In all of these cases, do what the licensor requests. In rare cases, the licensor may not want to be attributed at all. Sometimes, the licensor may want you to give credit to some other entity, like a company or institution, or the licensor may want to be credited by a pseudonym instead of their real name. When an author is licensing their work under a CC license, and has made their name available, include the author’s name as a component in your attribution. This is because, in most CC-licensed works, the licensor is the same person or entity as the author.

See Devil in the details.Īuthor: Who allows you to use the work? We often use “author” as a shorthand when we are, legally speaking, referring to the “licensor” (a.k.a., the “copyright holder” or “rightsholder”). The inclusion of title is a requirement of all CC licenses version 3.0 or earlier, and it is optional for the 4.0 suites. Sometimes a title is not provided in that case, there’s no need to mention the title. Title: What is the name of the work? If a title was provided for the work, include it as a part of the attribution. Let’s now go through TASL - we will explain each element in more detail: To remember these attribution elements, it’s helpful to think of the acronym: TASL. This is true whether you’re sharing the work as-is or if you have made an adaptation. Whenever you are reusing CC licensed works, we recommend that the attribution include the Title, Author, Source, and License.

2.5 Publishing a web page for attribution.

2.4 Attributing materials from multiple sources.

2.2.2 When you are not adding new elements to the music.

2.2.1.2 This is a bad attribution of background music in a podcast or a video.2.2.1.1 This is a great attribution of background music in a podcast or a video.2.2.1 When you incorporate music in an audio or video recording.2.1.5 This is a great attribution for when you have created an adaptation.2.1.4 This is a great attribution for an image you modified slightly.2.1.2 This is a pretty good attribution.

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