My presentation at the Danish Government's annual ResearchNet conference (http://www.forskningsnet.dk/konferencer/2008/) in Kolding, Denmark

1. Creative Commons
- some rights reserved
Advokat Martin von Haller Groenbaek
Partner, Bender von Haller Dragsted
Forskningsnet Konferencen 2008,
Kolding, 12 November 2008
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2. Agenda
The case for CC Science Commons
Copyright CC International
Licenses Topicalities
Technicalities Support Free
Culture!
ccLearn
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3. Personalia
IT-Lawyer, partner at Bender von Haller Dragsted
Advises a.o on open source and content licensing
Co-founder of Forening for Dansk Internet Handel
(FDIH), Open Source Leverandør Foreningen (OSL),
Danish Chapter of Internet Society (ISOC DK), DK-
Hostsmaster A/S and ... Creative Commons DK
Board member of several SME IT companies
Member of the Danish IT-security committee
Openness fanatic!
“in the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed is king”
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4. Full Disclosure
I make good money from advising on open
content licensing
I want to promote my brand within the
research community
They don’t pay me any money to speak to
you
I want you to pay money to me for legal
services
I love CREATIVE COMMONS!
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6. Why
“All rights reserved”
Default: NO!
Copyright, Yes
But flexible, reasonable rules
Reality: Legislative change is difficult -
Legislators are bribed
Solution: Licenses with “some rigths
reserved”
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7. Copyright
Copyright creates a monopoly
Use only permitted under a
license
Not a contract
The open source parallel
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8. What works?
All digital content
Music
Audio
Text
Photos
...and “physical” ie. paperbased works too
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9. Licenses
Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-
nc-nd)
Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike (by-nc-
sa)
Attribution Non-commercial (by-nc)
Attribution No Derivatives (by-nd
Attribution Share Alike (by-sa)
Attribution (by)
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10. All licenses
You always retain your copyright
Applies worldwide
Lasts for the duration of the work’s
copyright
Is not revocable
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11. All licenses allows
To copy the work
To distribute it
To display or perform it publicly
To make digital public performances of
it (e.g., webcasting)
To shift the work into another format
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12. All licenses requires
To get your permission to do any of the things you
choose to restrict
To keep any copyright notice intact on all copies of
your work
To link to your license from copies of the work
Not to alter the terms of the license
Not to use technology to restrict other licensees’
lawful uses of the work as a verbatim copy
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13. Licenses are expressed
Commons Deed. A plain-language summary of
the license, complete with the relevant icons.
Legal Code. The fine print that you need to
be sure the license will stand up in court.
Digital Code. A machine-readable translation
of the license that helps search engines and
other applications identify your work by its
terms of use.
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14. Biq questions
What does “Commercial” mean?
What about data and
databases?
What is a “derivative work”?
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15. Choose a license
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16. Search for CC materials
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17. CC international
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18. Open learning and open educational
resources
Based on CC licenses
Projects
ODEPO Project.
OE Community Site.
Educator's Licensing Portal
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19. “re-useful”
Opening and marking research and data for legal reuse —
Scholar's Copyright Project
“one-click”
Facilitating the transfer of physical materials for verifying and
extending research — Biological Materials Transfer Project
“de-fragmentation”
Integrating/connecting research, data, materials and services
from disparate sources, for permission-free access —
NeuroCommons and Health Commons
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20. Collecting societies
Exclusive rights
Efficient enforcement
KODA agreement
NC licences are allowed
No compensation
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22. Public domain
Works not covered by copyright
Moral rights
International challenges
CC0 - all rights waiver
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23. <a rel=quot;licensequot; href=quot;http:/ /creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/
dk/quot;><img alt=quot;Creative Commons Licensequot; style=quot;border-width:0quot;
src=quot;http:/ /i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nd/2.5/dk/88x31.pngquot; /></a><br /
><span xmlns:dc=quot;http:/ /purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/quot; property=quot;dc:titlequot;>CC
presentation at Forskernet</span> by <a xmlns:cc=quot;http:/ /
creativecommons.org/ns#quot; href=quot;http:/ /suse.groenbaek.net/openlifequot;
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24. Thanks for the
attention!
mhg@bvhd.dk
martin@groenbaek.net
http://www.bvhd.dk
http://suse.groenbaek.net/openlife
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