Copyright & Licensing
Copyright & Licensing
Understanding copyright and licensing matters because it protects both creators and users of content—and helps you avoid legal, financial, and ethical problems.
Copyright gives creators legal control over how their work is used. If you create something—like a logo, photo, or written content—you automatically own it. Licensing tells you what you can and can’t do with someone else’s work.
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Further Information
- Amherst College – Copyright & Fair Use
- Association of Research Libraries – Know Your Copy Rights
- Copyright.gov – Copyright Law of the United States
- Cornell University – Copyright Information Center
- Nolo’s Fair Use: The Four Factors Courts Consider in a Copyright Infringement Case
- Nolo’s The ‘Fair Use’ Rule: When Use of Copyrighted Material is Acceptable
- Stanford University – Fair Use
- Xavier University Library – Copyright and Fair Use Overview
Licensing
To create open access materials you will need to apply an open license.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons helps you legally share your knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world.
Creative Commons Licensing (Wakelet)
This is an annotated list of resources on Creative Commons Licensing explaining the nature and usage of this type of licensing.
GNU Free Documentation License
Published software should be free software. To make it free software, you need to release it under a free software license.
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