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"Collection"
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"Commercial"
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"Diffusion Service"
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"Distribute"
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"Original Author"
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THE WORK (AS DEFINED BELOW) IS PROVIDED UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS CREATIVE COMMONS PUBLIC LICENCE ("CCPL" OR "LICENCE"). THE WORK IS PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND/OR OTHER APPLICABLE LAWS. ANY USE OF THE WORK OTHER THAN AS AUTHORISED UNDER THIS LICENCE OR OTHERWISE IN LAW IS PROHIBITED.
BY EXERCISING ANY RIGHTS TO THE WORK PROVIDED IN THIS LICENCE, YOU ACCEPT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THE TERMS OF THIS LICENCE.
TO THE EXTENT THIS LICENCE MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE A CONTRACT, THE LICENSOR GRANTS YOU THE RIGHTS CONTAINED HEREIN ON CONDITION OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF SUCH TERMS AND CONDITIONS.
1. Definitions
- 1.1. "Adaptation" means a work based upon the Work, or upon the Work and other pre-existing works, such as a translation, derivative work, arrangement of music, conversion of a non-dramatic literary work into a dramatic work and vice versa , or other alterations of a work. It includes any form in which the Work may be recast, transformed, or adapted including in any form recognisably derived from the original, except that a work that constitutes a Collection will not be considered an Adaptation for the purpose of this Licence. Where the Work is a musical work, performance or sound recording, the synchronisation of the Work in timed-relation with a moving image ("synching") will be considered an Adaptation for the purpose of this Licence.
- 1.2. "Collection" means a collective whole – such as encyclopedias and anthologies – which, by reason of the selection and arrangement of their contents, constitute intellectual creations, and into which the Work in its entirety in unmodified form is assembled along with one or more other separate and independent works. A work that constitutes a Collection will not be considered an Adaptation (as defined above) for the purposes of this Licence.
- 1.3. "Commercial" means primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or private monetary compensation. The exchange of the Work for other copyrighted works by means of digital file-sharing or otherwise shall not be considered to be intended for or directed toward commercial advantage or private monetary compensation, provided there is no payment of any monetary compensation in connection with the exchange of copyrighted works. "Non-Commercial" has a corresponding meaning.
- 1.4. "Diffusion Service" means a telecommunication service of transmissions consisting of sounds, images, signs or signals, which takes place over wires or other paths provided by material substance and intended for reception by specific members of the public; and diffusion shall not be deemed to constitute a performance or a broadcast or as causing sounds, images, signs or signals to be seen or heard; and where sounds, images, signs or signals are displayed or emitted by any receiving apparatus to which they are conveyed by diffusion in such manner as to constitute a performance or a causing of sounds, images, signs or signals to be seen or heard in public, this shall be deemed to be effected by the operation of the receiving apparatus.
- 1.5. "Distribute" means to make available to the public by any means, including publication, electronic communication, broadcast, or transmission in a Diffusion Service.
- 1.6. "Entity" includes a legal person or a number of persons acting together, such as a partnership or an unincorporated association and, where appropriate, a State or an international organisation.
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- 1.9. "Publicly Perform" means to perform public recitations of the Work and to communicate to the public those public recitations, by any means or process, including by wire or wireless means or public digital performances; to make available to the public Works in such a way that members of the public may access these Works from a place and at a place individually chosen by them; to perform the Work to the public by any means or process and the communication to the public of the performances of the Work, including by public digital performance; to broadcast and rebroadcast the Work by any means including signs, sounds or images.
- 1.10. "Reproduce" means to make copies by any means including, without limitation, by sound or visual recordings and the right of fixation and reproducing fixations of the Work, including storage of a protected performance or phonogram in digital form or other electronic medium. It also includes reproductions made from reproductions of a Work.
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2. Copyright exceptions and limitations / fair dealing
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- 3.2.1. Reproduce the Work;
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- 4.2.1. When You Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work or any Collections, You must, unless a request has been made pursuant to Clause 4.2.4, keep intact all copyright notices for the Work.
- 4.2.2. When You Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work or any Collections, You must, unless a request has been made pursuant to Clause 4.2.4, provide, in a manner reasonable to the medium or means You are using:
- 4.2.2.1. the name of the Original Author (or pseudonym if provided) if supplied, and/or any other party ("Attribution Parties") that the Original Author or Licensor has, e.g. in the copyright notice or terms of use, requested to be attributed (such as a sponsor institute, publishing Entity or journal);
- 4.2.2.2. the title of the Work if provided; and
- 4.2.2.3. to the extent reasonably practicable, the Uniform Resource Identifier (e.g., a web link) that Licensor specifies to be associated with the Work, unless such Uniform Resource Identifier does not refer to the copyright notice or licensing information for the Work.
- 4.2.3. In the case of a Collection the attribution must, at a minimum, appear, if a credit for all contributing authors of the Collection appears, as part of these credits and in a manner at least as prominent as the credits for the other contributing authors.
- 4.2.4. You must, upon request from any Licensor or Original Author and to the extent practicable, remove the above attribution from any Collection You create.
- 4.2.5. For the avoidance of doubt, You may only use the credit required by this Clause 4.2. for the purpose of attribution in the manner set out above. By exercising Your rights under this License, You may not implicitly or explicitly assert or imply:
- 4.2.5.1. any connection between the Original Author, Licensor or Attribution Parties and You or Your use of the Work; or
- 4.2.5.2. sponsorship or endorsement by the Original Author, Licensor or Attribution Parties of You or Your use of the Work,
- 4.5.1 If the right to collect royalties under such compulsory or statutory licence cannot be waived, the Licensor reserves the exclusive right to collect such royalties for any exercise by You of the rights granted under this License.
- 4.5.2 If the right to collect royalties under such compulsory or statutory licence can be waived, the Licensor waives the right to collect royalties, but only if Your exercise of rights granted under this Licence is for a Non-Commercial purpose or use.
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UNLESS OTHERWISE MUTUALLY AGREED TO BY THE PARTIES IN WRITING, LICENSOR OFFERS THE WORK "AS IS" ( VOETSTOOTS ) AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND CONCERNING THE WORK, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE. THIS INCLUDES, WITHOUT LIMITATION, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AS TO ACCURACY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF ERRORS, WHETHER OR NOT DISCOVERABLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES, SO THIS EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
6. Limitation on Liability
TO THE EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY LAW, YOU AGREE THAT THE LICENSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THIS LICENCE OR THE USE OF THE WORK, ON ANY BASIS WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONTRACT, DELICT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS INFRINGEMENT OR STATUTORY CLAIMS), EVEN IF LICENSOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
7. Termination
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- 7.2. Clauses 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 will survive any termination of this Licence.
- 7.3. Subject to the above terms and conditions, the Licence granted here is for the duration of the applicable copyright in the Work. Notwithstanding this, the Licensor reserves the right to release the Work under different licence terms or to stop distributing the Work at any time. However, any such election will not serve to withdraw this Licence (or any other Licence that has been granted under the terms of this Licence), and this Licence will continue in full force and effect unless terminated as stated above.
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Each time You Distribute or Publicly Perform the Work or a Collection, the Licensor offers to the recipient a Licence to the original Work on the same terms and conditions as the Licence granted to You under this Licence.
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