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Creative Commons is a non-profit organisation set up to allow copyright holders a means to share their work with the world, while still retaining certain rights. If the work has a CC licence, it can be used, subject to the conditions attached, without contacting the copyright holder for permission.
One of the licences available has a 'Non-commercial' (NC) clause; however it may not be clear how the copyright holder wishes their work to be used. For example would it be acceptable to use such an image in a free to access Blog which takes contributions from paid bloggers?
In Education, we should be fairly safe using works with an NC licence however if in doubt, find an alternative or contact the copyright owner for clarification.
These slides provide an overview of the various CC licences - use the arrows at the bottom to move through the resource.
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