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Creative Commons license restrictions: * CC-BY- Free to use with credit as stipulated * CC-BY-NC- (Non-commercial) Free to use for non-commercial purposes, with credit as stipulated * CC-BY-NC-ND- (Non-commercial, no derivatives) Free to use for non-commercial purposes, with credit as stipulated and without alteration to original image The majority of the time we are not the copyright holders, but a credit as the source of the image is always appreciated. A source credit should always just be Wellcome Collection. {% hint style="warning" %} To publish material online as a part of Wellcome Library digitisation, we needed permission from copyright holders, but this doesn’t mean that we automatically became the copyright holder of any of the digitised material (unless it is assigned to Wellcome Trust). {% endhint %} ## Burroughs Wellcome & Co. [GSK](https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/) own the copyright for material produced by Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. (which is still under copyright). Generally, GSK are not concerned about the use of historic Burroughs, Wellcome & Co. material (e.g. posters) but enquirers should be advised that they are responsible for clearing copyright or ensuring their use comes under an exception. ## Further resources * [How to answer image enquiries- the basics (Library Collections and Media).docx](https://wellcomecloud.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/wc2/cr/ck/ETI8uqK0KIpLlDXoI3JV7D0BW48vIzd98e5YiFzfCz7Szg?e=JHz2w3) * Read more information about the licenses[ here.](https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/) * [Copyright pages](broken://spaces/-MRU8WrfIWH4rrGrJcsf/pages/-MRU8ZXrLDzncJ0Taiv2) in the Digital Production GitBook pages * [Copyright duration](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-duration-of-copyright-term/copyright-notice-duration-of-copyright-term#:~:text=The%20author%20died%20in%201905,copyright%20owner%20to%20seek%20permission) * [Fair dealing copyright explained](https://www.bl.uk/business-and-ip-centre/articles/fair-dealing-copyright-explained#:~:text=Fair%20dealing%20for%20text%20and,access%20to%20read%20the%20work.) ## Stock replies {% tabs %} {% tab title="Copyright" %} Dear \[name] Thank you for contacting Wellcome Collection. All the digital content including e-books and images on the Wellcome Collection site have been made available under Creative Commons Licenses. Most of the digital content is licensed as free access and the two main licences applied are: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) - You can use this work for any purpose, including commercial uses, without restriction under copyright law. You should also provide attribution to the original work, source and licence. Further details about this CC BY 4.0. Creative Commons, Public Domain (CC 0) – A work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work even for commercial purposes without asking for permission. 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