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Creative Commons is a licensing setup which allows creators to release their
material on the Internet. Such material can include: articles, books,
photos, music and film. Others may use this material under a range of
conditions depending on the CC licence
(see below).
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USING CREATIVE COMMONS MATERIAL |
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You do not have to pay to use Creative Commons material. Furthermore, as
long as you source materials with particular CC licences, there are few
restrictions on how you can use this material. For example, you can use CC
material with an attribution only licence in whatever manner you choose as long
as you reference it. Click here for help in sourcing CC material. VU's licences with CAL
(print & graphic), Screenrights (off-air
material from TV and radio) and the Music societies
can only be used non-commercially for the educational purposes of VU staff and
students.
CC material is particularly useful when you are
producing material you are:
- thinking of commercialising
- distributing to people other than VU staff and students
- publishing material on the internet
- distributing print and graphic material for VU students over seas and you don't
wish to print it in Australia. (see
Copying for Offshore Students.)
- putting on the internet.
Click here for help in sourcing CC material. |
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PUTTING A CREATIVE COMMONS LICENCE ON YOUR RESEARCH |
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If you own the copyright in the research material, you may
consider taking out a Creative
Commons (CC) licence for that material. This is often an easy way of
allowing others to copy, adapt and use your research material under a range of
conditions depending on which CC license you attach (see below).
In particular, you may make this decision when depositing your research
material on an Open Access web database such as VUIR or a specialist
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If you own copyright in a piece of research you are placing on VUIR and you
add a CC licence to it, you will still own the copyright.
However, a CC license cannot be revoked and it is likely to:
- restrict future publication of your research material (as taking out a
CC license on the research material would make it ineligible for many
publishing agreements)
- prevent any possible future commercial gain for yourself from your
research material. (This would include any royalties from
CAL (Copyright Agency Limited).
CAL sometimes distributes royalties to authors when their material is
reproduced by Australian Educational and other Institutions for teaching
purposes. A CC license on your research material makes you ineligible for
such payments.)
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AUSTRALIAN CC LICENSES |
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On the Australian Creative Commons
website, you can choose from a range of licences which mix and match the
following licence terms:
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Attribution |
This applies to every Creative Commons work. Whenever a work is
copied or redistributed under a Creative Commons licence, credit must
always be given to the creator. |
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Non Commercial |
Lets others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and
derivative works based upon it — but for non-commercial purposes only. |
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No Derivative Works |
Lets others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim
copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it. |
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Share Alike |
Allows others to distribute derivative works only under a licence
identical to the licence that governs your work. |
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WANT MORE INFORMATION? |
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look at the detailed guidelines on our Copyright website
- book into a Copyright training session
- contact VU's Copyright Officer on 9919 5958 or
antony.ley@vu.edu.au
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Disclaimer: This
information is provided for guidance only. For legal advice regarding
Copyright law, please contact the
Legal Services Department at VU. |
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