Identifying And Understanding Creative Commons Licences

The video was created for one of our training series and provides additional information on Open Educational Resources, Creative Commons licences, and how to provide licence attribution to materials used in online teaching environments.

Click here to view or download the video ‘Will it bite me? Media, licensing, and online teaching environments’ on Media Hopper Create

Creative Commons Licence Types

Here is an explanation of what each licence allows, alongside the short hand text and logo images used to mark specific Creative Commons licences.

Creative Commons – Zero / CC0

A resource licensed CC0 means that the rights holder has waived all copyright protection rights and placed the work in the public domain. This means the resource can be used for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, without the need for attribution.

Creative Commons – Attribution – CC BY

A CC BY, or Attribution licence, allows anyone to re-mix, re-use and re-share the work, as long as attribution is provided to the creator.

Creative Commons – Attribution Share Alike – CC BY-SA

A CC BY-SA, or Share Alike licence, allows anyone to re-mix, re-use, and re-share, so long as attribution is provided to the creator and any new work is re-shared freely under the same licence.

Creative Commons – Attribution No Derivatives – CC BY-ND

A CC BY-ND, or Non-Derivative licence, allows anyone to re-use and re-share the work, as long as credit is provided to the creator, and no changes are made to the original work.

Creative Commons – Attribution Non Commercial – CC BY-NC

The CC BY-NC, or Non Commercial licence, allows the work to be re-used and remixed, and re-shared, as long as attribution is provided to the creator and the work is not used for profit.

Creative Commons – Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike – CC BY-NC-SA

The CC BY-NC-SA licence allows the work to be re-mixed, re-used, and re-shared so long as  attribution is provided to the creator, the work is not used for profit, and any new work is re-shared freely under the same licence.

Creative Commons – Attribution Non-Commercial No-Derivatives – CC BY-NC-ND

The CC BY-NC-ND license allows the work to be re-used and re-shared, so long as attribution is provided to the creator, the work is not used for profit, and no changes are made to the original work.

To learn more about Creative Commons licences visit the Creative Commons website where you’ll find an excellent FAQ page designed to provide a better understanding of Creative Commons, the licences, and their other legal and technical tools.

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