CC & Digital Preservation

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digital preservation

digital sustainability

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the Internet stack

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Ethernet Computers

TCP/IP The Network

HTTP/The Web Documents

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Ethernet Computers

TCP/IP The Network

HTTP/The Web Documents

Creative Commons Knowledge and Culture

C All Rights Reserved.

nina paley:* annette hanshawʼs music inspired the film* her 80 year old recordings were free to use in the public domain, but nina had to clear the rights to the underlying compositions * nina went through a ton of red tape and lawyers and ended up paying >$50k to partially clear the rights to a few songs* the media corporationsʼ initial asking price was more than what the film cost ($220k)

✓ Automatic✓ “All Rights Reserved”✓ Lasts a very long time✓ Keeps getting extended

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This situation is a result of ever-increasing legal protection colliding with

unprecedented technological change

In a digital world, we are all producers of copyrighted “born-digital” content.

When it comes to access, reuse, and distribution of content, Creative Commons

provides a very simple and legal way to change the default rules.

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Ethernet Computers

TCP/IP The Network

HTTP/The Web Documents

Creative Commons Knowledge and Culture

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A simple, standardizedway to grant copyright permissions

to your creative work.

Attribution

Non-Commercial No Derivative Works

Share Alike

Step 1: Choose Conditions

Step 2: Receive a License

CC licenses are unique because they are expressed in three ways.

Lawyer

Readable Legal

Code

Human

Readable Deed

<span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"

xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<span rel="dc:type" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dc:title">My Photo</span> by

<a rel="cc:attributionURL"

property="cc:attributionName" href="http://joi.ito.com/my_photo">Joi Ito</a>

is licensed under a

<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License</a>.

<span rel="dc:source" href="http://fredbenenson.com/photo"/>

Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at <a rel="cc:morePermissions" href="http://ozmo.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">OZMO</a>.</

span>

</span>

Machine

Readable

Metadata

nina paley:* wanted to give others a financial incentive to promote her film and protect it from being locked up* downloaded over 150k times on archive.org alone* wsj article, nov. 9: film garnered $55k, impressive for a film that spent nothing on promotion or advertising* spread of film has given paley a platform for speaking arrangements, a lucrative market* cc by-sa

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500 million works

52 Jurisdictions Ported

✓ built on copyright law. Does not replace, substitute, or provide an alternative to copyright. ✓ does not preclude fair use, but picks up where fair use leaves off.✓ does not affect rights not covered by copyright, such as publicity or privacy rights.✓ irrevocable and perpetual.✓ can be changed/removed from a work.✓ non-exclusive/allows for dual licensing.

digital sustainability

<span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"

xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<span rel="dc:type" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dc:title">My Photo</span> by

<a rel="cc:attributionURL"

property="cc:attributionName" href="http://joi.ito.com/my_photo">Joi Ito</a>

is licensed under a

<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License</a>.

<span rel="dc:source" href="http://fredbenenson.com/photo"/>

Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at <a rel="cc:morePermissions" href="http://ozmo.com/revenue_sharing_agreement">OZMO</a>.</

span>

</span>

Machine

Readable

Metadata

“License” or “Copyright license” field =http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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examples

The Public Domain Mark is used to mark those works already in the public domain, ie. those works whose copyrights have expired.

CC0 is a legal and technical tool that enables you to to waive all your copyrights to a work. (It is a waiver, not a license.)

creativecommons.org/choose/zero/

wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies

Attribute to with a link to

creativecommons.org

Creative Commons, ccLearn, the double C in a circle and the open Book 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.

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