D102: Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, & Creative Commons

Session D102: Digital Rights Management (DRM), Copyright, & Creative Commons

West, Collins, Movafaghi & Chan slides available on the CiL site or p. 72 in notes book

Michael Sauers-Participating in the Creative Commons

copyright.gov
copyright = set of restrictions

what about fair use?
section 107 of copyright law
section 108 -libraries
section 113c -can use book cover to advertise

common sense may say fair use, but then the lawyers get involved...
fair use has a long tradition, and not just used by individuals (Disney/Hans Christian Andersen; even Mickey Mouse isn't original)
clearance culture / permission culture -afraid to do anything with anything unless we get permission first

fair use = right to hire a lawyer & defend yourself
'Happy Birthday' is being held hostage
Creative Commons -licensing that adds on to copyright (creativecommons.org)
-allowance-based way of looking at things
cc = allow

Choose...
attribution -use it, but give me credit
use content in non-commercial manner (don't sell it)
no derivative works -use it, but don't change it (cropping is considered derivative for photos)
share-alike -if you use mine, license your stuff in a similar way so others can use it

get...
icon you can put onto your page/item, links to creative commons 'deed'
there are lawyers behind all this -has an extensive code; very well-written (has been challeneged in other countries)

Flickr, slideshare, Cory Doctorow licenses all his works under cc
search.creativecommons.org ; google adv. search, yahoo adv search

any problems?
"once you choose a license for your work, it's irrevocable."
negative market effect? (stock photo sites complain about Flickr freely-available images)
what is "non-commercial"? Google ads alongside count as 'commercial use'?
unintended use
right of publicity -separate section of law (image of another person)