People, children, and even animals thrive from working together. Each individual has something beneficial they can offer to each other. Lucky for us, there is an organization that is based on this idea and much more. Creative Commons (CC) is an online organization that gives users free licenses to avoid copyright issues. On CC you have access to use material and adapt content created by others. In fact, 1.6 billion creations have already been remixed and shared. People who are interested in the creative process are able to legally use the Creative Commons licenses to make images, videos, writing, music, and much more. It is essentially based on a mutual agreement such as what's mine is yours. A constraint of this resource is the potential that a content user may borrow an image from a content creator that did not have the Creative Commons license or rights. When using CC you must give credit where credit is due, especially if you plan to remix and repurpose it. The image below spells out the terms of use that a user should follow! Image retrieved from creativecommons.org Another factor that impacts Creative Commons is "Fair Use". Fair Use for Media Literacy Education encourages educators like me to safely use copyrighted materials. Educators can create multimedia projects and much more. The United States Copyright Office designed a Copyright and Fair Use Guide for teachers found on this tech learning article. I created a video explaining the pros and cons of Creative Commons. This encouraged me to explore the idea of Fair Media Use for myself below. Check it out! References: Baron, B. (2015, February 21). Retrieved July 13, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4duPBWzf46E When we share, everyone wins. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://creativecommons.org/ Curts, E., Shippee, M., Nielsen, L., Mott/Tom, N., Mott/Tom, N., Baule, S., . . . Hogan, K. (n.d.). Tech & Learning. Retrieved from https://www.techlearning.com/
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