--- title: "Reusing someone else's work: licences and giving credit" description: "Online images, music and text may be protected by copyright. A licence sets terms for reuse. Check whether your planned use is allowed, follow the terms, and give credit that helps readers find the or" canonical: https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing/reusing-someone-elses-work-licences-and-giving-credit-mt_SeLxugBmM7 source: https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing/reusing-someone-elses-work-licences-and-giving-credit-mt_SeLxugBmM7.md retrieved: 2026-11-12 --- > **Agent view.** This is the Markdown twin of the page, for tools and assistants. > When to use this site, and the call that answers each job: https://lightmysky.com/agent-instructions.md > API description (OpenAPI 3.1): https://lightmysky.com/openapi.json · Authentication: https://lightmysky.com/auth.md > Pricing: https://lightmysky.com/pricing.md · Catalog: https://lightmysky.com/llms.txt · Full catalog: https://lightmysky.com/llms-full.txt > Every machine-readable file on this domain: https://lightmysky.com/.well-known/ai-catalog.json > Ask for Markdown with `Accept: text/markdown`, a `.md` address, or `?mode=agent`. # Reusing someone else's work: licences and giving credit Online images, music and text may be protected by copyright. A licence sets terms for reuse. Check whether your planned use is allowed, follow the terms, and give credit that helps readers find the original. Subject: Computing · Area: Digital Literacy · Ages 11 to 13 Page: https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing/reusing-someone-elses-work-licences-and-giving-credit-mt_SeLxugBmM7 ## Ready when they can - Find the licence on a piece of online media and say what it allows and what it forbids - Credit a reused image so a reader could find the original - Say why 'it was on the internet' does not settle whether a thing may be reused ## Lesson: Borrow it fairly Passwords help protect account access. Reuse permission is a separate question. Copyright can protect pictures, music and text. The maker or another rights holder may control copying and sharing. Being online does not give permission to reuse a work. Find the terms beside the work or through the page's copyright or licence link. Some works are in the public domain, and law allows some uses without permission. Schoolwork is not automatic permission. Ask a teacher if unsure. Read the terms and compare them with your plan. Check whether you may share, edit or sell copies. If the terms say 'Do not crop', choose a different photo for a cropped poster or ask for permission to crop. If they say 'No selling copies, including for fundraising', they do not permit a school print sale. Adding credit does not cancel a restriction. *(drawing: If the terms do not fit your plan, ask for permission or choose another work.)* Save the maker's name, title if given, original-page address and licence details while the page is open. Follow the licence's credit rules, including any required notice about edits. A credit usually belongs beside the reused work or in an easy-to-find source list. Name the maker, not yourself. Credit shows where the work came from; it does not give permission. **Example.** In this practice example, Ada Lane made 'Kite'. Original: https://example.org/p/kite. Licence: https://example.org/reuse. The rules ask for her name and both addresses. Completed credit: 'Kite, Ada Lane. Original: https://example.org/p/kite. Licence: https://example.org/reuse.' The original address locates the photo; the licence address locates its rules. 'Found on a search engine' gives neither. These example addresses are for practice. *(drawing: Save these details together. Include an edit notice when the licence requires one.)* For a short quotation in a school assignment, put the copied words in quotation marks and cite the writer and source. A citation tells readers where they came from. When you use a source's explanation in your own words, cite that source too. Changing the wording does not make it your own explanation. Common knowledge usually needs no citation. Follow your teacher's citation format. **Recap.** Check that your use is allowed. Follow the reuse terms and give the required credit. Cite sources for quotations and borrowed explanations. *This lesson, question bank and flashcards were written for this dataset to teach reuse permissions and source credit.* ## Practice 8 questions on this page, each with its working shown. ## Optional connections - [Passwords, Logins and Keeping an Account Yours](https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing/passwords-logins-and-keeping-an-account-yours-mt_ohI6ct6tO4) - [Research & Source Evaluation](https://lightmysky.com/learn/english/research-and-source-evaluation-mt_Qcsl1Z1x0l) ## Opens up - [The Impacts of Computing: Law, Ethics and the Environment](https://lightmysky.com/learn/computing/the-impacts-of-computing-law-ethics-and-the-environment-mt_veX-psjipc)