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The BY-NC-SA 3.0 license draft adapted to Ireland law is ready for public discussion. The English version of the BY-NC-SA license is available, as is a summary of the substantial changes proposed by the legal team to port the licenses to Irish copyright law.

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(d) If You Distribute, or Perform the Work or any Derivative Work or Collective Work, You must, unless a request has been made pursuant to Section 4(a), keep intact all copyright notices for the Work and provide, reasonable to the medium or means You are utilising: (i) the name of the Original Author (or pseudonym, if applicable) if supplied, and/or if the Original Author and/or Licensor designate another party or parties (e.g., a sponsor institute, publishing entity, journal) for attribution ("Attribution Parties") in Licensor's copyright notice, terms of service or by other reasonable means, the name of such party or parties; (ii) the title of the Work if supplied; (iii) to the extent reasonably practicable, the URI, if any, that Licensor specifies to be associated with the Work, unless such URI does not refer to the copyright notice or licensing information for the Work; and (iv), consistent with Section 3(b), in the case of a Derivative Work, a credit identifying the use of the Work in the Derivative Work (e.g., "French translation of the Work by Original Author," or "Screenplay based on original Work by Original Author"). The credit required by this Section 4(d) may be implemented in any reasonable manner; provided, however, that in the case of a Derivative Work or Collective Work, at a minimum such credit will appear, if a credit for all contributing authors of the Derivative Work or Collective Work appears, then as part of these credits and in a manner at least as prominent as the credits for the other contributing authors. For the avoidance of doubt, You may only use the credit required by this Section for the purpose of attribution in the manner set out above and, by exercising Your rights under this Licence, You may not implicitly or explicitly assert or imply any connection with, sponsorship or endorsement by the Original Author, Licensor and/or Attribution Parties, as appropriate, of You or Your use of the Work, without the separate, express prior written permission of the Original Author, Licensor and/or Attribution Parties.

(e) Moral rights remain unaffected to the extent they are recognised and not waivable by applicable law.

(f) For the avoidance of doubt: The restrictions mentioned above (4(a) to 4 (d)) do not apply to those parts of the work considered to fall within the definition of a "Work" under this licence exclusively because they meet the criteria of the sui generis database right under national law implementing Directive 96/9/EC on the legal protection of databases.

Additional Provisions for recipients making use of the Work

5. Further licence from the Licensor

Each time You publish, distribute, Perform or otherwise disseminate the Work, Collective Work, or a Derivative Work, the Licensor offers to the relevant recipient a licence to use the Work (or the original Work in case of a Derivative Work) on the same terms and conditions as the licence granted to You hereunder.

6. Reservation of Rights

[Drafting Note: In the licences which permit commercial use, we will include the following clause as a modification of clause 6: For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensor waives the right to collect royalties, whether individually or, in the event that the Licensor is a member of a collecting society that administers voluntary licensing schemes, via that society, from any exercise by You of the rights granted under this Licence.]

The Licensor reserves the right to collect royalties, whether individually or, in the event that the Licensor is a member of a collecting society that administers voluntary licensing schemes, via that society, from any exercise by You of the rights granted under this Licence that is for a purpose or use which is otherwise than non-commercial as permitted under Section 4(c).

7. Warranties and Disclaimer

Except as required by law, the Work is licensed by the Licensor on an "as is" and "as available" basis and without any warranty of any kind, either express or implied.

8. Limit of Liability

Subject to any liability which may not be excluded or limited by law the Licensor shall not be liable and hereby expressly excludes all liability for loss or damage howsoever and whenever caused to You.

9. Termination

(a) This Licence and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically upon any breach by You of the terms of this Licence. Individuals or entities who have received Derivative Works or Collective Works from You under this Licence, however, will not have their licences terminated provided such individuals or entities remain in full compliance with those licences. Sections 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 and 10 will survive any termination of this Licence.

