Copyright, Creative Commons, EIFL
Presentation delivered at KULeuven, May 4 2016
https://slides.com/gwen/copyright-creative-commons-eifl
Gwen Franck
@g_fra
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Existing copyright regulation is not adapted to the reality of research practice in 2015
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- multiple authors in different countries
- text & data mining
- citizen science
- various Open Access policies
- Wikipedia ...
- social media
- education
- translations
- civil society
- ...
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Research does no longer exclusively happen behind university walls
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All icons found on The Noun Project
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And Civil Society has an
interest as well!
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All icons found on The Noun Project
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Alll research is meant to be consulted, reused, reproduced and built upon
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Unfortunately, the reality often looks more like this ...
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"Some rights reserved"
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4 building blocks
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Can be combined into 6 licenses
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- 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
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Accident ! by clement127 found on Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
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License
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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
Don't forget:
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"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
- @g_fra
- gwen@creativecommons.org
- https://slides.com/gwen/copyright-creative-commons-eifl
"Copyright, Creative Commons, EIFL" by Gwen Franck is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except otherwise noted.
Thank you!
Copyright, Creative Commons, EIFL
By gwen
Copyright, Creative Commons, EIFL
Delivered at KULeuven, May 4 2016
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