WEEK 7

1. What is creative commons and how could this licensing framework be relevant to your own experience at university?

Launched in 2003, Creative Commons is a non-profit organisation dedicated to the promotion of reasonable copyright. It does this by making licenses and tools freely available to share, reuses, repurpose and remix. Creative Commons does not mean that a person is giving up their rights to the license, it just allows a more liberal use of the material. Creative commons is not an alternative to copyright it works alongside copyright.

A Creative Commons license allows a user to choose how others use their work. By using a Creative Commons license a user keeps their copyright but it allows others to copy and distribute your work provided the user gives credit and uses the material on the conditions the user specifies. For online work you can select a license that generate “Some Rights Reserve” or a “No Rights Reserved” button and statement for your published work.

http://creativecommons.org.au/content/whatiscc1.pdf

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/images/6/62/Creativecommons-informational-flyer_eng.pdf

2. Find 3 examples of works created by creative commons and embed them in your blog.

Film "Big Buck Bunny", was one of a short computer animated film that both the final product and production data, including animation data, characters and textures are released under the Creative common Attribution License.

Blogger.com – this website that I am currently writing on exists because of Creative Common Licenses.

Photo sharing social media site Flickr encourages the use of the Creative Commons licensing framework. The work a user uploads onto Flickr is listed under a catergory of which the user decideds. The catergories are as follows:

Attribution means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.

Noncommercial means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.

No Derivative Works means:
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.

Share Alike means:
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

3. Find an academic article which discusses creative commons using a database or online journal. Provide a link to and a summary of the article.

http://proquest.umi.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/pqdweb?index=2&did=1878390111&SrchMode=1&sid=7&Fmt=6&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=
309&VName=PQD&TS=1283836310&clientId=13713

4. Have a look at Portable Apps (a pc based application) – provide a brief description of what it is and how you think this is useful.

A portable app is a computer software program that can be accessed and run independently without the use and support of a pre-installed file or program. Portable apps are commonly used by removable devices ie. USB, floppy disk, CD. Portable apps can be used on any computer of which it is compatible.

I personal think portable apps are one of the best things ever invented. I even have a USB on my key ring as I depend on mine so regularly. Working between the home computer, my laptop, work computer and university computers and I am constantly saving and moving my assignments. I love the fact that I don't have to worry that it won't be compatible or I won't be able to access my documents.