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OER Background: Creative Commons (CC) - Licensing and OER

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CC0 as close to releasing your content into the Public Domain as you can get, until content is no longer protected by Copyright Law.

CC0
Use this universal tool if you are a holder of copyright or database rights and you wish ... to communicate that you claim no copyright in your digital copy where copyright law may grant protection.
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Public Domain Tools (Not Licenses): Granted versus Marked

Public Domain materials have no copyrights - but you still need to attribute or cite source and author as part of your obligation to allow others to re-search for and find the content you saw - to confirm or dispute your commentary or use.

Granting a Creative Commons Zero Restrictions (CC0) License
Indicates you want to bypass and give away your copyrights.
Public Domain Mark
May be used to mark works that you are sure are in the Public Domain already.

CC0 “No Rights Reserved” is a copyright opt-out
“No rights reserved” alternative to Creative Commons Licenses
Public Domain Mark "No Known Copyright"
Public Domain Mark enables works that are no longer restricted by copyright to be marked as such in a standard and simple way.

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