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Creative Commons Legal Code |
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CREATIVE COMMONS CORPORATION IS NOT A LAW FIRM AND DOES NOT PROVIDE |
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LEGAL SERVICES. DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT DOES NOT CREATE AN |
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ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP. CREATIVE COMMONS PROVIDES THIS |
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INFORMATION ON AN "AS-IS" BASIS. CREATIVE COMMONS MAKES NO WARRANTIES |
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REGARDING THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION OR WORKS |
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PROVIDED HEREUNDER, AND DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM |
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THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION OR WORKS PROVIDED |
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HEREUNDER. |
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Statement of Purpose |
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The laws of most jurisdictions throughout the world automatically confer |
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exclusive Copyright and Related Rights (defined below) upon the creator |
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and subsequent owner(s) (each and all, an "owner") of an original work of |
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authorship and/or a database (each, a "Work"). |
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Certain owners wish to permanently relinquish those rights to a Work for |
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the purpose of contributing to a commons of creative, cultural and |
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scientific works ("Commons") that the public can reliably and without fear |
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of later claims of infringement build upon, modify, incorporate in other |
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works, reuse and redistribute as freely as possible in any form whatsoever |
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and for any purposes, including without limitation commercial purposes. |
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These owners may contribute to the Commons to promote the ideal of a free |
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culture and the further production of creative, cultural and scientific |
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works, or to gain reputation or greater distribution for their Work in |
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part through the use and efforts of others. |
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For these and/or other purposes and motivations, and without any |
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expectation of additional consideration or compensation, the person |
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associating CC0 with a Work (the "Affirmer"), to the extent that he or she |
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is an owner of Copyright and Related Rights in the Work, voluntarily |
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elects to apply CC0 to the Work and publicly distribute the Work under its |
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terms, with knowledge of his or her Copyright and Related Rights in the |
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Work and the meaning and intended legal effect of CC0 on those rights. |
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1. Copyright and Related Rights. A Work made available under CC0 may be |
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protected by copyright and related or neighboring rights ("Copyright and |
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Related Rights"). Copyright and Related Rights include, but are not |
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limited to, the following: |
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i. the right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, perform, display, |
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communicate, and translate a Work; |
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ii. moral rights retained by the original author(s) and/or performer(s); |
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iii. publicity and privacy rights pertaining to a person's image or |
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likeness depicted in a Work; |
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iv. rights protecting against unfair competition in regards to a Work, |
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subject to the limitations in paragraph 4(a), below; |
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v. rights protecting the extraction, dissemination, use and reuse of data |
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in a Work; |
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vi. database rights (such as those arising under Directive 96/9/EC of the |
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European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal |
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protection of databases, and under any national implementation |
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thereof, including any amended or successor version of such |
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directive); and |
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vii. other similar, equivalent or corresponding rights throughout the |
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world based on applicable law or treaty, and any national |
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implementations thereof. |
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2. Waiver. To the greatest extent permitted by, but not in contravention |
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of, applicable law, Affirmer hereby overtly, fully, permanently, |
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irrevocably and unconditionally waives, abandons, and surrenders all of |
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Affirmer's Copyright and Related Rights and associated claims and causes |
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of action, whether now known or unknown (including existing as well as |
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future claims and causes of action), in the Work (i) in all territories |
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worldwide, (ii) for the maximum duration provided by applicable law or |
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treaty (including future time extensions), (iii) in any current or future |
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medium and for any number of copies, and (iv) for any purpose whatsoever, |
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including without limitation commercial, advertising or promotional |
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purposes (the "Waiver"). Affirmer makes the Waiver for the benefit of each |
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member of the public at large and to the detriment of Affirmer's heirs and |
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successors, fully intending that such Waiver shall not be subject to |
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revocation, rescission, cancellation, termination, or any other legal or |
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equitable action to disrupt the quiet enjoyment of the Work by the public |
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as contemplated by Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose. |
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3. Public License Fallback. Should any part of the Waiver for any reason |
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be judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law, then the |
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Waiver shall be preserved to the maximum extent permitted taking into |
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account Affirmer's express Statement of Purpose. In addition, to the |
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extent the Waiver is so judged Affirmer hereby grants to each affected |
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person a royalty-free, non transferable, non sublicensable, non exclusive, |
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irrevocable and unconditional license to exercise Affirmer's Copyright and |
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Related Rights in the Work (i) in all territories worldwide, (ii) for the |
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maximum duration provided by applicable law or treaty (including future |
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time extensions), (iii) in any current or future medium and for any number |
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of copies, and (iv) for any purpose whatsoever, including without |
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limitation commercial, advertising or promotional purposes (the |
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"License"). The License shall be deemed effective as of the date CC0 was |
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applied by Affirmer to the Work. Should any part of the License for any |
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reason be judged legally invalid or ineffective under applicable law, such |
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partial invalidity or ineffectiveness shall not invalidate the remainder |
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of the License, and in such case Affirmer hereby affirms that he or she |
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will not (i) exercise any of his or her remaining Copyright and Related |
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Rights in the Work or (ii) assert any associated claims and causes of |
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action with respect to the Work, in either case contrary to Affirmer's |
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express Statement of Purpose. |
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surrendered, licensed or otherwise affected by this document. |
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b. Affirmer offers the Work as-is and makes no representations or |
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warranties of any kind concerning the Work, express, implied, |
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statutory or otherwise, including without limitation warranties of |
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title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non |
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infringement, or the absence of latent or other defects, accuracy, or |
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the present or absence of errors, whether or not discoverable, all to |
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the greatest extent permissible under applicable law. |
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c. Affirmer disclaims responsibility for clearing rights of other persons |
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that may apply to the Work or any use thereof, including without |
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limitation any person's Copyright and Related Rights in the Work. |
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Further, Affirmer disclaims responsibility for obtaining any necessary |
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consents, permissions or other rights required for any use of the |
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Work. |
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d. Affirmer understands and acknowledges that Creative Commons is not a |
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party to this document and has no duty or obligation with respect to |
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this CC0 or use of the Work. |
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<https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.txt> |
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on Jul 19, 2019. On the policies page of that same website (found |
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at <https://creativecommons.org/policies>) it says the following: |
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Commons makes the legal code of its licenses and the CC0 Public |
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Domain Dedication available under the CC0 Public Domain |
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and the Commons deeds. See the Trademark Policy below for more |
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detail. |
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Creative Commons Trademark Policy |
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Trademarks are words, graphic designs, or other indicia that |
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a variety of trademarks. Some Creative Commons trademarks serve |
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into Unicode and any other similar standard. |
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