Category Archives: Ethical Reuse

The Need for an Attribution Trail

By David Gratton on August 25, 2008

When content is being reused from one source to another, etiquette and ethics would insist that the content creator (the person reusing content) provide clear attribution and links to the original content while obeying the content’s license.
When searching for an example of proper attribution, I had to go no further than Miss 604’s blog, aka [...]

Also posted in Events, Licensing & Attribution, Microformat and Mark-up, RDFa, Technology Innovation

Reusing Content: Derivative Work vs. Modified Work

By David Gratton on August 20, 2008

What constitutes a derivative work?
The US Copyright Office states:

A typical example of a derivative work [..] is primarily a new work but incorporates some previously published material. This previously published material makes the work a derivative work under the copyright law. To be copyrightable, a derivative work must be different enough from the original to [...]

Also posted in Creative Commons, General Discussion, Licensing & Attribution
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