Creative Commons

The kaitiaki of the New Zealand Creative Commons licences that enable the voluntary sharing of copyright material in Aotearoa. A kiwi remix on an international movement toward open access licensing, here to support the use Creative Commons licences in New Zealand.

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.

Clear, comprehensive and user-friendly copyright information for all New Zealanders, including copyright creators, owners and consumers.

This information sheet outlines who can do what legally when it comes to using copyright material in the educational sector. The Permitted Use Table on page 4 of the information sheet summarises the permitted uses under the Copyright Act that are relevant to the education sector.

Helping you understand the basics of copyright at Wintec.

Digital content is made to be copied, distributed and adapted. The ability to incorporate and re-use content in new works provides enormous creative opportunities. On the other hand, adapting non-digital models of rights and usage to a digital environment can be challenging. Good practice needs to be built around encouraging users to respect clear rights and licence statements that focus on permitted behaviour, providing value that does not rely on controlling copies, and thinking carefully about putting restricted content online.

An easy reference guide for anyone wanting to know what was out of copyright in New Zealand as of 1 January 2014.

The Copyright Act specifies certain circumstances where you can use all or a substantial part of a copyright work without the copyright owner’s permission. These exceptions from infringement include the “fair dealing” exceptions outlined in this information sheet.

In addition to CC's ongoing consulting, education, license adoption, and policy work in education and research, they have a few major projects where they are focusing their efforts. CC continues to explore ways to improve access to education and invite ideas for collaboration.

The more we understand about science and its complexities, the more important it is for scientific data to be shared openly. It’s not useful to have ten different labs doing the same research and not sharing their results; likewise, we’re much more likely to be able to pinpoint diseases if we have genomic data from a large pool of individuals. Since 2004, CC has been focusing their efforts to expand the use of Creative Commons licenses to scientific and technical research.

Cool Creative Commons video projects from around the world.

A list of exemplary music communities that utilize CC tools, typically by enabling users to upload content under one of CC's free licenses.

A list of exemplary record labels that utilize CC licenses in a variety of ways.