Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research Creative commons in Cyprus: Sharing our knowledge and building valuable synergies Associate Prof. Tatiani-Eleni Synodinou Alexandros Gioumouxouzis & Constantina Markou A . Creative Commons • What is CC? - Nonprofit organization - Sharing & use creativity & knowledge - Free legal tools Wanna Work Together? - http://creativecommons.org/videos/wanna-work-together • Why creative commons? - Gives you the right to share, use, build upon a work you’ve created - Gives you flexibility - Protects the people who use your work Content Users - Free & legal use - Hundreds of millions of works available • Mission - Legal & technical infrastructure - Maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation Realizing the full potential of the Internet: CC develops, supports, and stewards: - Universal access - Full participation • Vision - New era of development, growth, and productivity • Historical, legal and social necessity - INTERNET  Idea of universal access - Research, education, and culture Help legal and social systems Copyright - Long before the emergence of the Internet - INTERNET  Hard to perform legal actions - Copyright Law  default setting  explicit permission, granted in advance Creative Commons  Universal Access  Infrastructure Free Public Standardized Reality of the Internet Reality of copyright laws BALANCE • What CC provide - Copyright licenses and tools - Balance traditional “all rights reserved” (copyright law) Infrastructure - Keep their copyright  SIMPLE & STANDARDIZED - Allow certain uses  “some rights reserved” (Creative Commons) Creators - Full potential of the internet • From present … - CC build infrastructure - Users  build the commons itself - Open licensing: revolutionary concept - More inclusive internet Copyright Reform - Greater access to knowledge and culture • … to future B. The CC licences • What the licenses do - Change  “all rights reserved” (copyright law) - Grant copyright permissions  individuals, large companies, institutions - Simple, standardized way Combination of tools and users • Copied • Distributed • Edited • Remixed • Built upon Produce digital commons + pool of content Can be • Design and rationale 1. Legally solid 2. Globally applicable Designed by copyright experts 3. Responsive to users’ needs a. Helps creators  retain copyright b. Allowing others  copy, distribute, and make some uses Features in common c. Insurance  licensors get the credit d. Applicability worldwide e. Duration  as long as applicable copyright lasts • Function CC licences = baseline - How their work will be used Licensors 1. Do I want to allow commercial use or not? 2. Do I want to allow derivative works or not? Grant Decide - Additional permissions • Limitations 1. Do NOT affect freedoms granted by copyright law 2. Licensees MUST get permission  - whatever the law reserves exclusively to a licensor - whatever use is not licenced 3. Licensees - MUST credit the licensor - MUST keep copyright notices intact (all copies) - MUST link to the license from copies of the work 4. Licensees - CANNOT use technological measures to restrict access to others 1. Attribution - Distribute, remix, tweak, build upon - YES commercially OBLIGATIONS - MUST credit creator(s)/licensor(s) 2. Attribution - ShareAlike - Distribute, remix, tweak, build upon - YES commercially OBLIGATIONS - MUST credit the creator - New derivatives  Similar terms - All new derivatives based on yours MUST carry a license compatible to ShareAlike - Derivatives YES commercially 3. Attribution - NoDerivatives - YES distribute - YES Commercial & Non-commercial OBLIGATIONS - MUST credit the creator - NO Derivatives (NO remix, tweak, build upon) 4. Attribution - Noncommercial - Distribute, remix, tweak, build upon OBLIGATIONS - MUST credit the creator - NON-commercial - NON commercial 5. Attribution - NonCommercial + ShareAlike - Distribute, remix, tweak, build upon OBLIGATIONS - MUST credit the creator - NON commercial - New creations MUST  similar terms 6. Attribution - NonCommercial + NoDerivatives - Download and share OBLIGATIONS - MUST credit the creator - NON commercial - NO derivatives (NO remix, tweak, build upon) C. The Cypriot context • Present & future - Institutions & actors Already extensive use • Safety comprehensive and coherent legal shelter MUST be formally implemented • Effectiveness accessibility & distribution • Challenges 1. Cypriot legal system (mixed system) 2. Cypriot Copyright laws 3. Diverse voices across Cyprus  Multiculturality 4. Statutory bilingualism of Cyprus • Planning a. Establishment of partnerships b. Popularity rate estimation Cypriot CC focus: c. Advertising events d. Public relations events and workshops e. Construction of a communication system: clients – affiliates f. Gain expertize attend and organize local/international seminars g. Collaboration with CC teams (other jurisdictions) • Targeted institutions o The Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture o The Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts o The Cyprus Academic Libraries Association o The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation o The Union of Cyprus Journalists o The University of Cyprus o The University of Nicosia o The European University of Cyprus o The Frederick University o Museums o Art Galleries o Non-Governmental Organizations etc ... … … D. Other states – Examples • SoundCloud - Berlin, Germany - Music sharing community - Artists upload their works  full suite of CC licenses - Well known artists and labels • OER Africa - Network of projects - Active participation  educators & other stakeholders - Improvement of education systems in Africa • Public Library of Science - San Francisco, US - Nonprofit scientific and medical publishing venture - High-quality, high-profile journals - Immediately available online - NO charges - NO restrictions (redistribution or use) - MUST cite author(s) and source E. Questionnaire responses • General - Targeted group  Cypriot institutions & stakeholders  Current or potential CC users - Primary “get-to-know” survey - 66,7% (2/3) were answered Q. 4: Rank the licenses from 1–6 in ascending order, according to the frequency of use of each one. Q. 5: How could you use the Creative Common licenses in the future? - Respondent 1 - Learning - educational material - Commercial use of derivative materials - Respondent 2 - Blogs, websites, presentations - Respondent 3 - Institutional depositories & digital collections - Respondent 4 - Open access to Greek e-books - Respondent 5-6 - Photographs & paintings - Texts from websites/informative prints • Findings - Cypriot framework - Several institutions/stakeholders  aware/use of CC - Basic knowledge & regular use - HOWEVER, an equally important number  not yet familiar - Educational - Cultural - Professional Knowledge Usage Future - Great potential - Different societal sectors