This week I learned a great deal about Creative Commons. Creative commons is a non-profit organization which has developed agreements and contacts that are similar to copyright - but that allow people to reserve some rights on how their work is used. What's even better is that they are allowing everyone to use these agreements and contracts for free.
Creative Commons agreements differ from copyright in that copyright "reserves all rights" of reproduction with the creator of the work. Creative commons agreements "reserve some rights". For example, you might not mind if someone uses a photo that you took on their not-for-profit or personal web page.
There are six combinations of creative commons licenses. They range from the most restrictive which only allows distribution of your work as long as you are attributed to the most accomodating licence which allows people to "distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation." (quote is taken from the Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses)
The copyright landscape has changed quite a bit since I graduated from library school in 1996.
I am not sure yet how our library will use flickr. It may be the way to easily share the photos for the student newsletter.
My favorite line from The Art of Explanation
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