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title: "Copyright and Creative Commons for Teachers"
subtitle: "How to get legal resources for your PowerPoints and other teaching materials"
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## Copyright and Creative Commons for Teachers: How to get legal resources for your PowerPoints and other teaching materials
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## This is **NOT** legal advice!
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## Advice by Dominik Lukes
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for teachers creating content

based on years of experience of dealing with content and following discussions about copyright and licensing

## What is free of copyright?
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## **Everything** has a copyright
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## What is copyright?
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## Right to **control** how your work is copied, distributed, modified or reused.
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## How can I use copyrighted content?
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## Slide 9
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- Permission
- Exemption
- License

## Exemption for Print Disabilities
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## Make **accessible copies** for someone with a **print disability**.
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## Made **Load2Learn** possible but has many restrictions
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## Can I copy 10% of anything for educational purposes?
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## No!
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## Schools must buy a **CLA license** to allow them to make copies for educational purposes
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## Can I use a copyrighted image if I give attribution?
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## No!
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## You must have a proper **licence or permission** to use copyrighted work.
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## Your **license may include** a **requirement of attribution**.
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## Attribution on its own does **not** constitute a license.
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## Don’t I have right for **fair use**?
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## **No!**
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## Slide 23
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Fair use a US doctrine,

the **UK** has **fair dealing** which is similar but not the same!

## Fair dealing
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## Fair dealing is **not a right** it is **a defence**!
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## Slide 26
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- Research (non-commercial)
- Private study
- Criticism
- Review
- News reporting

## Never to distribute to another person
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(e.g. make photocopies for all students)

## Public domain
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## Slide 29
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- Copyright term has expired
- Copyright is not applicable
- Has been marked as public domain by creator

## Differs by country, type of work, etc.
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## Works in the public domain in the US, may not be public domain in the UK.
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## US federal government works in the public domain but UK government under crown license.
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## Unreliable. Better to use works with an explicit license.
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## Creative Commons
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## Slide 35
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![The Creative Commons logo: the letters “cc” in a black circle.](assets/media/img-ca813de9a8a95f03.png)

## **License** to copy, distribute, modify or reuse a copyrighted work!
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## **4 options** to license
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## Slide 38
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- **BY** Attribution
- **NC** Non-commercial
- **ND** No derivatives
- **SA** Share alike

![The slide's original page: a dark callout listing the four licence elements, each with its icon at the right: a person for BY, three crossed currency symbols (dollar, euro, yen) for NC, an equals sign for ND and a circular arrow for SA.](assets/pages/page-38.png)

## Slide 39
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- Public domain
- CC BY
- CC BY-SA
- CC BY-NC
- CC BY-ND
- CC BY-NC-SA
- CC BY-NC-ND

![The slide's original page: eight Creative Commons licence badges in two columns. Left: Public Domain, BY, BY SA, BY NC. Right: BY ND (shown twice), BY NC SA, BY NC ND.](assets/pages/page-39.png)

## Rules of thumb
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![Black silhouette of a hand giving a thumbs up.](assets/media/img-fa967c3926d4b86f.png)

CC BY Approve designed by [Venkatesh Aiyulu](http://www.thenounproject.com/agevenkat) from the [Noun Project](http://www.thenounproject.com/)

## Slide 41
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![The slide's original page: Creative Commons badges, each with a coloured dot to its right. Left column: Public Domain (green dot), BY (green), BY SA (orange), BY NC (orange). Right column from the top: BY NC SA (orange dot), BY ND (red), a second BY ND (red) and BY NC ND (red). One large translucent red prohibition sign (a circle with a diagonal bar) is drawn over the three no-derivatives badges, the two BY ND badges and the BY NC ND badge.](assets/pages/page-41.png)

## Safe to use without limits
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![Creative Commons Public Domain badge: a circle with a slashed copyright symbol and the words “Public Domain”.](assets/media/img-bbfb97f550520796.png)

![Black label reading “PUBLICDOMAIN” with a zero in a circle.](assets/media/img-6d037e4e3939f2da.png)

## Slide 43
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Always keep a record of where your got the image from and with what licence!

