Nicole's Story - Copyrighting Creative Work - Creative Credit & Copyright
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Key Terms
- creative work: noun - any idea or artistic creation that is recorded in some form, whether it’s hard copy or digital.
- Creative Commons: noun - a kind of copyright that makes it easier for people to copy, share, and build on your creative work, as long as they give you credit for it.
- license: noun - a clear way to define the copyright of your creative work so people know how it can be used
You are a creator. You create every time you record an idea you have – whether writing something down, uploading it onto the Internet, taking a picture or video, or making something for class. You have probably also used things online that others have created, such as copying or downloading something from the Internet. If you did that without asking the creator first or checking the licensing for their copyrighted work, you were disrespecting their property rights. They would be disrespecting your rights too if they took your work without asking. But what if you want to share your work - on your own terms?
One solution is licensing your work under Creative Commons. Anyone can do this.
There are different kinds of Creative Commons licenses that allow people to do things such as change, remix, or even make money from your work. You pick and choose how you want your work to be used, and then create a Creative Commons license that you include in your work as a symbol. For instance, you might say someone can use your work as long as that person doesn’t make a profit from it, or as long as the person doesn’t alter or change it. It is important in all cases to acknowledge and give credit to the work you use – whether it is regular copyright, Creative Commons, or fair use.
Watch: "Nicole's Story -Copyrighting Creative Work" a video of young writer who talks about posting and protecting her original work online.
- understand that copyright is a legal system that protects the creators rights to creative work,
- compare different ways people license their copyrighted work,