Copyright Scavenger Hunt Answers

The answers to the following questions can be found at the following link: creativecommons.org/licenses Flickr is not the only place to find “open” content to utilize in your website or blog. Name three other websites where one can find creative commons licensed material such as images, music and video Jamendo.com, Spinexpress.com, commons.wikimedia.org, Google.com (use the advanced search option and filter by usage rights) Creative commons licenses are made available in a format that non-lawyer types can actually understand. What is the “human readable” format known as? The Commons Deed How many different types of Creative Commons license types are there? There are six types of Creative Commons licenses. Which Creative Commons license grants the widest range of usage? License type that grants widest range of usage: Attribution (CC by). Which Creative Commons license is the most restrictive? Most restrictive license type: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. If all rights have been waived – either as a result of conscious content creator decision or the requisite passage of time – then a work is referred to as being where: In the public domain

Scavenger Hunt Themed Photos

Examples of responsibly obtained Flickr photos associated with scavenger hunt theme:

In the context of Creative Commons licenses, what does the equals sign inside a circle represent? Provide an example of what this means to a web designer or blogger. The symbol means no derivative works. This means one cannot alter the licensed content – such as overlaying text on an image or “mashing it up” with other images.

CC Licensing In Action

These questions relate to the photos on this page as well as other Flickr photos. Follow Flickr link of the particular picture, and then click on the licensing or rights link beneath the "Taken on..." date. Which of the five images shown on the web page (if any) could I alter to make into a new image? How do you know? The 3rd, 4th and 5th images can be altered. The Creative Commons licenses type for the other two photos specify no derivative works. My blog’s doing great and I have decided to start accepting ads (& selling autographs!) soon. Which of the five photos (if any) will I be able to still use? Why? The first, 2nd & 4th images can no longer be used as their Creative Commons license types specify no commercial use. Check out these two additional cool scavenger hunt themed photos at the links below. Which one could I readily use in my school website? What makes you think so?

photo 1 or photo 2

Only the 2nd photo could be used. First photo does not have a Creative Commons license, as indicated by phrase “all rights reserved”. One could still attempt to contact the photographer and he might grant usage.

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