index.md

CORE Contents

The Creative Commons CORE certificate is made up of a six modules broken down into learning units. These modules and learning units have been organized sequentially in a recommended learning path as follows:

• The Commons

  • Significance of the Commons
  • Physical and Digital Commons
  • The Opportunity of the Commons
  • The Creative Commons Organization

• Copyright

  • Copyright Basics
  • Copyright vs Other Intellectual Property
  • Scope of Public Domain
  • Exceptions and Limitations of Copyright
  • Global Aspects of Copyright

• Creative Commons Licenses

  • How Licenses Work with Copyright
  • Overview of the Licenses
  • Examples of Licenses in Action
  • Remixing Differently Licensed Works
  • Legal Precedence of Creative Commons Licenses

• Sociocultural

  • How the Open Model is Better
  • Shifting to Open
  • Promoting Openness
  • Community Development for Openness
  • Building a Culture of Gratitude and Collaboration

• Legal

  • Legal Aspects of Licensing and Attribution
  • Language of License Clauses
  • Proper Legal Marking
  • Commercial Adaptations of Licensed Content
  • Where Copyright Is Not Implicated
  • Formulating Open Policies

• Using Creative Commons

  • Choosing a License
  • Finding CC Licensed Content
  • Legal vs Technical Openness
  • Giving Attribution

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