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Copyright | Creative Commons: Basic definitions

Copyright, Creative Commons and Public Domain are a few terms you will need to understand as each comes with different legal obligations. Often, but not always, you will see a icon that indicates what type of licence is being used. This lets you know what you can and can't do.

Licences
A licence [Australian spelling] or license [US spelling], is a legally binding agreement between two or more parties. A licence agreement outlines what you can and can't do.
For Australian schools "Statutory Licences are licence schemes created under the Australian Copyright Act for the educational use of copyright material. The two statutory licence schemes are the Statutory Broadcast Licence and the Statutory Text and Artistic Licence." (SmartCopying, n.d.)

Copyright
Under Copyright ALL the creator's rights are reserved.
While the letter C in a circle is the symbol that is often used to indicate a work is protected by Copyright, ALL WORK IS AUTOMATICALLY covered by Copyright.
Creative Commons
Under Creative Commons SOME of the creator's rights are reserved.
Creative Commons is a license that is applied to a work that is protected by copyright. It's not separate from copyright. There are several Creative Commons licences and they each give you specific information about what you can and can't do with the work.
Two letter Cs in a circle is the symbol that is often used to indicate a work is protected by a Creative Commons licence.
Public Domain
Under Public Domain NONE the creator's rights are reserved.
"The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable." (Wikipedia, n.d.)
The letter C in a circle with a diagonal line is the symbol that is often used to indicate a work is in the public domain.
Open Access
Open Access licences are incresingly used in academic publishing. Under an Open Access licence: “Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose (subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness).” (Open Knowledge Foundation, n.d.)
An open orange padlock is the symbol used to show the work comes with an Open Access licence.
In the Kerferd Library A to Z database list you can filter the results to show the Open Access content. CLICK HERE to see the Open Access content.

Copyright | Creative Commons: Types of Creative Commons Licences

There are many different Creative Commons licences. This is because you can mix and match various key components. The following list gives you information about some of the more common licences and the components that make up these licences.

What is a CC licence?

'The CC licences provide a simple standardised way for individual creators, companies and institutions to share their work with others on flexible terms without infringing copyright. The licences allow users to reuse, remix and share the content legally.

Offering your work under a Creative Commons licence DOES NOT mean giving up your copyright. It means permitting users to make use of your material in various ways, but only on certain conditions." (Creative Commons Australia, n.d.)

Creative Commons Licence Chooser (Creative Commons, n.d.)
Use the Creative Commons Chooser to build your own Creative Commons licence.
Attribution BY (Creative Commons Australia, n.d.)
This applies to every Creative Commons work. Whenever a work is copied or redistributed under a Creative Commons licence, the original creator (and any other nominated parties) must be credited and the source linked to. Creative Commons Australia, n.d.)
NonCommercial NC (Creative Commons Australia, n.d.)
"Lets others copy, distribute, display and perform the work for noncommercial purposes only." (Creative Commons Australia, n.d.)
No Derivative Works ND (Creative Commons Australia, n.d.)
"Lets others distribute, display and perform only verbatim copies of the work. They may not adapt or change the work in any way." (Creative Commons Australia, n.d.)
Share Alike SA (Creative Commons Australia, n.d.)
"Allows others to remix, adapt and build on the work, but only if they distribute the derivative works under the same the licence terms that govern the original work." (Creative Commons Australia, n.d.)

Copyright | Creative Commons: Online resources

Creative Commons Licence Chooser (Creative Commons, n.d.)
Use the Creative Commons Chooser to build your own Creative Commons licence.

Creative Commons image search This link opens in a new window
Browse over 500 million images, available for reuse. All the content is under Creative Commons licenses or in the public domain.

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