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Creative Commons Licences Members  

This resource explains what creative commons licenses are, and what to do if your client requests to use one.

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  • What is Creative Commons licensing?
  • CC licences that allow for ‘commercial use’
  • What is different between typical artwork licensing and Creative Commons?
  • What do I do if my client wants my illustration to be licensed under Creative Commons?
  • Are there situations when a CC licence could be useful?

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Creative Commons is an organisation that put together an open use template licence system which is available for anyone to use for either their own work or for their clients. It's important that anyone using or being asked to use a Creative Commons licence understands the potential issues around their use.

What is Creative Commons licensing?

There are 6 licences offered by Creative Commons with substantial differences between them. They range from offering very broad usage rights, including commercial use, to more limited usage rights. Once a Creative Commons (CC) licence has been attached to a work it cannot be terminated as they have no time limit attached to them. The 6 variations of CC licences allow certain uses with or without credit to the creator or allow the right to adapt the
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