Copyright

For

Wikipedians

Greg Grossmeier – grossmei@umich.edu – lib.umich.edu/copyright

Except where otherwise noted, this presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

What is ?

US Constitution“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”

Not a tool to control all content forever in all

mediums.

But what is ?

“a bundle of rights”

The right to reproduce the workThe right to prepare derivative worksThe right to distribute the workThe right to perform the workThe right to display the workThe right to license any of the above to third parties

How do I get ?

How do I receive copyright protection for my work?

First, it must meet somebasic requirements:

● It must be original.● It must have some level of creativity.● It must be in a fixed medium.

Old Days -You use this symbol

And provide a date

And register it with theUS Copyright Office.

1930

Now-a-days:

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Now-a-days:

Also, it's instant.

Copyright protects…

WritingChoreographyMusicVisual artFilmArchitectural works

Copyright doesn’t protect…

IdeasFactsData (mostly)Useful articles (that’s patent)

How long does

protection last?

The life of the Authorplus 70 years(for now).

After that

The Public Domain

General Rules for Public Domain/Copyright Status

Works No Longer Protected by Copyright

• Published before 1923• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends.• Authored by the Federal Government

General Rules for Public Domain/Copyright Status

Works Still Protected by Copyright

• Published after '63• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends• Most State and Municipal works

Fair Use

17 USC 107

An exception to copyright

protection.

The Four Factors

● The Nature of the original work● The Purpose of the use● The Amount of the original work● The Affect on the Market of the original

Remember: Every case is different

Another way....

?

Public Domain

All Rights Reserved

Some rights reserved: a spectrum.

least restrictive

most restrictive

<rdf:RDF xmlns="http://creativecommons.org/ns#"

xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">

<License rdf:about="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/">

<permits rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Reproduction"/>

<permits rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Distribution"/>

<requires rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Notice"/>

<requires rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#Attribution"/>

<permits rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#CommercialUse"/>

<permits rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#DerivativeWorks"/>

<requires rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/ns#ShareAlike"/>

</License>

</rdf:RDF>

RDFa Primer - Bridging the Human and Data Webshttp://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-rdfa-primer/

What browsers see. What humans see.

Discoverability.

But, not everything you find can be used...

Public Domain

All Rights Reserved

Some rights reserved: a spectrum.

least restrictive

most restrictive

“free content defition [1]”

http://freedomdefined.org/Definition

Public Domain

All Rights Reserved

Some rights reserved: a spectrum.

least restrictive

most restrictive

Public Domain

All Rights Reserved

Some rights reserved: a spectrum.

least restrictive

most restrictiveX XX X X

Pop Quiz: What license is Wikipedia's text licensed under?

And other Free licenses...

And things not restricted by copyright(ie: public domain)

And...

Works No Longer Protected by Copyright

• Published before 1923 (in the US)• Published between '23 and '63, but it depends.• Authored by the US Federal Government

Most exhaustive list of copyright statuses acceptable on Wiki[mp]edia

(that I could find):

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags

However, everything YOU create can be used.

(as long as you agree to license it under an appropriate license)

Finding freely/openly licensed content.

General:

Google Advanced Search: http://www.google.com/advanced_search

Images:

Flickr Advanced Search: http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/

Audio:

Internet Archive: http://archive.org

Jamendo: http://www.jamendo.com

Video:

Internet Archive: http://archive.org

Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/

Blip.tv: http://blip.tv

Questions?