(b) Subject to the above terms and conditions, the licence granted here is perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright in the Work). Notwithstanding the above, Licensor reserves the right to release the Work under different licence terms or to stop distributing the Work at any time; provided, however that any such election will not serve to withdraw this Licence (or any other licence that has been, or is required to be, granted under the terms of this Licence), and this Licence will continue in full force and effect unless terminated as stated above.

10. General

10.1. The validity or enforceability of the remaining terms of this agreement is not affected by the holding of any provision of it to be invalid or unenforceable.

10.2. This Licence constitutes the entire Licence Agreement between the parties with respect to the Work licensed here. There are no understandings, agreements or representations with respect to the Work not specified here. The Licensor shall not be bound by any additional provisions that may appear in any communication in any form.

10.3. Except as otherwise agreed, this Licence shall be governed by the law of Ireland.

10.4. No term or provision of this Licence shall be deemed waived and no breach consented to unless such waiver or consent shall be in writing and signed by the party to be charged with such waiver or consent.


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Substantial Changes

Creative Commons Irish Draft Version 3.0

Explanation of Substantive Legal Changes

Attribution – Non-Commercial – Share Alike 3.0

Note: The Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 is available at http://www.bailii.org/ie/legis/num_act/2000/0028.html

See also:

Other Legislation is available at http://www.patentsoffice.ie/en/copyright_legislation.aspx

“DISTRIBUTION OF THIS LICENCE DOES NOT CREATE A SOLICITOR-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP.”

  • Under Irish law, there is no “attorney” and solicitor is the appropriate equivalent.


“THE WORK IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT, RELATED RIGHTS, DATABASE SUI GENERIS RIGHT, AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAW.”

  • Related rights such as performer’s rights are dealt with in the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000.
  • The database sui generis right is also covered in the 2000 Act.


'The Licensor' (one or more natural or legal persons offering the Work under the terms and conditions of this Licence)

  • “Natural or legal persons” under Irish law includes individuals or entities.


1 (e) “Performance”: This definition comes from s.202 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000.

1 (f) "Work" means the work protected by copyright which is offered under the terms of this Licence. For the purposes of this Licence a Work shall also be taken to mean a live performance or a database insofar as these are protected under the applicable law within Your jurisdiction.

  • Performer’s rights and the database sui generis right are dealt with in the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000.


2. Fair Dealing Rights

  • For acts permitted in respect of copyright works (including fair dealing rights), see ss.49-106 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000. Regarding performances, see ss.220-254.


3. License Grant

…for the duration of copyright, related right and/or database sui generis right …

  • This clarifies that the duration applies to copyright, related rights or database right.


4(a) You may distribute or perform the Work

  • The reference to “publicly perform” has been replaced by a reference to “perform”
  • [The same applies to other references to “perform” in the License. ]


4(g) Moral rights remain unaffected to the extent they are recognised and not waivable by applicable law.

  • Moral rights are covered by ss.107-119 and ss.309-319 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000. In general, this license does not affect moral rights, and original authors may still retain moral rights regarding the Work.
  • Moral rights may be waived under Irish law, and therefore certain aspects of the Irish licence may constitute a partial waiver of moral rights, e.g. allowing Derivative Works.
  • Clause 4(f) will apply if the License is being interpreted in a jurisdiction which does not allow any waiver of moral rights.


6 Reservation of Rights

[Drafting Note: In the licenses which permit commercial use, we will include the following clause as a modification of clause 6: For the avoidance of doubt, the Licensor waives the right to collect royalties, whether individually or, in the event that the Licensor is a member of a collecting society that administers voluntary licensing schemes, via that society, from any exercise by You of the rights granted under this License.]

  • Due to the licensing system in Ireland, this wording is appropriate for the collecting society language in the commercial licenses.


9 Termination

Natural or legal persons who have received Derivative Works or Collective Works from You under this Licence

  • Natural or legal persons covers individuals or entities

10.3. Except as otherwise agreed, this Licence shall be governed by the law of Ireland

  • Clarifies that the license is governed by Irish law unless otherwise agreed.
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