Copyright and Creative

Commons
By Claudia Rocha

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 Objectives:
What is Copyright and
Creative Commons?

Why is Copyright and

Creative Commons so
important?

What are some examples of

Copyright and Creative
Commons?

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 What is Copyright?
Copyright is the legal right an owner has of their
own original work and how it can be used by
others.
It is used to protect the owners work which can be
films, music, written text and much more.

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 Why is Copyright so
important?

Copyright is important because it protects the

creators work by applying restrictions to users,
that way the creator is still creditable for their
own work.
 Example of Copyright
Some examples of items that can be
Copyright protected are:

Books, music, computer apps and programs,

drawings of designs, paintings, movies,
photographs, letters and architectural
designs.
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What is Creative Commons?
Creative Commons is a licence that is obtained by a
producer of work that allows populations all over
the world to use pieces of their own original work.

The author or creator of the work still has

copyright control over their original work but has
allowed the public to utilise particular parts of
their work.
 Why is Creative Commons
so important?
Having a Creative Commons Licences
enables the creator to share their work
with the world.

Having the licence on work allows for the

easy access and use of the work by the
general public.

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 Example of Creative
Commons
There are four major Creative Commons Licences, these are:

ShareAlike licence

Attribution licence

NonDerivatives licence

NonCommercial licence

For more information visit: https://creativecommons.org/

share-your-work/licensing-types-examples/
 Conclusion
Copyright is important as it protects
the work of an artist or creator of a
medium.

Creative Commons is a licence that is

applied to a creators work in order for
the public to be able to use parts of a
medium easily.

Both Copyright and Creative Commons

are important in protecting the work of
an individual in society.
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