Marking

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Best Practices for Marking Content with CC Licensing Without accurate and consistent marking of works as licensed under a Creative Commons license it is very difficult for users to know what they can and can not do with creative works. We have a set of best practices divided by your role in the creation/reuse of CC-licensed content.

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Creator of CC-licensed content, It is important to properly note the license you have chosen so that others know what they can and can't do with your work. We have developed some Best Practices to help you understand the ideal way to mark your work so others know what they can and can't do with your content.

User of CC-licensed content. Either as pure sharing or as a derivative work, it is your legal obligation to include what license is being used, as well as obeying by the license conditions provided by the licensor (content owner/creator). We have developed some Best Practices to help you understand the ideal way to attribute others when sharing or reusing their works.