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| Intellectual Property | A creation of the mind that the law protects from unauthorized users. |
| Copyright | The legal ownership of an intellectual property which allows the owner to create copies and profit from the intellectual property. |
| Trademark | A type of intellectual property consisting of a recognizable sign, design, expression, jingle, etc. etc. usually associated with a company and goods. |
| Trade Secret | Intellectual property that can consist of a formula, pattern, design, program, or device that has inherent value because it is not generally known to others. |
| Derivative Works | Copyrighted materials that have been altered or changed. Such material is protected by copyright laws. If you alter a copyrighted photograph by using computer software, that photograph is still protected, and you may not use it without written permission. |
| Patent | A form of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of years. |
| Service Mark | Similar to a trademark but instead of goods it is a recognizable sign, design, expression, associated with a service provided. |
| Commercial Use | A use that generates income. |
| Fair Use | A legal doctrine that allows the use of some copyrighted materials without having to ask for permission. |
| Fair Use Guidelines | The correct way in which fair use is achieved. |
| Royalty Free | A type of license used by stock photography agencies to sell stock images. This means you pay for the license only once, and you can use it forever within the accepted ways, without any further payment obligations. |
| Public Domain | Consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. |
| Copyright Infringement | The illegal use of works copyrighted without obtaining permission from the owner of the copyright. |
| Work for Hire | Work subject to copyright law that is created as an employee as part of their job. The employer retains all copyrights, not the employee. |
| Attribution | Acknowledgement of credit to the copyright holder. |
| Creative Commons | A nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools. Free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice. Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs. |
| Attribution CC BY | This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials. |
| Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA | This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to “copyleft” free and open source software licenses. All new works based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also allow commercial use. This is the license used by Wikipedia, and is recommended for materials that would benefit from incorporating content from Wikipedia and similarly licensed projects. |
| Attribution-NoDerivs CC BY-ND | This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you. |
| Attribution-NonCommercial CC BY-NC | This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms. |
| Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA | This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. |
| Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND | This license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially. |