## Safe to use with attribution
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![Creative Commons BY badge: the “cc” mark and an attribution person icon above the word “BY”.](assets/media/img-633aae44a5d5b891.png)

![Black label reading “cc BY”.](assets/media/img-4d21e7ad5a110226.png)

## OK to use anywhere only IF
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shared under same license

![Creative Commons BY-SA badge: the “cc” mark, an attribution person icon and a share-alike arrow above the words “BY SA”.](assets/media/img-5a701167529dc7d0.png)

![Black label reading “cc BY-SA”.](assets/media/img-92cfbaf1b0dbc9fd.png)

## Slide 46
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![Creative Commons BY-NC badge: the “cc” mark, an attribution person icon and a crossed dollar icon above the words “BY NC”.](assets/media/img-85e2da08258b890b.png)

- **OK for conference presentation**
- **NOT for teaching materials**

![Black label reading “cc BY-NC”.](assets/media/img-95630b46064e5d4c.png)

## Slide 47
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![Creative Commons BY-NC-SA badge: the “cc” mark, an attribution person icon, a crossed dollar icon and a share-alike arrow above the words “BY NC SA”.](assets/media/img-4ea2b02abc7ba1e9.png)

- **OK for conference presentation**
- **NOT for teaching materials**
- **IF shared under same license**

![Black label reading “cc BY-NC-SA”.](assets/media/img-6315d583ba0d58f5.png)

## How to reference creative commons images
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## Slide 49
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Same slide

OR

Credits slide at the end

## CC BY work title author name link
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## Slide 51
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![Close-up photograph of an orange tabby kitten with its head resting on its paws.](assets/media/img-011c22f0288e2bd8.jpeg)

One way to **provide attribution** is as reference and link **on the same page/slide**

CC BY orangeacid  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/71753457@N00/8422757897/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/71753457@N00/8422757897/)

## Slide 52
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![Screenshot of a web page headed “Creative Commons Credits”: a list of icons used in a project, each with its Creative Commons licence (CC BY 3.0), the icon's name, its designer and “from the Noun Project”, for example Difficulty: Push, designed by Rohan Gupta; Strategy: Puzzle; Behaviour: Jump; Look out for: Eye; Communication; Checklist; Speedo; Explosion.](assets/media/img-bc2c178962ecb29e.png)

Another way to **provide attribution** is as reference and link **on separate page/slide**

## Where to get  creative commons images?
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## **Interfaces to Flickr and other repositories**  do not store images themselves
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## Slide 55
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- search.creativecommons.org
- compfight.com

## Slide 56
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![Screenshot of the Creative Commons search page: “Search using” a grid of sources (Europeana, Flickr highlighted, Fotopedia, Google, Google Images, Jamendo, Open Clip Art Library, SpinXpress, Wikimedia Commons, YouTube, Pixabay, ccMixter, SoundCloud), with red arrows pointing at Flickr and at the two checkboxes “use for commercial purposes” and “modify, adapt, or build upon”.](assets/media/img-e99b770042fc41aa.png)

**search**.creativecommons.org

## Slide 57
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![Screenshot of Compfight, with the Compfight tab outlined in red: a photograph of an orange kitten beside the steps “1. View License Agreement”, “2. Select Image Size” (Small, Medium, Large, Original, each with a download link) and “3. Copy & Paste HTML” with a photo credit snippet; red arrows point at the licence link, the licence filter and the credit snippet.](assets/media/img-1e4d2835e910431d.png)

**Compfight.com** is a simple interface to find Creative Commons licensed **images on Flickr**

## **The Noun Project** has great CC icons
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## Slide 59
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![Screenshot of The Noun Project search results for “reading”: a grid of black icons of people reading books.](assets/media/img-4d85a0a3f38da69f.png)

