Licences

Javiera AtenasAcademic Development Directorate

SOAS, University of London

Introducing

@jatenas

©Copyright – Basic rules

• Just because something is on the internet doesn’t mean you can use it!

• If someone else has created something you should be cautious about using it

• Individuals can copy limited amounts for study/research purposes under CDPA (Copyright Act)

©Copyright licenses

• Copyright Licensing Agency (CLA) – books, journals

• Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA) – newspaper cuttings, media monitoring

• Educational Recording Agency (ERA) – broadcast television programmes

©Copyright licences - where licenses don’t apply

• Permission of author/publisher• You own the copyright (be careful of

publishing agreement though)• The material is out of copyright• An educational exception applies

Creative Commons Licences

Briefly about licences

Attribution CC BY

• This licence lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation.

Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA

• This licence lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and licence their new creations under the identical terms.

Briefly about licencesAttribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC

• This licence lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial

Attribution-NoDerivs CC BY-ND

• This licence allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.

Briefly about licencesAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND

• This licence is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.

Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA

• This licence lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.

Other LicencesPublic Domain Mark — “No Known Copyright”

Public Domain Mark enables works that are no longer restricted by copyright to be marked as such in a standard and simple way, making them easily discoverable and available to others. Many cultural heritage institutions including museums, libraries and other curators are knowledgeable about the copyright status of paintings, books and manuscripts, photographs and other works in their collections, many of which are old and no longer under copyright.

Other LicencesRights Reserved - Restricted Access

• Item protected by copyright and/or related rights. This item is only accessible through registration or some other form of controlled access and subject to the licensing conditions set by the organization giving access to it. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to make any of the acts permitted by your national copyright and related rights act, including browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes.

Other LicencesRights Reserved – Free Access

• This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. This item is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by the organization giving access to it. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to make any of the acts permitted by your national copyright and related rights act, including browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes.

Other LicencesRights Reserved – Paid Access

• This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. This item is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by the organization giving access to it. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to make any of the acts permitted by your national copyright and related rights act, including browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes.

Where to find CC content