Learn How to Use, Promote and Provide Content Using Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a powerful license system that allows you to make your content available for others to use on terms you set. Also, content provided under Creative Commons can be used in commercial, non-commercial, private and public ways, all depending on which version of the license is selected.
This summer in Denver, you can learn more about using Creative Commons content, whether for private, public or non-profit use in a workshop co-sponsored by the Computing Services SIS. A featured speaker is Molly S. Van Houweling (Berkeley Law), a former President of Creative Commons.
W4: Creative Commons Implementation Workshop Saturday, July 10 • 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (full conference details online)
Following are three things you might not know about Creative Commons:
- On Flickr, there are more than 19 million photographs available for commercial use under the Attribution Only license.
- The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) provides legal education materials in their Legal Education Commons, using the Attribution-ShareAlike license
- Science fiction writer Cory Doctorow just released his latest novel “For the Win” under a license that lets you read it for free and remix it for personal use
If you’re wondering how to use Creative Commons in your organization, or if you’re confused about the different license schemes, attend the AALL Workshop to find out more and talk with fellow law librarians interested in promoting open uses of content.
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