It is easy to find text, images, videos and other content on the Web. However, we need to respect copyright and intellectual property. Think of how you want people to use the writing, images, videos, audios you create (your own "content").
How do we do it? Follow the steps below.
1. Check the terms and conditions for use.
2. Acknowledge the source (cite it)!
Now, you might say, "That's nice, but I don't know much about copyright & creative commons!". No worries, watch the videos below and it will be explained.
1. Watch Prof. Alice Lee's video "Copyright" the Basics (3'36'') - Prof. Lee is a law professor at The HKU
2. Watch this video: The Copyright Classroom - What is Creative Commons (2'29'')
3. Watch The Copyright Classroom: Research and Presentation (2'55'')
Watch this videos to see how to find Creative Commons licensed work.
Creative Commons (CC) licensing was developed as an alternative to "all or nothing" copyright, which some think may inhibit sharing. Instead, it allows a creator to pre-license certain uses, via a "some rights reserved" framework.
If you are planing to share your work with the public on the Internet, you may consider to choose a Creative Commons License to protect your creative work.
For more information: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/
There are six types of Creative Commons License:
| License Type | |
| Attribution CC BY | This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation |
| Attribution ShareAlike CC BY-SA | This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms |
| Attribution-NoDerivs CC BY-ND | This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you. |
| Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC | This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. |
| Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA | This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. |
| Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND | This license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially. |
More information is available here.