The importance of creative commons

Attribution: Credit must always be provided to the original author

Share-Alike: If you remix, transform or build upon the material, you must acknowledge your contribution under the same license as the original

Non-Commerical: Material cannot be used for commercial purposes

No-Derivatives: Modified version of work cannot be distributed

Deakin University Melbourne Burwood Campus

Author: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 2016

Retrieved: 24th March 2016

This example follows the attribution licence where credit has been given from the original author. It hasn't been used for commercial purposes, and has not been modified in any way.

Creative commons is important in terms of copyright as it give credit to the person who created the material, which ensures that it is legal.