Weekly-Reflection (Post 5, Week 2)
What are creative commons?
Creative commons is a nonprofit that allows for web users to share their own work and access others. Work posted online under creative commons is done by open licensing which means others can ācollaborate, develop, access and inspire from your creative works without requiring you to give up the rights automatically granted to you for collaboration (BCcampus OpenEd).ā Authors of the work posted through creative commons are also able to choose how users are able to use their work. It is up to them on how little or much they prefer for the public to be able to interact. A common example of where creative commons license could come in useful is when students take thoughts and quotes from online work. This is granted as acceptable as long as work is cited correctly.
Itās important to properly get your work approved by creative commons in order to protect it. It allows for you as the authors to have more rights and decisions over what you have chosen to post.Ā Unless you choose to post your work to a public sphere. In a public sphere you give away any rights you had over your work and the public is granted access to use your work as they like. Overall, it is up to the authors on how much they value their work not being alternated or taken as others work. Creative commons is a great tool if authors prefer to be acknowledged or recognized for their work.
References:
Zerkee, J. (2021, April 19). What are Creative Commons Licenses? Simon Fraser University.
https://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/academic-integrity/copyright/what-are-creative-commons-licenses
Creative Commons. About CC Licences. https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/
Creative Commons. Who We Are. https://creativecommons.org/mission/
BCcampus OpenEd. What are Creative Commons and Open Licences? https://open.bccampus.ca/what-is-open-education/what-are-creative-commons-and-open-licences/