1. Flickr, Image Citation & Copyright
Dr. Jessica Laccetti
Module 9

2. Outline
• What is Copyright
• What is Creative Commons
• History and Background
• Uses
• Flickr and Creative Commons
• Practise
• Homework

5. Nick Negroponte
“copyright
law is
totally out
of date.”

7. Esther Wojcicki from CC Says:
• E-mailing a book chapter to a friend or
colleage?
• Posting a picture/video/article onto your
learning space?
• Using a cartoon or a drawing in a handout?
• Uploading resources you found to your web
site?
• Copying a lesson plan and posting it to an
educational resource repository?

8. Illegal!!
Unless you get
permission

9. “Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation
dedicated to making it easier for people to share
and build upon the work of others, consistent
with the rules of copyright.”

10. “We provide free licenses and other legal tools
to mark creative work with the freedom the
creator wants it to carry, so others can
share, remix, use commercially, or any
combination thereof.”

13. • By using a Creative Commons license, you do not
give up your copyright; you still own your work.
• Creative Commons licenses do not replace
copyright registration - they apply in addition to
copyright.
• Even if you're using a Creative Commons
license, it is advisable to register your copyright
so you can protect your work from unauthorized
uses through the courts.

14. New technologies, especially SOCIAL MEDIA has
revolutionised HOW creative works are made,
disseminated and consumed

17. Pop Quiz
Image on flickr by De todos los Colores :: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nachoeuropa/4791946173/sizes/l/in/photostream/

18. Everyday We
• Are using:
• Photos
• Text
• Music
• Movies

19. Image from xkcd: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/copyright.jpg

20. Why is CC so Brilliant?
• This let’s use LEGALLY use:
• Photos
• Text
• Music
• Movies
Image from flickr by A. Diez Herrero: http://www.flickr.com/photos/21572939@N03/2090542246/sizes/m/in/photostream/

21. And…
• With CC you can
MANAGE how
your OWN
creations are
• Made
• Disseminated
• Consumed

22. With CC
• You can easily
• Collaborate and
share
• Your creations with
other
students, employer
s, professors…
• THE WORLD
Image on flickr by courosa:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3708151311/sizes/l/

23. How?

24. » 18,373,287
photos

27. Your Turn
• With a partner or in a small group:
• Take a photo of something (your laptop) or
someone (ONLY if they say it’s ok!)
• Upload it to Flickr
• Tag it appropriately
• Choose your CC license
• Add the link to today’s blog post in a comment
Image on flickr by turkguy0319: http://www.flickr.com/photos/turkguy19/1018420551/sizes/o/in/photostream/

28. CC Images
• FlickrStorm
• The Open Photo Project
• Wikimedia Commons
• OpenClipArt
• PhotoEverywhere
These ideas from Chris Betcher:

29. Remember
• CC is not a get-out-of-jail-free card
• You still need to practise ethics!
• Follow the rules of the license
• Attribute as the license says

32. Benefits of CC
• Faciliate collaboration
• Increase your reach and reputation
• Speed the creation of educational/scientific
resources
• Improve quality (peer review)
• Reduce the cost of development
• Make good use of publicly funded material
• Imbue old work with new value
• Provide legal clarity and reduce admin
REF: Jessica Coates presentation on Creative Commons in the Classroom

33. Homework
• Watch this Larry Lessig Video on Creative
Commons and Scientific Publishing:
http://vimeo.com/23078677
• Peruse Michael Geist’s blog (there are lots of
posts on copyright):
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/