Get familiar with CC licenses
The InnoWebinars, organised by the Innovation Centre, are intended to provide information on IPR, i.e. intellectual property rights. Kirsi Salmela, Head of Legal at Kopiosto, educated about copyright last week and answered, among other things, the following questions.
What does copyright mean?
Copyright protects authors of original literary and artistic works. It’s granted by law to the person who has created the work. It gives the author of the work a limited exclusive right to decide how their work may be used. This means whether, for example, it can be presented to the public, copied or published.
What does copyright cover?
Copyright covers both economic and moral rights. Economic rights include compensation for possible reproduction, i.e. copying work or re-using a picture, for example. On the other hand, moral rights cover that the name of the author is mentioned when the work is used in different contexts and that the work is not modified in an inappropriate way.
What's a CC license?
The author of the work may allow the use of his work under the CC (Creative Commons) licence. However, CC licences differ and contain different indications which prohibit or allow different issues. For example, a particular marking may prohibit the commercial use of a work (NC marking) and another marking may prohibit the modification of a work (ND marking). Editing refers, for example, to translating text into another language or narrowing down a photograph.
It is therefore important that, before using CC-licensed material, you should review the terms of the particular license to be sure your anticipated use is permitted.
What is the purpose of the ©-info icon?
Kopiosto has recently mortared the ©-info icon. You can run into it on a website or in PDF files. When you click on the sign, you will find out more about the author and how the content and material can be used (copying, sharing, etc.). This allows the user to easily and quickly find the author's information and usage rights and use the content while respecting copyright. The ©-info icon is applied from Kopiosto.
Did you get interested in the subject? Do you want to know what to consider when applying for a CC licence for your work, for example? Or do you need more information about what information should be given about the author and the work when it’s protected by a CC license?
One more InnoWebinar about the subject will be organised for this spring, and Kirsi Salmela will keep it also. The Webinar will be in Finnish and it will be on June 8 from 10 to 11 a.m.
There is no pre-registration needed for employees and students at the University of Oulu. Zoom-link can be found in Patio. Others interested can contact Maarit Jokela (maarit.jokela(at)oulu.fi).