable.

What do we do?

technically easylegally difficult

Why?

Nancy Sims

a set of exclusive rights granted to

creators

©

automatic; all rights reserved; lasts a very long

time; keeps getting extended

©

Traditional © designed for old

distribution models

the Problem:

In a digital world, everyone is a

creator

$750-150k per © infringement

©All rights reserved

Some rights reserved

grant some copyright

permissions in advance

with Creative Commons

Free © licenses that creators can

attach to their works

How?

Public Domain Dedication

Licenses

Lawyer ReadableLegal Code

HumanReadable Deed

MachineReadable Metadata

500 million works

Built on © lawGives creators options Minimizes transaction costs

Who uses CC?

Wikipedia: 76,000 contributors, 31 million articles, 285 languages

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“power is shifting away from agencies and middlemen to the creatives themselves”

Emerson Alecrim

Javier Leiva

“One of the main things we were looking at was empowerment.”

“Creative Commons is essential to the whole WikiHouse project. There are ten core principles, and principle number one is be lazy like a fox. Don’t reinvent the wheel. Copy, adapt, give credit and share.”

opendesignnow.org

thepowerofopen.org

teamopen.cc

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Best Practices

Questions?

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Except where otherwise noted, this presentation by Creative Commons is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License:http://creativecommons.org/by/4.0.

Note: Please keep in mind that Creative Commons and the double C in a circle are registered trademarks of Creative Commons in the United States and other countries. Third party marks and brands are the property of their respective holders.

“fuzzy copyright” by Nancy Sims Source: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/pugno_muliebriter/1384247192/License: CC BY-NC http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0

“Salão do Automóvel 2010” by Emerson AlecrimSource: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/ealecrim/5132832991/ License: CC BY-NC-SA https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ “Ouisharefest | Wikihouse” by Javier LeivaSource: https://secure.flickr.com/photos/catorze/8711543790/License: CC BY https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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