Copyright

Creative Commons -license

With a CC licence, the author gives the user of the work permission to use the work more widely than copyright law would otherwise allow. Creative Commons licences allow the author to define the rights to use his work (e.g. image, text, video) and to communicate them to users of the work.

Often user may copy, transmit, distribute and display a CC-licensed work and any version of it without any further permission. However, the author may restrict these fundamental rights under various conditions. The Creative Commons licensing system consists of four different conditions which, in combination, allow the author to define the rights of use he wishes for his work:

 CC BY (ByAttribution) = Credit must be given to the creator.

 CC BY-NC (NonCommercial) = Credit must be given to the creator. Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.

 CC-ND (NoDerivates) = Credit must be given to the creator. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.

 CC-SA (ShareAlike) = Credit must be given to the creator. Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.

 CC0 (also CC Zero) is a public dedication tool, which enables creators to give up their copyright and put their works into the worldwide public domain. CC0 enables reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, with no conditions.

Use of CC-licensed material

To use a CC-licensed image or other material, you must comply with the terms of the licence. The licence notice is usually clearly displayed with the image or at the bottom of a webpage, for example, either as a symbol, a combination of letters or in block letters. Clicking on the licence notice opens a summary page, which clearly and briefly explains the main terms of use of the material. The legal text behind the summary can be consulted via the link on the summary page.

When you use CC-licensed material in your own materials, you must comply with the terms of the licence. Always include at least

• name of the author
• the licence under which the work is distributed and a link to the licence
• source/link to the original place of publication of the work
• any modifications must mention both the original author and the author of the modification, and indicate in some way what each has done (always check first that the licence allows modification of the work).

How to use CC licensed material

If the material is distributed under a CC0 licence, the author has waived all rights and released the work for free public use. However, under Finnish law, the author's name cannot be distinguished from the artistic or literary work, so the author's name must be mentioned in this case as well. Please also indicate the licence used so that the image or other material can be distinguished from, for example, a picture you have taken yourself.