Creative Commons

Some copyright owners want to allow their work to be used by others. Many do this with the use of a Creative Commons licence.

A Creative Commons license allows people to use someone elses copyright work under certain conditions.

These conditions can include

• If the copyright work can be modified in anyway
• If the copyright work can be used for commerical purposes
• If any derivative must be released under the Creative Commons licence
• If any derivative work must attribute the copyright owner.

If the Creative Commons licence is breached then the normal consequences of copyright law applies. Under a Creative Commons licence the owner would not need to be contacted unless their work was going to be used in a way not described by the conditions of the licence.