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Creative Commons and Teaching

All copyrightable works are automatically All Rights Reserved under Australian law, and permission (a licence) is required to create and distribute copies.

The statutory licence allows a limited amount of a copyrighted work to be copied and distributed to students for teaching purposes. Works that have a Creative Commons licence applied to them (permission given in advance by the creator) may be copied in full, so long as the conditions of the licence are observed.

Note:

  • Creative Commons licences are conditional - that is, you are allowed to copy and share the works only if you follow the conditions of the licences. If you do not follow the licence conditions, you would be breaching copyright to make and communicate copies.
  • A Creative Commons licence is designed for public use. For use in classes, the statutory licence still applies and can be used in conjunction with the Creative Commons licence. In this case, the conditions of the satutory licence must be met.
  • It is important to remember to respect the wishes of the creator of the work, and to properly acknowledge the creator at all times.

What is Creative Commons?

Compatible licences

We acknowledge the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first inhabitants of the nation and acknowledge Traditional Owners of the lands where our staff and students, live, learn and work.Acknowledgement of Country

Creative Commons Licence
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) 4.0 International License, unless otherwise noted. Content from this Guide should be attributed to James Cook University Library. This does not apply to images, third party material (seek permission from the original owner) or any logos or insignia belonging to JCU or other bodies, which remain All Rights Reserved.

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