Documentation:Finding Alternative Resources
- cc licensed flickr photo by karindalziel: http://flickr.com/photos/nirak/2282406809/
Finding Alternative Resources: Creative Commons and the Public Domain
Basics of Canadian copyright
- Canadian law is in flux. C-11 is in process
- Copyright overview and guidelines
What can we (legally) do?
- Permitted uses of UBC licensed resources
- Permanent URLs and eLinks
- Contacts: Copyright advisory group, or your liaison librarian.
Alternatives
- What is Creative Commons?
- About the licenses - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/
- Choosing a license - http://creativecommons.org/choose/
- Regarding "non-commercial": toward a definition, Wired magazine
- Regarding Share-alike
- The Creative Commons ccLearn portal. The FAQ is worth a look.
Public Domain
Petrucci Music Library: http://imslp.org/wiki/ Project Gutenberg:http://www.gutenberg.org/ Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/
Institutional repositories and open access
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): http://www.doaj.org Public Library of Science (PLOS): http://www.plos.org
Finding copyright friendly materials and open educational resources
- CC Search - http://search.creativecommons.org/
- "CC has no control over the results that are returned. Do not assume that the results displayed in this search portal are under a CC license. You should always verify that the work is actually under a CC license by following the link. Since there is no registration to use a CC license, CC has no way to determine what has and hasn't been placed under the terms of a CC license. If you are in doubt you should contact the copyright holder directly, or try to contact the site where you found the content."
- Google Advanced Search (toggle 'Usage Rights')
- http://www.flickr.com/search/advanced/ - toggle Creative Commons search...
- Music for podcasts: http://freemusicarchive.org
- OpenCourseWare from MIT and Consortium, and other Open Educational Resource providers.
More sources: http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/, also here and here
Reuse Considerations
- Can you reproduce the material? Are you allowed to change it?
- Molly Kleinman on providing attribution.
- Examples of attribution - http://creativecommons.org.au/content/attributingccmaterials.pdf
- What about linking? Syndicating? Embedding?
- Do be aware of the source site's terms of service, ie "You shall not copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display, sell, license, or otherwise exploit any Content for any other purposes without the prior written consent of YouTube or the respective licensors of the Content."
