This document provides an overview of Creative Commons and open educational resources. It discusses the concept of intellectual property and copyright, and how Creative Commons aims to simplify sharing and stimulate creativity while balancing copyright holders' rights. The document outlines the history and development of Creative Commons, including the introduction of its licenses. It provides examples of open educational resources and platforms from around the world that use Creative Commons licenses.
1. Creative Commons and
Open Educational Resources
Prepared and Presented
by Dr. Haggen So
Released under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong Licence
3. Copyright
"Copyright Clause" in US Constitution, 1787
To promote the Progress of Science and useful
Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors
and Inventors the exclusive Right to their
respective Writings and Discoveries.
49. Credits
This set of slides is based on Rebecca McKinnon
(2008). Creative Commons: Copyright in the
digital age for Greater China and Hong Kong,
from http://www.slideshare.net/rmackinnon/cc-
hku-129484, released under Creative Commons
Attribution 2.5 Unported Licence.
50. References
Lessig, L. (2004). Free Culture: How Big Media
Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down
Culture and Control Creativity. New York,
Penguin.
Intellectual Property Department HKSAR 2007,
Hong Kong's Amended Copyright Law: A Guide
for Teachers and Students,
http://www.ipd.gov.hk/eng/intellectual_property/c
opyright/edu_guide.pdf.