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Creative Commons

This guide explains Creative Commons licenses and how students and faculty can use these licenses to share scholarly and creative works. Disclaimer: this guide is not legal advice, nor is the Library staff legal counsel to any university party.

What is Creative Commons?

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This video is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.

A Brief History of Creative Commons

How can I apply a Creative Commons license to my work?

Marking your work with a CC license
You have chosen a CC license for your work. Now how do you go about letting the world know? Here are some examples of how to mark your work with the CC license.
Best practices for attribution
You can use CC-licensed materials as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution. Here are some good (and not so good) examples of attribution.

License

This guide was created by librarians at Touro University and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. If you re-use, remix or link to this guide, it would be appreciated if you could notify our staff.

Last Updated: May 15, 2025 11:57 AM
URL: https://libguides.tourolib.org/creativecommons
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Subjects: Copyright, Faculty, Open Educational Resources, Research and Scholarship

Tags: copyright, creative commons, licensing, public domain

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