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Learning Object Repository: Copyright
Making Sure you can use copyrighted materials
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/
In CSUN ScholarWorks, the Author Retains Copyright
Items in CSUN ScholarWorks are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise
indicated.
Authors retain copyright on their works deposited in CSUN ScholarWorks. When an item is deposited,
the author/contributor agrees to a NON‐EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTION LICENSE, as follows:
The author grants to CSUN ScholarWorks the non‐exclusive right to reproduce, translate, and/or
distribute this learning object in print and electronic format and in any medium, including but
not limited to audio or video. The author agrees that CSUN ScholarWorks may, without changing
the content, translate the submission to any medium or format for the purpose of preservation.
The author agrees that CSUN ScholarWorks may keep more than one copy of this submission for
purposes of security, back‐up and preservation. The author represents that the submission is
original work, and that he or she has the right to grant the rights contained in this license. The
author represents that the submission does not, to the best of his or her knowledge, infringe
upon anyone's copyright. If the submission contains material for which the author does not hold
copyright, the author is responsible for ensuring that: (a) such third‐party material is clearly
identified and acknowledged within the text or content of the submission AND (b) permission to
freely distribute the content has been obtained from the copyright owner, OR (c) inclusion of
the third‐party content is restricted to fair use. If the submission is based upon work that has
been sponsored or supported by an agency or organization other than CSUN, the author
represents that he or she has fulfilled any right of review or other obligations required by such
contract or agreement.
Creative Commons Copyright Licenses
An optional Creative Commons license function allows copyright owners to selectively grant usage rights
on individual objects (a preprint, a dataset, a video, etc.) when they are submitted to the DSpace
repository database. The record created for the object, which contains its metadata (author, title,
publication date, etc.) will include a reference to the license and a link to a more detailed explanation of
the specific rights granted.
The following rights can be granted:
• Attribution. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and
derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request.

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• Non‐commercial. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and
derivative works based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only.
• No Derivative Works. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies
of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
• Share Alike. You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the
license that governs your work.
The following license combinations are available:
• Attribution Non‐commercial No Derivatives (by‐nc‐nd)
• Attribution Non‐commercial Share Alike (by‐nc‐sa)
• Attribution Non‐commercial (by‐nc)
• Attribution No Derivatives (by‐nd)
• Attribution Share Alike (by‐sa)
• Attribution (by)
More information: http://creativecommons.org/about/license/