Protection For Creative Works

Discussion Terms You Might Read About

Copyleft- is a type of license that retains the freedom to use, modify, and extend a
creative work and all derivative works (i.e., works based on or derived from it) rather
than to restrict such freedoms

Copyright- the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print,

publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize
others to do the same. Copyright is a legal right created by the law of a country that
grants the creator of original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution. This is
usually only for a limited time. ... Copyright is a form of intellectual property, applicable
to certain forms of creative work.

Open source- denoting software for which the original source code is made freely
available and may be redistributed and modified.

Creative commons-r refers to a place where people can modify and share
information and works because its designed for publicly accessible. The term originated
in the context of software ...you tube, Pinterest

Fair use- the doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain
circumstances, be quoted verbatim for purposes such as criticism, news reporting,
teaching, and research, without the need for permission from or payment to the
copyright holders in its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted
material done for a limited and transformative purpose,

Public domain- in a basic sense refers to any type of unprotected property not
filed under intellectual property law protection.

Open Education - defines resources, tools and practices that are free of legal,
financial and technical barriers for the purpose sharing education resources and
materials for training purposes only. This is a limited use ideology.

OER- Open Education Resources