Jewellery: Copyright & Open Licensing

Start with the Copyright Guide from VCC Library. If you have any questions, contact our copyright librarian, Virginia Adams. See also:

"Open Educational Resources are teaching and learning materials that you may freely use and reuse, without charge... OER often have a Creative Commons or GNU license that state specifically how the material may be used, reused, adapted, and shared." - OER Commons

Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that provides Creative Commons (CC) licenses and public domain tools in an effort to establish a "free, simple, and standardized way to grant copyright permissions for creative and academic works; ensure proper attribution; and allow others to copy, distribute, and make use of those works."