California Lawyers Association
Intellectual Property Law Section:
A Primer on Creative Commons and Open Content Licensing
| Credit(s): |
1 Participatory MCLE Credits
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| Course Number: |
IP_3-14-18 |
| Original Program Date: |
February 20, 2018 |
| Duration: |
1 hour |
| Access: |
Available for 3 months after purchase |
| Date: |
March 14, 2018
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (Pacific) |
Description
Creative Commons’ legal tools give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a clear, standardized way to grant permission to others to use their creative work in ways copyright would otherwise prohibit. From the reuser’s perspective, the presence of a Creative Commons license answers the question, “what can I do with this” by providing freedom to reuse, subject to clearly defined conditions.
All Creative Commons licenses ensure that creators retain their copyright and get credit for their work, while permitting others to copy and distribute their work. Although the tools are designed to be as easy to use as possible, there are still some things to learn in order to fully understand how they work. This presentation will give you an overview of the most important things to know.
You will learn why Creative Commons was created and how a set of standard open copyright licenses spawned a global movement. You will learn how to apply the CC licenses and how to reuse openly licensed works. And finally, you will come away with a deeper understanding of the legalities behind these ubiquitous legal tools, which are now applied to more than 1 billion works online.
