Final Remarks
Sharing your content using Creative Commons licenses is generous, but that alone is not enough to make it easy for others to reuse and remix your work. You should spend some time thinking from the perspective of someone who finds your shared content. How easy is it for them to download, reuse, and revise it? Are there legal or technical obstacles that make it difficult for them to do the things the CC license is designed to allow?
4.3 | FINDING AND REUSING CC-LICENSED WORKS
The “knowledge commons” of CC-licensed and public domain works is a plentiful resource that is available to all of us. But when you draw from it, remember to give credit to the creator and follow the other relevant license terms.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Search for and discover CC-licensed works
- Give proper attribution when reusing CC-licensed works
THE BIG QUESTION: WHY IT MATTERS
There are more than a billion CC-licensed works on the web. How do you find what might be useful to you? And once you do, what do you need to do when you reuse it?
There are several different ways to go about discovering CC-licensed works. Search engines can help you search across the web, or you can target particular platforms or sites. When you find a work to reuse, the most important thing to do is provide proper attribution to the work’s licensor.
PERSONAL REFLECTION: WHY IT MATTERS TO YOU
Think about a few of the CC-licensed works you have seen or interacted with. How did you find them? Did you know how to attribute the author if you shared the work?
Acquiring Essential Knowledge
When you are seeking CC-licensed works to reuse, there are several strategies to consider. One good starting point is CC Search (https://search.creative
