To understand Creative Commons and the licenses you need to have a …
To understand Creative Commons and the licenses you need to have a basic understanding of copyright.
Copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted to a creator preventing others from copying, distributing, publicly performing, adapting, or doing almost anything else except read/view/listen to a work without the copyright holder's expressed permission. Its purpose is to protect the creator’s rights for a certain period and is granted in our constitution. Copyright, in the United States, is automatic from the moment something original is set in a tangible form that can be perceived by other humans or machines, meaning the moment is written down, recorded, performed for others, etc. Copyright lasts a long time and is balanced between a holder's intellectual property rights and public interests. These public interest exceptions are for parody, criticism, and for a disability as well as anything that falls under Fair Use or the TEACH Act. Copyright is also limited since you cannot copyright facts, figures, or ideas - just the expressions of those things. It also doesn't cover intellectual property that is better protected by patent or trademark law (think inventions or branding).
Creative Commons is a free licensing system that allows the author of …
Creative Commons is a free licensing system that allows the author of a work to specify legal permissions for how the work may be used others, while retaining full copyright to it themselves. Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They sit on the shoulders of copyright law, and allow authors to easily modify copyright terms to encourage collaboration and sharing.
The attached file is a .bok TestGen file which contains the first …
The attached file is a .bok TestGen file which contains the first two chapters of the OpenStax College Algebra Textbook. Using the TestGen software, one can create quizzes, tests and homework assignments compatible with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and D2L.
Open access is a publishing model that enables the free online accessibility …
Open access is a publishing model that enables the free online accessibility of journal articles and scholarship, permitting any user to read and use these works. Open access fuels innovation through knowledge transfer by reducing barriers to reading discovery, and sharing.
University Physics is an algebra-based introductory physics course. There is no required …
University Physics is an algebra-based introductory physics course. There is no required textbook to purchase for this course. All course materials will be found inside the online classroom. Course readings will mostly be drawn from a free, online book. Specific reading assignments will be linked in each module.
Image credit: Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries OER Program Guide is licensed under …
Image credit: Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries OER Program Guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This template is for use by participants in the Resource for the Resource series to help identify and share ideas for OER implementation at their Instutitution.
Image credit: Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries OER Program Guide is licensed under …
Image credit: Michigan State University (MSU) Libraries OER Program Guide is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. This template is for use by participants in the Resource for the Resource series to help identify and share ideas for OER implementation at their Instutitution.
These materials are created to work as a course, combining activities to …
These materials are created to work as a course, combining activities to increase vocabulary, read, learn about Hispanic cultures and differentiate standard Spanish uses from the U.S. variants.
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Your redistributing comes with some restrictions. Do not remix or make derivative works.
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Copyrighted materials, available under Fair Use and the TEACH Act for US-based educators, or other custom arrangements. Go to the resource provider to see their individual restrictions.
