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This means once you apply a CC license to your material, anyone who receives it may rely on that license for as long as the material is protected by copyright, even if you later stop distributing it. You must own or control copyright in the work.
In this Citizen’s Guide to Creative Commons, we’ll walk you through the various Creative Commons licenses, and explain the ways the different elements of a CC license work together. We’ll cover how to properly use and attribute someone else’s CC licensed work, and general best practices regarding CC licenses.
- Overview of The Six Creative Commons Licence Types
- Creative Commons Public Domain Tools
- Generic and Ported Licence Versions
- Additional Licence-Specific Restrictions and Obligations
In order to meet the varying needs of different publishing strategies, CC provides a set of six licences and two public domain tools. Each licence contains one or more of four basic elements (the “licence features”) which are illustrated by abbreviations and pictograms. “BY” stands for attribution (the obligation to credit the author and other part...
As described in the beginning, a right holder retains their copyrights when using an Open Content licence. They merely grant others permission to use the work under certain conditions. As opposed to this, works in the public domain are not (or no longer) subject to copyright protection at all and may be used without restrictions. Hence, no permissi...
Over the years, the CC initiative has constantly developed, modified and modernised its licences. The current version, CC 4.0 (hereinafter referred to as CCPL4 = CC Public Licence version 4), was published on November 26th, 2013. The CC Public Licence Version 3 (CCPL3) and CCPL4 differ in a number of ways, i.e. they contain sometimes subtle, althou...
Besides the abovementioned obligations and restrictions which are valid for all six types of CC licences, the NC, ND and SA licence elements – which are part of only some of the CC licences – are also subject to some specific requirements which a licensee should be aware of.
No, Canadian copyright law does not require marking a work with the copyright symbol (©) for the work to be protected. Nonetheless, there are benefits to including a copyright notice on your work. For instance, it serves as a deterrent to unauthorized reproduction and as a reminder that copyright is claimed in the work.
Sep 16, 2024 · HOW TO CITE CREATIVE COMMONS CONTENT. “Husky” by Steven Bowler is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Here's a simple example. The title is linked to the photo source, the creator's name is linked to his profile page, and the license is linked to licensed deed.
- Maryam Fakouri
- 2017
Based on the most frequent queries to our office, here are some tips for getting your figures and permissions in order for your submitted manuscript, but please feel free to contact us at advancedscience@wiley.com if you have any queries – we’ll be happy to help out. Figure reproduction, adaptation, and redrawing.
What do I need to do? Understand your role in the project (see Roles and Responsibilities). Use the decision matrix to help you understand which of the templates you will need. Read the relevant Guides to Data Protection and Copyright. Identify which templates your project requires and customise them to your project .
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