What is Creative Commons?
Wikipedia [1] states that:
All current licenses "require you to attribute the original author".
You have to give attribution to "the best of your ability using the information available".
Generally this implies the following:
- Include any copyright notices (if applicable)
- Cite the author's name, screen name, or user ID
- Cite the work's title or name
- Cite the specific CC license the work is under
Work licensed under a Creative Commons License is protected by copyright applicable law.[2] This allows Creative Commons licenses to be applied to all work protected by copyright law, including: books, plays, movies, music, articles, photographs, blogs, and websites.
However, the license may not modify the rights allowed by fair use or fair dealing or exert restrictions which violate copyright exceptions. Furthermore, Creative Commons Licenses are non-exclusive and non-revocable.[3] Any work or copies of the work obtained under a Creative Commons license may continue to be used under that license.
As a teacher I know how important photography resources can be as a teaching tool. That's why I have licensed the majority of my images under an Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives Creative Commons license. I allow the use of my images under this license to non-profit organisations such as Picture Australia - an initiative of the National Library of Australia which includes resource images from a wide range of libraries, local history organisations, Flickr photographers and images released under the public domain.
