Comments on: Sharing culture – Creative Commons video http://tsheko.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/sharing-culture-creative-commons-video/ The fringed curtains of thine eye advance, and say what thou seest yond - Shakespeare, ‘The tempest’ Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:37:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: tsheko http://tsheko.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/sharing-culture-creative-commons-video/#comment-286 tsheko Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:35:39 +0000 http://tsheko.wordpress.com/?p=1365#comment-286 Andrew, I understand what you're saying. I would feel that way too if I were in your position. I don't know what the solution is. In my situation as a teacher I'm just interested in sharing resources and media from people who voluntarily do the same. I'm excited about people sharing ideas and creativity globally. That's not the same as the kind of sharing you talk about which threatens your livelihood. I wonder if anyone has any ideas about this problem. Andrew, I understand what you’re saying. I would feel that way too if I were in your position. I don’t know what the solution is. In my situation as a teacher I’m just interested in sharing resources and media from people who voluntarily do the same. I’m excited about people sharing ideas and creativity globally. That’s not the same as the kind of sharing you talk about which threatens your livelihood. I wonder if anyone has any ideas about this problem.

]]> By: Andrew Watt http://tsheko.wordpress.com/2008/12/02/sharing-culture-creative-commons-video/#comment-285 Andrew Watt Mon, 08 Dec 2008 01:42:40 +0000 http://tsheko.wordpress.com/?p=1365#comment-285 I love Creative Commons, but it scares me too. As a creator (artist and writer), I'm reluctant to put art in the Creative Commons gallery of materials, because it says to the world, "take my stuff," and I am not so rich that I could not benefit from the occasional royalty check. On the other hand, when I do for-profit work, I am often paid a flat fee to do the work, and explicitly must sign away my legal right to retain the copy right for my own purposes. Without that sign-off, my work doesn't get published anyway. My school is currently working out a plan or program having to do with Conflict of Interest, and I wonder how I will be penalized by it, when trying to do creative work for myself, and creative work for the school. It should be interesting when the form comes around on Wednesday. I love Creative Commons, but it scares me too.

As a creator (artist and writer), I’m reluctant to put art in the Creative Commons gallery of materials, because it says to the world, “take my stuff,” and I am not so rich that I could not benefit from the occasional royalty check.

On the other hand, when I do for-profit work, I am often paid a flat fee to do the work, and explicitly must sign away my legal right to retain the copy right for my own purposes. Without that sign-off, my work doesn’t get published anyway.

My school is currently working out a plan or program having to do with Conflict of Interest, and I wonder how I will be penalized by it, when trying to do creative work for myself, and creative work for the school. It should be interesting when the form comes around on Wednesday.

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