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Creative Commons Licensing for Game Content Creators

Understand how Creative Commons licensing benefits game content creators with free licenses for sharing and collaboration.

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Creative Commons Licensing for Game Content Creators

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  1. Creative Commons licensing for game content creators Jessica CoatesProject ManagerCreative Commons Clinic AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  2. AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  3. AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  4. Code v content Open Art Museum by el_aguacil under CC Attribution v2.0 http://www.flickr.com/photos/12388825@N06/1444349332/ …music, script, lyrics, art, sound recording, film… AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  5. Why license content? • Practical – need to be able to distribute etc whole product, not just code • Collaboration and innovation – user generated content, machinima etc. • Clarity – remove any uncertainty as to rights • Principle – sharing is good (for your players and your pocket) AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  6. Enter Creative Commons Aims to make content more freely available by providing free licences that creators can use to give permission in advance AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  7. Licences 4 licence elements: Attribution – attribute the author Noncommercial – no commercial use No Derivative Works – no remixing ShareAlike – remix only if you let others remix AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  8. Licences creators mix and match these elements to make a licence: Attribution Attribution-NonCommercial Attribution-NoDerivatives Attribution-ShareAlike Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  9. Licences AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative

  10. Licences AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative

  11. Finding CC material AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  12. Before using CC material • Check that you’re following the licence (ask for extra permission if needed) • Do you need any extra rights? • DRM? • Make sure your use isn’t ‘derogatory’ • Use common sense • Don’t forget to attribute AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  13. Why open license? • Increases reach and reputation • Facilitates collaboration • Gives new value to stagnant material • Community engagement • Reduced admin • Legal clarity • Increases sum of human knowledge, encourages innovation AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  14. Licences AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative

  15. Licences AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative

  16. Licences AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative

  17. Using CC licences • As well as licence generator – also ccPublisher, plug-ins, individual, site generators • Place button/text in credits, on individual works, websites • Don’t forget to say what you’re licensing • Don’t forget metadata AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  18. Before using CC licences • Do you have the rights to license the material? • Do you need extra rights yourself? • Non-revocable, worldwide? • Are you choosing the right licence? • Don’t use CC for code – GPL AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  19. CC and open source? • Some grey area – but code licences generally don’t work for code • Ease of compliance? • CC licences endorsed by FSF and Debian (some) • Compatible with GFDL? AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  20. GFDL BY-SA GNU AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  21. Case studies AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

  22. Thanks http://www.creativecommons.org http://www.creativecommons.org.au info@creativecommons.org.au This slide show is licensed under a Creative Commons Australia Attribution licence. For more information see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/au/. AUSTRALIA part of the Creative Commons international initiative CRICOS No. 00213J

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