How to Use a Creative Commons Licensed Piece!

This week we were assigned a pretty simple task: to select a piece of work on the Internet that is protected by a Creative Commons License and place it in our blog, citing it correctly.

I feel like I never do this exactly the "right" way, but I always use photo captions that identify where I borrowed the image at the very least.  I have to admit, I'm a little nervous about making sure I do this properly, as it always seems too easy.  I'll give it a shot here, though!

Here is the image I selected, as I am thinking about work while I'm working on school work.  Funny how that happens all the time...

So this is something kind of like what I would make a million of during any day's work.  This picture was acquired from the creative commons site, and credit belongs to:

Description	English: Cloud 9 - round 2 (Vancouver, Canada, BC, British Columbia, 2006, travel, hotel, robson, cloud 9, bar, restaurant, empire landmark, lounge, level 42, drinks, booze, liquor, pretzels, cherry, cherries)
Date	2006-08-11
Source	Flickr
Author	Rick A. (rick)
Permission (Reusing this file)	Creative Commons Attribution 2.0

Learning How to Copyright Photos Is Fun! CC Licenses to Protect My Work

This week I'm learning about protecting my online intellectual property.  It's pretty relevant stuff, considering that I produce content regularly.  The more I learn here, the more I can apply to the many other ventures I'm pursuing.

For this post, I decided to use a photo taken while kayaking over the weekend on Black Creek in Fleming Island, Florida.  It's beautiful and peaceful, and I think it is a great example of the state park's "The Real Florida."  Maybe I'll post my CC'd photo on their site!

So, please enjoy my original photo, but not the rights to use it!

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

This was really easy to do!  According to the license I chose:

You are free to:

• Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
• for any purpose, even commercially.

• The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

• Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
• NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

• No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

Week 3 - Lab Assignment 2 - It's Mytube Right Now!

Here is an embedded link for my assignment.  You're welcome, world, for bringing it back!



Now that I've shared this charming video, let me tell you why I selected it...

When I was in the fourth grade, I loved everything Debbie Gibson. I got her tapes and perfume for Christmas, and I bought a walk-man just to play her music. I wore my headphones atop my over-sized sweater and ripped-jeans clad body, everywhere, everyday. I remember visiting a farm with my grandparents in north Alabama with my walk-man clipped faithfully to my braided leather belt. To me, there was no better music! I jammed out to all three of her tapes, but my favorite was the Electric Youth album; it was the first Debbie Gibson song I ever heard. I was hooked, and I enjoyed her tapes for years.

Now that I am all grown up, I like to share some of my favorite music from my childhood with my daughter. She loves Taylor Swift, so I know she would really be into Debbie Gibson as well - oh, and the Pointer Sisters, and the Bangles, and Amy Grant, etc. Somehow, on the long drive home through rush hour today, I thought of dear Debbie and youtubed four of my favorite songs to play for my daughter. As anticipated, she loved them! We rocked my little SUV the rest of the trip, and I landed in my driveway a happy woman.