Creative Commons v2

Creative Commons & Copyright

in the Classroom

The Law

To license your own work....

mix and match...

Lenz v. Universal (2007)- "The Dancing Baby"

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2209471029398314909&q=lenz+v+universal&hl=en&as_sdt=2002

http://www.eff.org/cases/lenz-v-universal

Confusing?

What have courts decided so far?

sounds scary...

Yes.

What is it?

What is it for?

White v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 989 F. 2d 1512 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 1993

So too it is with intellectual property. Overprotecting intellectual property is as harmful as underprotecting it. Creativity is impossible without a rich public domain. (1513)

Judge Alex Kozinski: ...Something very dangerous is going on here. Private property, including intellectual property, is essential to our way of life. It provides an incentive for investment and innovation...But reducing too much to private property can be bad medicine. Private land, for instance, is far more useful if separated from other private land by public streets, roads and highways...

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=6700507284792208030&hl=en&as_sdt=2002

Mattel v. Walking Mountain Productions, 353 F. 3d 792 , United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 2003.

http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=7581792703482092445&hl=en&as_sdt=2002

even better...

a new, alternative model...

TEACH Act

Fair Use

Finding CC images and media online...