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Copyright & Reserves: Creative Commons

Video about CC licences

This video by Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand with support from InternetNZ is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence. Made by mohawk media.

About Creative Commons

A Creative Commons (CC) license is a public copyright license that enables the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted work. A CC license is used when an author wants to give people the right to share, use, and build upon a work they created.

A CC license is NOT a transfer of copyright, as the author retains the copyright. The license only governs the terms of use – the conditions under which the material can be used.

Credit for CC material used is ALWAYS given.