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![Eldred vs Ashcroft
• Supreme Court Case arguing the unconstitutionality of CTEA
• Argued, unsuccessfully, by Lawrence Lessig
• Argued that the further extension of copyright “distort[s] the
balance between private incentive and enrichment of the
public domain.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/cccert1-180111192511/85/Creative-Commons-Then-to-Now-7-320.jpg)
![Eldred vs Ashcroft
• Supreme Court Case arguing the unconstitutionality of CTEA
• Argued, unsuccessfully, by Lawrence Lessig
• Argued that the further extension of copyright “distort[s] the
balance between private incentive and enrichment of the
public domain.”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/cccert1-180111192511/75/Creative-Commons-Then-to-Now-7-2048.jpg)
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Creative Commons: Then to Now
Creative Commons was created in response to an outdated copyright system that strictly regulated copying and sharing. It is a global nonprofit network that provides copyright licenses to enable sharing and reuse of creative works. The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act of 1998 extended copyright terms, which was upheld by the Supreme Court in Eldred vs Ashcroft despite arguments that it distorted the balance between private incentives and public domain. In response, Lawrence Lessig and others created Creative Commons in 2002 to provide free public licenses that allow creators flexibility and sharing, standardizing methods to copy, mix, share, edit and use copyrighted materials. Over 1.1 billion works now use Creative Commons licenses.
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- 1. Creative Commons Then tonow Sarah Cohen CC Cert for Librarians January 2017
- 2. What is CreativeCommons? Non Profit Global Network Movement Licenses
- 3. Created as a responseto an outdated copyright system
- 4. All rights reserved Copyrightlaw strictly regulates who is allowed to copy and share with whom.
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- 6. Sonny Bono CopyrightTerm Extension Act (CTEA) • Lengthened the term of copyright to life of author + 70 years. • Enacted in 1998 • Heavily supported by Disney leading to its nickname as the “Mickey Mouse Protection Act” • Undermined works being released into the public domain
- 7. Eldred vs Ashcroft •Supreme Court Case arguing the unconstitutionality of CTEA • Argued, unsuccessfully, by Lawrence Lessig • Argued that the further extension of copyright “distort[s] the balance between private incentive and enrichment of the public domain.”
- 8. On the brightside…. • Lessig and colleagues created a nonprofit, Creative Commons • In 2002, CC creates a set of free, public licenses that allow creators focused on flexibility and sharing. • Standardizing methods of sharing copyrighted materials
- 9. copy mix share keep edituse CC licenses allow users to:
- 10. 1.1 billion The numberof works using a CC license that allows for a robust and growing Commons.
- 12. Creative Commons is aglobal network made up of Network Platform, or areas of work. Open to anyone, CC relies on a broader community to support sharing. Activists. Educators. Policy makers. Scholars. Lawyers. Artists. Writers. Students.
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- #2 This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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- #7 Image: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_Term_Extension_Act#/media/File:Disney-infinite-copyright.svg
- #8 https://cyber.harvard.edu/openlaw/eldredvashcroft/
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- #10 Visual courtesy of @dernst: https://www.slideshare.net/djernst
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