{"id":235,"date":"2021-12-10T15:25:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T15:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/?p=235"},"modified":"2024-07-31T12:00:43","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T11:00:43","slug":"how-can-i-use-works-on-wikimedia-and-wikipedia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/2021\/12\/10\/how-can-i-use-works-on-wikimedia-and-wikipedia\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I use works on Wikimedia and Wikipedia?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wikimedia and Wikipedia&#8217;s material minimum standard licence is the Creative Commons By Attribution ShareAlike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will be able to find material labelled with the Creative Commons By Attribution and the public domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note that Wikimedia and Wikipedia\u2019s material are <strong>distributed under the US copyright law<\/strong>. Use care in selecting items licensed in the public domain are not necessarily so in the UK or other countries. It is advisable to follow the link to the original source and seek released and licence information from it rather than rely on what is displayed on Wikipedia\/Wikimedia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assuming that the work is correctly licensed from Wikimedia, you may click on the world icon to discover the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Page URL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>File URL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Preferred attribution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scripts to embed both attribution and file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/2022\/01\/11\/7-how-should-i-pick-a-creative-commons-licence-for-my-work\/\">How do I pick a Creative Commons licence for my work?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/2022\/01\/10\/creative-commons-licences\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Creative Commons licences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Back to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/2021\/12\/13\/what-are-open-licences\/\" target=\"_blank\">Open licences<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Back <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.coventry.domains\/copyrightliteracy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:9px\">The author takes no responsibility for the content of this page, which is not intended as binding legal advice. The views are about copyright in the UK Higher Education sector context.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wikimedia and Wikipedia&#8217;s material minimum standard licence is the Creative Commons By Attribution ShareAlike. You will be able to find material labelled with the Creative Commons By Attribution and the public domain. Please note that Wikimedia and Wikipedia\u2019s material are distributed under the US copyright law. 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