Copyright and Creative Commons

Copyright and Creative Commons

How do they relate to your release?

Copyright

Copyright protects your work and stops others from using it without your permission.
You get copyright protection automatically - you don’t have to apply or pay a fee. There isn’t a register of copyright works in the UK.
You automatically get copyright protection when you create:
  • original dramatic, musical and artistic work, including illustration and photography
  • original non-literary written work, such as software, web content and databases
  • sound and music recordings
  • film and television recordings
  • the layout of published editions of written, dramatic and musical works
gov. 2018. copyright. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.gov.uk/copyright. [Accessed 11 October 2018].

Creative Commons

Creative Commons I a globally known non-profit organisation that allows sharing of creativity through the provision of free legal tools. This can help those who want to encourage the reuse of their works by offering them for use under generous terms. 

There are a variety of different CC options which you can choose for your work:

Attribution

CC licenses require that other people who want to use your work for any reason or in any way, must give you credit the way which you request. 

ShareALike

Letting others copy, Distribute, display, perform and modify your work, so long as they distribute any modified work and on the same terms. If they want to distribute their modified work, they need your permission first. 

Non-Commercial

You let others copy, distribute, display, perform and modify and use your work for any purpose other than commercially, unless they get your permission first. 

No Derivatives 

You let others copy, distribute, display and perform only original copies of your work. If they want to modify your work, they must get your permission first.

Creative Commons. 2018. Licensing. [ONLINE] Available at: https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-types-examples/. [Accessed 11 October 2018].



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