Creative Commons & Open Data

Our goal:“Universal access to research and education, full participation in culture.”

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I will argue that open data is more efficient, more transparent and enables greater innovation.

I will argue that open data is more efficient, more transparent and enables greater innovation.

And that you should do (more of) it.

Part one: why Creative Commons? And what on earth is it?

Obviously, it's becoming much easier to share data and information for reuse.

The technical barriers to access and reuse are dropping

‘Lego Life Lessons’ by the Manning Brothers. CC-BY-NC-SA

youtube.com/watch?v=z9p6n3lhpcsLego Life Lessons

This means you can't predict who will do exciting things with your work

Media Text Hack

CC Kiwi

This sounds great, but the legal barriers to dissemination & reuse remain.

Copyright Graffiti Sign by Horia Varlan CC-BY

https://flic.kr/p/7vBD4TCopyright

Copyright is very restrictive. Automatic.Applies online.No 'c' required.Lasts for 50 years after death.

This means you need to actively and clearly give permission for others to legally reuse your work.

“Grayson, Westley, Stanislaus County...” via US Nat. ArchivesNo Known Copyright

https://flic.kr/p/8UAPVT What to Do?.

Here's the pitch:Creative Commons licences are clear, simple, free, legally robust and let you keep your copyright.

Public DomainFew Restrictions

Public DomainFew Restrictions

All Rights ReservedFew Freedoms

Public DomainFew Restrictions

All Rights ReservedFew Freedoms

Some Rights ReservedRange of Licence Options

Four Licence Elements

Attribution

Non Commercial

No Derivatives

Share Alike

Six Licences

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Layers

Licence symboll

Human readable

Lawyer readable

Go to creativecommons.org/choose

Part two: what is open data? And why should we do it?

National Imagery Photography by LINZ. Licensed CC-BY

data.linz.govt.nz/data/category/aerial-photos/

“Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness)”

http://opendefinition.org/

Three benefits of open data

First, open data is more efficient.

“Council staff had to manually extract data for each request and the user fees often did not cover the council’s processing costs.”– Andrew Shakes, Analyst, WCC”

“For Te Papa, that is nearly 14,000 image requests we haven’t had to manually approve. At least 28,000 emails we’ve saved.”– Adrian Kingston, Te Papa”

Second, open data is more democratic and transparent.

Third, open data allows for greater innovation.

Jack Andraka

Part three: what does the Govt say about open data?

Part three: what does the Govt say about open data?

NZGOAL (2010)Government guidance, approved by

Cabinet, advocates use of CC for publicly funded copyright works

Declaration on Open and Transparent Government (2011)

NZGOAL “advocates use of Creative Commons licences for those State Services agencies’ copyright works which are appropriate for release and re-use”

Local government is “strongly encouraged” to use NZGOAL

As of Monday, NZGOAL recommends the use of CC 4.0.

Part four: What else is happening in New Zealand?

LINZ

National Imagery Photography by LINZ. Licensed CC-BY

data.linz.govt.nz/data/category/aerial-photos/

Man from the city, 1971, by Jan Nigro. Purchased 1971. Te Papa (1971-0036-2)

Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 New Zealand licenceTe Papa

Massed troops at a New Zealand Division thanksgiving service, World War I. Ref: 1/2-013806-G. No known copyright.

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22684353NLNZ; WW100

CC in Schools

80-120 schools using Creative Commons to share resources

Open AccessResearch

Open Textbooks

Meena Kadri‘Uttarayan Sunset’ by Meena Kadri.

CC-BY-NC-ND flickr.com/photos/meanestindian/5357432362/

“Folding Kimono” by Jem Yoshioka CC-BY-SA

http://jemshed.com/comic/folding-kimono/Jem Yoshioka

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