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title: "Reusing Someone Else's Work: Licences and Giving Credit"
description: "Images, music and text found online belong to whoever made them, and a licence says what other people may do with it. Reading that licence, and naming the source, is what separates reuse from taking."
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# Reusing Someone Else's Work: Licences and Giving Credit

Images, music and text found online belong to whoever made them, and a licence says what other people may do with it. Reading that licence, and naming the source, is what separates reuse from taking.

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

A picture or song online still belongs to its maker. Finding it on the internet never makes it yours.

Many makers attach a licence, a short note that says what you may do. Some ask only for credit, while others forbid changes or selling.

**Example.** For a school slide you may reuse a photo if its licence allows it. Under the photo write the maker, the title, and where you found it, so a reader can reach the original.

**Tip.** Copying exact words needs marks around them plus a name. Saying an idea in your own words still needs the name of who thought of it.

**Recap.** Read the licence before you reuse, and always name the maker so others can find the original.

## Practice

8 questions on this page, each with its working shown.

## Needs first

- [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)