Publishers

Can you get sued for not paying attribution?

Are CC licenses and others enforceable in a court of law? Yes, Creative Commons licenses are drafted to be enforceable around the world, and have been enforced in court in lots of jurisdictions all around the world. To CC’s knowledge, the licenses have never been held unenforceable or invalid. CC licenses contain a “severability” clause. This allows …

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Common Licenses

What Creative Commons licenses do? The Creative Commons copyright licenses and tools forge a balance inside the traditional “all rights reserved” setting that copyright law creates. The tools give everyone from individual creators to large companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. The combination of the tools …

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