Creative Commons Licensing
A Beneficial Resource for Educators and Students
What is a Creative Commons (CC) license?
A Creative Commons (CC) license allows copyright holders an opportunity to share their work with "some rights reserved" in contrast to the "all rights reserved" position taken by most copyright holders.
Why is a Creative Commons license beneficial to educators and students?
Creative Commons licensing makes sharing, reusing, remixing, and building on the creative works of others understandable and legal.
Educational Course Materials Posted on the Web
Intellectual Property Rights for Students' Work on the Web
Sharing Student and Teacher Work on the Web
The Creative Commons Organization
The Creative Commons http://creativecommons.orgis the organization that developed the series of Creative Commons Licenses.
Creative Commons: Remix
Understanding Creative Commons Licenses
Creative commons licenses can be understood as helping license holders answer three basic questions:
1. Do you want others to be allowed to modify your work?
2. Do you want others to be allowed to make commercial uses of your work?
3. If you allow others to modify your work, do you want them to share alike (to make their derivative work allowed to be modified)?
*Creative Commons offers a series of six licenses based on the answers to these questions.
The Six Creative Commons Licenses
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