Understanding copyright

Origin - Idea of property

creator / purchase should 'own' property allow perpetual use and control

Ideas and ownership

copyright law - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright extended over time, now for 50 years after death of author.

copyright – includes many rights

right to re-use right to give to others right to make changes right to sell attribution right

each of these rights can be relaxed by the author extreme – all rights reserved – public domain in between we have different rights relaxed right to re-use right to give to others right to make changes right to sell attribution right

Software – GPL (General Public License) – Free and Open Source Software Content – CC (Creative Commons) – Open Educational Resources, open content, open access https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_commons

CC – BY - Attribution CC – SA - Share alike CC – BY – SA – NC – ND CC – NC - Non commercial CC – ND - Non derivative

Eg KOER – CC BY SA NC and NROER – CC BY SA