Flickr, Image Citation & Copyright

Dr. Jessica LaccettiModule 9

Outline

• What is Copyright• What is Creative Commons• History and Background• Uses• Flickr and Creative Commons• Practise • Homework

Nick Negroponte

“copyright law is

totally out of date.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56UUzO8eKto

Esther Wojcicki from CC Says:

• E-mailing a book chapter to a friend or colleage?

• Posting a picture/video/article onto your learning space?

• Using a cartoon or a drawing in a handout?• Uploading resources you found to your web

site?• Copying a lesson plan and posting it to an

educational resource repository?

Illegal!!Unless you get permission

“Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright.”

“We provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the

creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination

thereof.”

• By using a Creative Commons license, you do not give up your copyright; you still own your work.

• Creative Commons licenses do not replace copyright registration - they apply in addition to copyright.

• Even if you're using a Creative Commons license, it is advisable to register your copyright so you can protect your work from unauthorized uses through the courts.

New technologies, especially SOCIAL MEDIA has revolutionised HOW creative works are made,

disseminated and consumed

Pop Quiz

Image on flickr by De todos los Colores :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nachoeuropa/4791946173/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Everyday We

• Are using:• Photos• Text• Music• Movies

Image from xkcd: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/copyright.jpg

Why is CC so Brilliant?

• This let’s use LEGALLY use:• Photos• Text• Music• Movies

Image from flickr by A. Diez Herrero: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21572939@N03/2090542246/sizes/m/in/photostream/

And…

• With CC you can MANAGE how your OWN creations are

• Made• Disseminated• Consumed

With CC

• You can easily• Collaborate and

share• Your creations with

other students, employers, professors…

• THE WORLD

Image on flickr by courosa: http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3708151311/sizes/l/in/photostream/

How?

» 18,373,287 photos

Your Turn

• With a partner or in a small group:• Take a photo of something (your laptop) or

someone (ONLY if they say it’s ok!)• Upload it to Flickr• Tag it appropriately• Choose your CC license• Add the link to today’s blog post in a comment

Image on flickr by turkguy0319: http://www.flickr.com/photos/turkguy19/1018420551/sizes/o/in/photostream/

CC Images

• FlickrStorm • The Open Photo Project • Wikimedia Commons • OpenClipArt • PhotoEverywhere

These ideas from Chris Betcher:

Remember

• CC is not a get-out-of-jail-free card• You still need to practise ethics!• Follow the rules of the license• Attribute as the license says

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTjpghGjjfo

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/gform?key=0AjsIVysTrCWkdEMzRk13MHlYR2NrVWtKN0ZRdThqR0E&hl=en%23edit

Benefits of CC

• Faciliate collaboration• Increase your reach and reputation• Speed the creation of educational/scientific

resources• Improve quality (peer review)• Reduce the cost of development• Make good use of publicly funded material• Imbue old work with new value• Provide legal clarity and reduce admin

REF: Jessica Coates presentation on Creative Commons in the Classroom

Homework

• Watch this Larry Lessig Video on Creative Commons and Scientific Publishing: http://vimeo.com/23078677

• Peruse Michael Geist’s blog (there are lots of posts on copyright): http://www.michaelgeist.ca/