TheNounProject.com search for **“reading”**

## Slide 60
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![Screenshot of the Noun Project “Download Options” dialog with three columns: “Buy it Now” $1.99 (Purchase button), “Premium Account” $1.00 (Upgrade button) and “Attribution” with the Creative Commons logo (Download button), the last captioned “Must attribute the designer in your work”.](assets/media/img-fbb2473374dabce2.png)

Free with attribution but **must attribute**

## Slide 61
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![Screenshot of a dark dialog asking “Do you agree to attribute the designer?” with a tick button and a small box reading “I pinky swear”.](assets/media/img-c27513b6dcafce7b.png)

NounProject take **attribution** seriously

## Open Government Licence
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## Slide 63
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![Logo of the Open Government Licence “for public sector information”, with the Royal coat of arms.](assets/media/img-c53cf9a7ff00a454.png)

UK equivalent to Creative Commons

## Slide 64
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![Screenshot of the home page of The National Archives website with sections “Explore our records”, Education, Archives sector and Information management.](assets/media/img-d0aaf5cb54f4e402.png)

NationalArchives.gov.uk **not all** open

## Stock photography
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## Professional photos made available **royalty free for limited commercial purposes**
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## What is royalty free?
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## **Royalty-free** images may be **used multiple times** for multiple projects without paying additional fees.
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## Restrictions on royalty free?
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## Varies by stock photo provider but…
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- No resale
- Limited number of impressions (eg. half a million)
- Limited commercial products (eg. no T-Shirts, Mugs, etc.)

## Often there are tiers
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- by use
- by size

## How much does it cost?
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## Slide 74
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- Credits
- Subscriptions

## 20p … £5
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per image

## Stock photo sources
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## Slide 77
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![Screenshot of the iStockPhoto.com home page.](assets/media/img-9f85ac24db992967.png)

![Screenshot of the ShutterStock.com home page.](assets/media/img-d77f45080ca2420e.png)

![Screenshot of the Fotolia.com home page.](assets/media/img-b38fc12a1c88cf14.png)

- **iStockPhoto.com**
- **ShutterStock.com**
- **Fotolia.com**

## Can I use (Microsoft) clipart?
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## No
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## Slide 80
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![The slide's original page: a dark speech-bubble shape on a blue background holds three lines of text, “advertise your business”, “create a company logo” and “illustrate the chapters of a book”. A large red prohibition sign (a circle with a diagonal bar) is drawn over all three lines.](assets/pages/page-80.png)

- advertise your business
- create a company logo
- illustrate the chapters of a book

The red prohibition sign on the slide covers all three items.

## Yes
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## Slide 82
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- personal, noncommercial uses
- school assignments and projects
- church brochure

## Work I create as part of my job?
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## **Through contract agreement** copyright may be owned by your institution.
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## Personal work I/friend want to share with my institution?
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## Slide 86
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- Permission (non-exclusive license)
- Creative Commons license (CC BY)

## Other sources of **Open Content**
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## Slide 88
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- FreeSound.org
- OpenClipart.org
- OERcommons.org
- Archive.org
- Pixabay.com

## Sources with some **Open Content**
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## Slide 90
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- YouTube.com
- Vimeo.com/creativecommons
- 500px.com/creativecommons
- SlideShare.net

## Slide 91
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![Screenshot of a Google image search for “book” with the Usage rights menu open: Not filtered by license (ticked), Labeled for reuse with modification, Labeled for reuse, Labeled for noncommercial reuse with modification, Labeled for noncommercial reuse; red arrows point at the first two labelled options.](assets/media/img-d756ebe443094be3.png)

Look for Creative Commons in **search options**

## Summary
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## Slide 93
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- Everything has copyright
- Use Creative Commons with attribution
- Use bought stock photos within license restriction

## Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike
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![Three black-and-white Creative Commons icons: the “cc” mark, an attribution person and a share-alike circular arrow.](assets/media/img-4b9230e78ea05697.png)