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"Creative Commons Overview LibGuide" by University of Michigan Library is licensed under CC BY 4.0
"Creative Commons Overview LibGuide" by University of Michigan Library is licensed under CC BY 4.0
This guide is part of "The Copyright Crash Course" by Georgia Harper, (http://doi.org/10.15781/T24J09X6J), and is licensed under CC-BY 4.0.
You can use CC-licensed materials as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution. This website provides an example of an ideal attribution of a CC-licensed image
CC-licensed materials can be used as long as you follow the license conditions. One condition of all CC licenses is attribution. This website provides ideal and incorrect examples of CC attribution.