The document discusses copyright and Creative Commons licenses. It explains that anything an individual creates is automatically copyrighted, even things like selfies or school assignments. An employer owns the copyright for works created by an employee within the scope of their employment. Creative Commons licenses provide flexible options for allowing others to use or adapt a copyrighted work while still giving attribution to the original creator. There are 6 main Creative Commons licenses that vary in whether they allow commercial use, adaptations, and require similar licensing of derivatives. The document encourages schools to adopt clear copyright policies and for teachers to use and create open educational resources that can be shared and reused under Creative Commons licenses.

1. Copyright &
Creative commons
licences
ERM, WHAT?
Andrew Matangi
(andrew.matangi@gmail.com)

2. You all produce/own copyright
©
Selfies and other pics on your phone
Year 12 poems
Letters to your Mum
Learning materials produced for class
Effort and industry – not just magnum
opuseseses
No registration required - © just "is"
Copyright in a work is an asset like a car

3. Who owns © ?
Generally: if you create the work, you own ©
But if you create the work in the course of your
employment, your employer owns the ©

4. Letting others use ©
You could just say "Here, use it"
Imprecise, uncertain what they can do
(commercial use?)
Will you be named as the author?
Potential liability based on content – might be an
issue for your employer
Better – use a well-recognised licence, e.g.
Creative Commons
Flexible
Protect you and the user

5. Creative Commons Licences
2 groups of 3 licences (= 6 total)
One group doesn't permit commercial use, the
other does
Within each group, the licences become
progressively more restrictive

6. 4 Licence Elements
BY (attribution)

7. NC - NonCommercial

8. ND – no derivative
works/adaptations

9. ShareAlike

10. More enMore free More restrictive
The 6 licences

11. Layers
Licence symboll
Human readable
Lawyer readable

12. "Fair dealing"
A “fair dealing” with a copyright work does not
infringe copyright if done for one of these
purposes:
 research or private study;
 criticism or review; or
 reporting current events.
“Fair?” - depends on the facts of a particular
case.
How much is being used?
Impact on market for the work
Nature of work, purpose of use

13. Takeaway:
Teachers don’t own copyright
to resources they produce
in the course of their
employment.

14. Another takeaway:
Most schools don't have clear
IP policies on sharing &
reuse.

15. “Grayson, Westley, Stanislaus County...” via US Nat. Archives
No Known Copyright
https://flic.kr/p/8UAPVTWhat to Do?.

16. Solution:
Develop, share and reuse Open
Educational Resources

17. #1:
School: Adopt clear & transparent
copyright policies
eg resources.creativecommons.org.nz

18. #2:
Teacher: Introduce finding, reusing
and making open content into
your 'workflow'

19. Here's the pitch:
Creative Commons licences
are clear, simple, free, legally
robust and you keep your
copyright.

20. Here's the pitch:
CC policies clarify IP at
schools, while enabling sharing
and collaboration.

21. Cabinet encourages BoTs to
take NZGOAL into account &
use CC licensing when releasing
resources

22. BoTs can adapt ASHS's free, CC
licensed off-the-shelf policy.
This policy simply gives
permission for teachers to
share.

23. 1.No need to ask permission
2.
2.2. Keep resources when you leave
3.
3.3. Teachers receive credit when their
work is reused
4. Make use of the N4L Portal.

24. “Teachers are collaborating more, and
they’re also involving their students in
the development of those teaching and
learning resources.”
Mark Osborne, ASHS

25. creativecommons.org.nz
nzcommons.org.nz
@cc_aotearoa
matt@creativecommons.org.nz
groups.creativecommons.org.nz
Template policies:
resources.creativecommons.org.nz
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International License.