How should I license my videos?
You need to assign a copyright license for every media file you publish
to Listen Up!, so that the world knows how your work may be used. We have found that most
youth media producers want to get credit for their work, and don't want others to make money off it.
For some cases, you may want to allow other producers to be able to sample or remix it. You'll
be able choose the license so through the options on the media submission page.
We recommend choosing a Creative Commons license, which lets you keep your
copyright but allows people to copy and distribute your work provided they
give you credit - and only under the conditions you specify here.
Licensing options
Creative Commons
Under a Creative Commons license, you keep your copyright but fine-tune
it so that others may know how they may (or may not) use your work. You
have the option to allow commercial uses of your work (or not), and to allow
modifications of your work (or not). As a general rule, others are required
to attribute you if they share or reuse your work. See the full range of
Creative Commons licenses here.
If you prefer a step-by-step process, click here.
Public Domain
You can contribute all rights to your work to the public domain, which
means that anyone -- individuals, organizations, corporations -- may use it
for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial. (If so, society thanks you
for your contribution to the public commons.) Please make sure you own all
the rights to your work. For instance, you may not be able to contribute
images of recognizable figures to the public domain without their consent.
You can read more about Public Domain contributions here.
Traditional Copyright
Traditional copyright does not work well on the Internet, where it is a
violation of law every time someone passes a copy of your file to a friend
without your permission. If you choose this option, you understand that
Ourmedia will post your file on a public Web site and you recognize that
others may access, view, copy, store or redistribute your work. Read more
about copyright at the U.S. government's Copyright
Office Web site.
