Attribution - Revision history

Chriswaterguy: dab link at top

2010-01-26T21:15:36Z

dab link at top

Chriswaterguy: /* What protections does the BY license condition provide? */ move this section (added by User:Lila Bailey) to Creative Commons Attribution

2010-01-26T21:14:09Z

‎What protections does the BY license condition provide?: move this section (added by User:Lila Bailey) to Creative Commons Attribution

Lila Bailey: /* How does the license work? */

2010-01-25T23:49:38Z

‎How does the license work?

Lila Bailey at 23:46, 25 January 2010

2010-01-25T23:46:58Z

Chriswaterguy: /* How to give attribution: */ sharper link

2010-01-17T01:38:10Z

‎How to give attribution:: sharper link

Nathan Yergler at 20:16, 31 July 2009

2009-07-31T20:16:52Z

Greg Grossmeier: moving the site attribution info to the Marking page as part of that page's redesign. Makes more sense there (one place instead of 2)

2009-06-24T14:51:59Z

moving the site attribution info to the Marking page as part of that page's redesign. Makes more sense there (one place instead of 2)

JesseWeinstein: rm unused cat

2009-06-12T20:48:18Z

rm unused cat

Greg Grossmeier: Explained what attribution is according to the licenses.

2009-04-06T03:33:58Z

Explained what attribution is according to the licenses.

Chriswaterguy: rights-holder (clearer than owner); This initial contribution is by an editor who is not a lawyer

2008-09-28T05:32:08Z

rights-holder (clearer than owner); This initial contribution is by an editor who is not a lawyer

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		+	:''This page gives information on attribution of CC-licensed works. For the "Attribution" license, see [[Creative Commons Attribution]]''.
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	All of the 6 main Creative Commons licenses have Attribution as one of the requirements. As explained by the license deeds, to fulfill the requirements of Attribution you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).		All of the 6 main Creative Commons licenses have Attribution as one of the requirements. As explained by the license deeds, to fulfill the requirements of Attribution you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).

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	* For examples involving HTML/RDFa metadata, see [[ccREL]].		* For examples involving HTML/RDFa metadata, see [[ccREL]].

−	~~== What protections does the BY license condition provide?==~~
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−	''Attribution mandatory unless you indicate otherwise''. First and foremost, CC BY requires that users keep intact all copyright notices on your work and provide, in a reasonable manner, your name (or the name of your organization) as the author, the title of the work, and the URL, if any, that you specify to be associated with the work. It is essential that you make it very clear how you wish to be attributed at the point of upload so that downstream users will know how to credit you properly. Further, under CC BY, you retain the right to request removal of attribution if you do not wish to be associated with a particular derivative of your work. Thus, if you become aware of your work being used in a derivative work or in any collection as permitted by the license, you have the absolute right to inform the creator of the derivative or collective work that you do not want to be identified as the author of the original work, and insist that your name be removed. This is an important layer of protection that many content producers find valuable and prevents them from being associated with works they believe are "lower quality" than the work they originally produced.
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−	''No endorsement allowed.'' CC BY, just like all CC licenses, also contains a “non-endorsement” clause. Specifically, this clause states that users may only use the credit required for the purpose of attribution, and may not assert or imply any connection with, sponsorship, or endorsement by you, without your separate, express prior written permission. In plain English, this means the user is not allowed to use attribution to make it appear that you in any way support or approve of their uses or adaptations of your work. So, for example, if a downstream user of your work is somehow implying that you are endorsing their derivative work, whether in advertising on a website or otherwise, that could constitute a violation of the license.
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−	''Your original remains unchanged''. Because CC BY permits adaptations, some people worry that the work they create will be changed for the worse or somehow "ruined" by downstream users. It is important to remember that when users adapt your work, they alter ''copies'' of your work, not the original. Your original work will remain intact, and indeed, the adaptations based upon it will point back to your original work, if you require it, so that other users have access to your "higher" quality original.
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−	''Changes must be labelled''. Finally, CC BY requires users to take reasonable steps “to clearly label, demarcate or otherwise identify that changes were made to the original [w]ork.” This means that users who adapt your work must tell the world they have done so, thereby letting other users know what changes were made by someone other than you.

