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Recent Appellate Decisions Clarify the “NonCommercial” Requirement of the Creative Commons ShareAlike License

By Edward A. Cavazos & Gabby Regard on July 17, 2020
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Anyone who has spent time scouring the internet for free-to-use content has likely come across pictures, written materials and music permissively licensed under one or more of the Creative Commons licenses. These licenses tend to offer the public a broad range of options when using copyrighted material that is released under the Creative Commons scheme. However, like all licenses, the Creative Commons licenses can contain conditions and requirements that the licensee must adhere to in order to avoid liability. Two recent appellate court decisions shed light on one important condition in the Creative Commons NonCommercial ShareAlike license.

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    Internet & Social Media Law Blog
  • Organization:
    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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