Using Other People's Work

Re: Using Other People's Work

by Barbara Dieu -
Number of replies: 1
No Derivative Work

Would this mean that we are not allowed to use a photo in a ppt presentation with a different title?

What do the words "remix"and "tweak" entail exactly? Any concrete examples?

Where do we draw the line?
In reply to Barbara Dieu

Re: Using Other People's Work

by Roger Powley -

Barbara:  Take a look at this link http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/.  It provides a legal interpretation of the different licence conditions. 

If you used a photo in a PowerPoint presentation, the first question is where did it come from.  All OER materials have either a Creative Commons licence or a unique copyright restrictions based on the institution you downloaded it from.  The safest way to intrepret copyright is to assume (which is legally correct) that everything that is published, be it text, video, audio, photos or graphics automatically is protected by copyright.  The copyright owner must grant you permission to use those materials and may restrict how they are used.  Thus the need for a CC licence since it eliminates the need to always go to the copyright owner before publishing, reusing or re-mixing.