| Keyword | Definition |
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| attribution | a type of restriction to a creative commons licence which means other people can only use your work if they publicly give credit to you |
| copyright | the legal right for the creator of a recording, book, film or piece of artwork over their work for a fixed number of years after its creation |
| creative commons | a type of licence agreement which -unlike copyright- allows other people to use a creative product but with certain restrictions |
| fair dealing | an exception to the law which allows for a reasonable and appropriate part of a piece of copyright material to be used for education, non commercial research or helping disabled people |
| fees | the amount of money that someone has to pay in order to get permission to use something |
| idea | a concept, which cannot be protected by copyright law |
| intellectual property | legal protections including copyright, patents and trademarks |
| licence | (noun) a legal agreement which says who can use something as well as how it can be used |
| license | (verb) to give someone permission to use or perform something in a certain way |
| no derivatives | a type of restriction to a creative commons licence which means your work can't be adapted by anyone else in their own work |
| non commercial | a type of restriction to a creative commons licence which prevents others from using your work for business purposes |
| parody | an exception to the law where a limited part of a copyright material can be used in a funny way as long as it is considered fair dealing |
| patent | legal ownership of an idea which allows the holder to benefit financially by controlling other people's use of that idea |
| permissions | a list of how something can be used legally |
| share alike | a type of restriction to a creative commons licence which means other people can only use your work in projects that they then share under a similar creative commons licence |
| trademark | legal ownership of a word or phrase associated with a company or product |
| watermarks | some text or a picture that is superimposed above a picture to prevent it being used without permission |