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 * For examples involving HTML/RDFa metadata, see [[ccREL]].
-== How does the license work?==
+== What protections does the BY license condition provide?==
 ''Attribution mandatory unless you indicate otherwise''. First and foremost, CC BY requires that users keep intact all copyright notices on your work and provide, in a reasonable manner, your name (or the name of your organization) as the author, the title of the work, and the URL, if any, that you specify to be associated with the work. It is essential that you make it very clear how you wish to be attributed at the point of upload so that downstream users will know how to credit you properly.  Further, under CC BY, you retain the right to request removal of attribution if you do not wish to be associated with a particular derivative of your work. Thus, if you become aware of your work being used in a derivative work or in any collection as permitted by the license, you have the absolute right to inform the creator of the derivative or collective work that you do not want to be identified as the author of the original work, and insist that your name be removed.  This is an important layer of protection that many content producers find valuable and prevents them from being associated with works they believe are "lower quality" than the work they originally produced.

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 All of the 6 main Creative Commons licenses have Attribution as one of the requirements. As explained by the license deeds, to fulfill the requirements of Attribution you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
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 * For basic examples, see [[Marking/Users]] (Best Practices for Marking Content with CC Licensing: Users).
 * For examples involving HTML/RDFa metadata, see [[ccREL]].
 [[Category:License]]
 [[Category:Marking]]

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 == How to give attribution: ==
-* For basic examples, see [[marking]].
+* For basic examples, see [[Marking/Users]] (Best Practices for Marking Content with CC Licensing: Users).
 * For examples involving HTML/RDFa metadata, see [[ccREL]].
 [[Category:License]]
 [[Category:Marking]]

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−	~~= BY, aka Attribution. =~~

	All of the 6 main Creative Commons licenses have Attribution as one of the requirements. As explained by the license deeds, to fulfill the requirements of Attribution you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).		All of the 6 main Creative Commons licenses have Attribution as one of the requirements. As explained by the license deeds, to fulfill the requirements of Attribution you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
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		+	Attribution is often expressed as '''BY''' when abbreviating license names.

	== How to give attribution: ==		== How to give attribution: ==

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	[[Category:License]]		[[Category:License]]
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-''How exactly do we give attribution to CC-licensed work?''
+= BY, aka Attribution. =
-See [[marking]] for examples.
+All of the 6 main Creative Commons licenses have Attribution as one of the requirements. As explained by the license deeds, to fulfill the requirements of Attribution you must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
-== Attribution to a site or publisher ==
+== How exactly do we give attribution to CC-licensed work? ==
 Licenses for a site may give attribution to the site, rather than to the individual contributors.("The winner is CC-By 2.5, with the attribution to the Wiki." [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikinews-l/2005-September/000329.html <nowiki>[Wikinews-l]</nowiki> The Wikinews Licensure Poll is closed], Sep 2005.)
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 :'''''Note''': This initial contribution is by an editor who is not a lawyer - these are just ideas and need further references.''
-== Attribution to a URL ==
+=== Attribution to a URL ===
 See [[ccREL]].
-== Notes ==
+=== Notes ===
 <references/>

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 Licenses for a site may give attribution to the site, rather than to the individual contributors.("The winner is CC-By 2.5, with the attribution to the Wiki." [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikinews-l/2005-September/000329.html <nowiki>[Wikinews-l]</nowiki> The Wikinews Licensure Poll is closed], Sep 2005.)
-If you are the owner of original content, and wish to be attributed for that on a site that practices such a policy, then:
+If you are the author or rights-holder of original content, and wish to be attributed for that on a site that practices such a policy, then:
-* it should be published elsewhere under a a suitable [[license]]
+* it should be published elsewhere under a suitable [[license]]
 * the content placed on the wiki should have an attribution, saying that the page or section contains content from the specified source. Future editors of the page should not remove this notice while significant portions of text remain on the page.<ref>How much text is "significant"? A single sentence is not a copyright violation (source?) so presumably more than one sentence. Should 2 sentences or more be the rule of thumb? What if they are long, paragraph-length sentences?</ref>
 == Attribution to a URL ==