"Caution Tape" by Eugene Zemlyanskiy on Flickr CC BY 

I am not a lawyer ... (not even a researcher )

Existing copyright regulation is not  adapted to the reality of research practice in 2015

• multiple authors in different countries
• text & data mining
• citizen science
• various Open Access policies
• Wikipedia ...
• social media
• education
• translations
• civil society
• ...

"All rights reserved"

"Open Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry" by Alan Levine on Flickr CC BY-SA

Research does no longer exclusively happen behind university walls

All icons found on The Noun Project

And Civil Society has an

interest as well!

All icons found on The Noun Project

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/may/27/prehistoric-skull-puncture-wounds-murder-spain-neanderthal

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0126589

How does CC work?

(In a nutshell)

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150409/17514230608/dont-think-open-access-is-important-it-might-have-prevented-much-ebola-outbreak.shtml

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/Media-office/Press-releases/2016/WTP060169.htm

"No access" by Lukas Benc on Flickr, CC BY-ND

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/this-student-put-50-million-stolen-research-articles-online-and-theyre-free/2016/03/30/7714ffb4-eaf7-11e5-b0fd-073d5930a7b7_story.html?tid=sm_tw

In an ideal world ...

• keep copyright out of the classroom
• no geo-blocking or Technical Protection Measures 
• Harmonized (c) laws 
• avoid introducing ancillary (c)
• Freedom of Panorama
• what's in the public domain remains in the public domain
• "the right to read is the right to mine"
• ...

"Some rights reserved"

"I am so confused" by Ian Sane on Flickr CC BY 2.0

Using a Creative Commons license makes it easy for creators to determine what can be done with their work and provides clarity and legal certainty for users -

in one click

A Creative Commons license (or public domain tool)  is universally recognisable, juridically sound, easily applicable and leaves the user in no doubt about the intentions of the author.

Creative Commons licenses are free, easy-to-use copyright licenses providing a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice. CC licenses let you easily change your copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.”

In a world with fair copyright laws, Creative Commons would be superfluous

https://stateof.creativecommons.org/

BY

• You are free to:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format

  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material

  • for any purpose, even commercially

• Under the following terms:

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made

  • You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

SA (ShareAlike)

• Same conditions as CC BY, plus:

  • ShareAlike — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

NC (Non Commercial)

•  Same conditions as CC BY, plus:
  • NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes

ND

(No Derivatives)

•  Same conditions as CC BY, plus:
  • NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

Six Licenses

License chooser

Image by Aston University - licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license

Don't forget:

CC licenses are operative only when applied to material in which a copyright exists, and even then only when a particular use would otherwise not be permitted by copyright.

https://stateof.creativecommons.org/2015/

By Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand with support from InternetNZ

How does it work?

Almost 100 volunteer teams worldwide develop these licenses !

http://www.creativecommons.be/

Picture by CCKorea, CC BY on Flickr

Three layers:

• Machine Readable
• Human Readable
• Legal Code

Legal Code

• juridical basis
• "version 4.0"
• created by CC Legal Team + input from communities worldwide
• available in your language
• universally applicable

Human Readable

• summary or 'deed'
• this is what you link to
• available in your language

Machine Readable

• make it easy for "the Web" to know when a work is available under a Creative Commons license

Adding a CC license to your work

Keep in mind when licensing your work:

• Remember the license may not be revoked
• Make sure the material is appropriate for CC licensing.
• Make sure the material is subject to copyright or similar rights
• Think about how you want the material to be used
• Specify additional permissions
• Specify attribution information

https://wiki.creativecommons.org/Considerations_for_licensors_and_licensees

Citing CC licensed content

a little common sense goes a long way!

• attribution (BY) is obligatory: name of the author and name of the work (if available)
• link to the original source
• mention and link to the license/(c) status (You don't need to  credit PD works) 
• mention if you remix/adapt, link to the original version of the work

Accident ! by clement127 found on Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

• Picture found on Flickr
• 'I am so confused' (c) Creative Commons
• 'I am so confused' by Ian Sane
• CC BY 2.0 
• 'I am so confused' (c) Flickr

Cute kittens in the Public Domain

Cooper-Hewitt's Collection Database, licensed under CC0 on Github

"In order to reduce any uncertainty about the 'legitimate uses' of this dataset, Cooper-Hewitt has licensed this release under a Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. This license is the most permissive available and allows for all types of reuse"

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0126589

Make it easy for others to cite you 

Sharez ur workz pwease?

• Creative Commons is a tool, not a silver bullet: It cannot fix bad science. 
• Correct citation is essential to conduct scientific research
• Incorrect citation and use of CC licensed materials is not only bad science, it is a copyright infringement
• If you license your own work with CC - you have a legal basis to demand that you are cited correctly