UBCWiki: An introduction to IP and Creative Commons for educators

An introduction to IP and Creative Commons for educators

http://CCWorkshop.notlong.com∞

The basics of copyright...

...exclusive rights regulating the use of a particular expression of an idea or information. At its most general, it is literally "the right to copy" an original creation. In most cases, these rights are of limited duration. The symbol for copyright is ©, and in some jurisdictions may alternatively be written as either (c) or (C).

Copyright may subsist in a wide range of creative, intellectual, or artistic forms or "works". These include poems, theses, plays, and other literary works, movies, choreographic works (dances, ballets, etc.), musical compositions, audio recordings, paintings, drawings, sculptures, photographs, software, radio and television broadcasts of live and other performances, and, in some jurisdictions, industrial designs. ...Copyright is one of the laws covered by the umbrella term intellectual property.

Canadian Copyright Law∞ From Creative Commons Canada.
Guide to Copyrights∞ - Canadian Intellectual Property Office.
eduSource Guide to Online Content in Canada∞
Gerhardt, D. Reading the fine print.∞ - Check this out if you're planning to publish a book.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins copyright policy∞
Springer's Copyright Transfer Statement∞
Public Library of Science Open Access License∞
Hirtle, P.B. Author addenda: an examination of five alternatives∞
SPARC Resources for Authors∞ - SPARC was developed by the Association of Research Libraries in the U.S.
Scholar's Copyright Addendum Engine∞
SHERPA/RoMEO∞ - Summarizes permissions that are normally part of publishers' Copyright Transfer Agreements.
A Fair(y) Use Tale∞ - A YouTube discussion of copyright fair use in Disney characters' own words.
Canadian Copyright Reform is Coming∞ - Something wicked this way comes.
Canada's About to Have An IP Disaster∞ - Good round-up of links.
Neutrality Canada∞ - "It's time for the Canadian government to stand up and protect the future of the Canadian Internet." - Assignment Help∞
- Coursework Help∞
- Dissertation Help∞
- Essay Help∞
- Thesis Help∞

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The complexities of the existing model

Access Permissions and Digital Rights in the current (traditional) online publishing model:

Joy Kirchner's presentation slides: The Traditional Licensing Model∞.

Emergence of Digital Rights Management - further control?

Cory Doctorow, Microsoft Research DRM talk∞

Intro to the Open Access Movement

new publishing models...
what prompted it?
UBC Library, Open Access and Scholarly Communication∞
John Willinsky, The Access Principle∞
See also the Public Knowledge Project∞

What is Creative Commons?∞

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See also:

How it works∞ - another comic
Learn more∞ in various media formats
Tales from the Public Domain:BOUND BY LAW?∞ - another comic book!
Free Culture∞ - book bt CC founder Lawrence Lessig∞
A tale of two fish∞ - a parable told in the format of a Flickr set.
Reticulum Rex∞ - short flash movie, good overview.

Other similar approaches:

Science Commons∞
BCcommons∞

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Choosing a license:

http://creativecommons.org/license/∞
http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/∞
http://creativecommons.org/audio/publish-internetarchive∞
http://creativecommons.org/education/publish-website∞

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How to find CC-licensed content (images, sounds, text), and other copyright-friendly materials

Flickr's advanced image search∞ -- Flickr's got 38 million-plus images∞ as of June 2007
Google Advanced Search∞ - use the 'Usage Rights' switch
Online Copyright Friendly Image Collections∞
Yahoo! Creative Commons Search∞
Search using Yahoo, Google, Flickr, and more, all at one place∞
Creative Commons - Education∞
OERCommons∞ - hub for open educational resources (OERs)∞
MIT's OpenCourseWare∞ - huge catalyst for open content in higher education. See also OpenCourseWare Consortium∞, and the OCW finder∞.
ccMixter∞ - "a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons, where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want."

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