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Contents 1 Introduction 2 Creative Commons Licenses 2.1 Attribution 2.2 Noncommercial 2.3 No Derivative Works 2.4 Share Alike 3 More Information

Introduction

Creative Commons allows you to sell your work on Bitmunk with more relaxed rules of distribution, sampling and usage than standard copyright allows. You do not have to choose any Creative Commons licenses when you distribute a digital work via Bitmunk, but if you are a progressive thinking content creator, you might want to consider the following Creative Commons options. The following is an excerpt from the Creative Commons website:

Offering your work under a Creative Commons license does not mean giving up your copyright. It means offering some of your rights to any taker, and only on certain conditions.

Creative Commons Licenses

What conditions? Our site will let you mix and match such conditions from the list of options below. There are a total of eleven Creative Commons licenses to choose from.

Attribution

You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give you credit.

Example: Jane publishes her photograph with an Attribution license, because she wants the world to use her pictures provided they give her credit. Bob finds her photograph online and wants to display it on the front page of his website. Bob puts Jane's picture on his site, and clearly indicates Jane's authorship.

Noncommercial

You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only.

Examples: Gus publishes his photograph with a Noncommercial license. Camille incorporates a piece of Gus's image into a collage poster. Camille is not allowed to sell her collage poster without Gus's permission.

No Derivative Works

You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.

Example: Sara licenses a recording of her song with a No Derivative Works license. Joe would like to cut Sara's track and mix it with his own to produce an entirely new song. Joe cannot do this without Jane's permission (unless his song amounts to fair use).

Share Alike

You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

Note: A license cannot feature both the Share Alike and No Derivative Works options. The Share Alike requirement applies only to derivative works.

More Information

For more information regarding Creative Commons, their purpose and the licenses, please visit their website.