3. Copyrighted material
• Open Content is not “Free” for your use, it is “Pre-
licensed” for your use.
• Copyright holders are not giving up their
intellectual property rights; they are exercising
them by clarifying who can use their materials and
under what conditions
4. The Public Domain
• No Known Copyright Restrictions
• Expired Copyright
• Works of the U.S. Government
• http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/
5. Fair Use and the TEACH Act
• Fair Use (four factors)
• The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is
of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes
• The nature of the copyrighted work
• The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the
copyrighted work as a whole
• The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the
copyrighted work
• Fair Use in regards to Distance Education: TEACH Act
• http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/copyright/teachact/index.cfm
6. Open Licensing Options
GNU Software Licenses and Copyleft
• http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-
list.html#OtherLicenses
7. Creative Commons
• Attribution - BY
• Share Alike – SA
• Non-Commercial – NC
• No Derivative Works – ND
• http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/
