New Dimensions in Copyright for Academics: What are Creative Commons?

"Creative Commons provides free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved."

From: Creative Commons. Retrieved online March 12,2007 at http://creativecommons.org

The FCPE has recently attended an EDUCAUSE* web conference titled "The Information Commons and the Future of Innovation, Scholarship, and Creativity". If you are interested in the conference materials or if you would like to watch a 1hour video of that session, please contact Astrid Palm at the FCPE. (Adelphi Faculty only)

Learn more about Creative Commons and Scholarly Communication on the EDUCAUSE* website http://www.educause.edu/Browse/645?PARENT_ID=428

*EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Website: http://www.educause.edu/