A creative commons licence acts to allow other people to share and even modify your works that have been copyrighted without infringing the copyright and without the need for others to ask your permission. As we have seen from my copyright post, works created by individuals are automatically copyrighted in the UK. Creative commons provides licences to use the work free of charge!
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An example of how creative commons works:
Let's say that I wanted to use a photo on my blog, I would be able to use this image without having to ask the permission of the photographer who created that photo first, because they have already given permission through their creative commons licence.
Creative commons is split up into many elements/rules/licences that your use of the work will depend upon:
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This is 'attribution' (BY) and it means that I can use the work as long as I attribute/accredit the creator when I do.
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This is for 'non-commercial use' (NC) and it means that no one apart from the creator is permitted to make money from the work, so I would not be able to sell anything with an image belonging to someone else on it, for example.
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This is 'no derivatives' (ND), which means that the creator has not given permission to make modifications. I would be able to use the work, on my blog for example, but if I wanted to alter the work I would need to ask permission.
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This is 'share alike' (SA), which means that new creations which use and encompass the work need to be under the same licence or terms as the original one.
All works that are under a creative commons licence automatically have the rule of attribution, the other three may be added or left out depending on the creator's wishes.
Please visit and watch the following videos which are very useful for those who want to know more about creative commons and how to protect their works:
http://creativecommons.org/videos/creative-commons-kiwi
http://creativecommons.org/videos/get-creative
I shall now leave you with this entertaining and enlightening video on music and copyright to end my copyright related posts.
“If you have a candle, the light won't glow any dimmer if I light yours off of mine.” - Steven Tyler
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