Last week our director gave us the go-ahead to put our early literacy video, Growing Readers, under a BY-NC-ND Creative Commons license. This is exciting for several reasons. What this means is that anybody who wants to is now free to screen, copy and distribute our video as long as 1) we get credit, 2) no one is making a profit from it and 3) the video isn’t modified in any way. Any group, institution or individual is free to show and share this video without worrying about obtaining our permission. The BY-NC-ND CC license is the most restrictive, and is sometimes referred to as the “free publicity” license in that it essentially encourages the sharing and distribution of the licensed work while prohibiting any modifications from being made.
This seems to fall in line beautifully with what libraries are about- the free sharing of information. I hope to see other libraries and non-profit educational and cultural institutions that produce media looking to Creative Commons as an alternative to traditional copyright. It seems to me that releasing work under this type of license could only benefit the participating institutions- it’s a great way to encourage people to find, use, and share your work with others.
I’ll be uploading and linking to Growing Readers soon- both the English and Spanish versions!
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