Intellectual Property Rights for Content Creators

Intellectual Property Rights for Content Creators Ways to protect your intellectual property Patent Protects an idea or new and useful innovation Trademark Protects your or your brand's identity reflected in words, symbols or design Copyright Gives the exclusive right to make copies of creative work. All three of them stop competitors making or using your intellectual property for profit. But you can give open access to your users. Open Access -Provides free access to the users. -Might give the users the right to reuse, modify, and share, if you want. -Protects your copyrights as the creator. Creative commons licenses are used to give the users permission for reuse in advance and regulate the conditions for them to reuse, modify and share. Conditions and icons of creative commons licenses (0 sign) Dedicated to public domain (by its creator) Distribute, remix and adapt freely with no conditions attached. (c/ sign) In the public domain (with no known copyright) Distribute, remix and adapt freely with no conditions attached. (human sign) Attribution Give appropriate credit, Provide a link to the license, and Indicate if changes were made. (reversed c like arrow) Share alike Share your remix or adaptation under the same license terms. (=sign) No derivatives or adaptions Share the content as it is without making alterations. ($/ sign) Non-commercial use only Refrain from using it in a way you might have commercial gains. The 6 Types of Creative Commons Licenses 1. Attribution 2. Attribution + Share-Alike 3. Attribution + Non-commercial 4. Attribution + Non-commercial+ Share-Alike 5. Attribution + No-derivatives 6. Attribution + Non-commercial + No-derivatives How to apply a license to your work - Consider the following before licensing *Once done license may not be revoked *Do you have the ownership of the content? *If it is a remix, do you have obligations from the original content? - Choose your license type - Specify what it is you are licensing - Clearly communicate your license type across your work - If you want attribution, specify how you want it - Link the license type you apply like in the below example © 2020. This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license. As a conscientious content creator, protect and exercise your own rights, and don’t breach the rights of others. If you can’t your rights, you can’t make a living in the creative industries. Reference -Digital Rights Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications -Creative Commons License Versions https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/License_Versions#Modifications_and_adaptations_must_be_marked_as_such