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Computing · Stage 6

Copyright, Licensing & Attribution

Coding & Systems · creation — almost everything you find online belongs to someone: check its copyright and licence, reuse it only within the terms, and always give proper credit (attribution)

✦ Computing📘 Stage 6 · S6⏱ ~12 min🧒 Ages 10–12★ Free to start
I can use others' work legally with attribution.
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Kavi Credits the Photographer

Kavi wanted a sunrise photo for the class website and found a beautiful one online. "Before I use it," said Kavi, "I ask: who made this, and what am I allowed to do with it?" The photo had a Creative Commons CC BY licence — free to use, with one rule: give credit. So Kavi used it and added a line underneath: "Sunrise" by A. Tan, from Openverse, licensed CC BY 4.0. "Copying it and pretending it was mine would be wrong and illegal," Kavi hooted. "But checking the licence and writing a proper attribution — that is how you use someone's work legally and fairly."

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What your child will learn

1Four words for using others' workAlmost everything people make — photos, songs, videos, writing, even code — belongs to whoever created it. Four words tell you what you are allowed to do with it. Tap each one.
2Just grab it, or use it legally?You find a great picture online. You could copy it and pretend it is yours — or you could use it the legal, fair way, so no one is cheated.
3The safe steps, in orderReusing someone's work is a little program — steps in order. Press ▶ Run and watch Kavi do it the legal way.
4Is this a legal way to use the work?For each one, decide: is it a legal, fair way to use someone else's work? Tap the box where it belongs.
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A peek inside

A photo is licensed CC BY. You want to use it on your poster. What must you do to use it legally?
CC BY means free to use — the one condition is that you give credit

Try this at home: The automatic legal right a creator has over their own work is ____.

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Part of Computing · Stage 6 · S6 on KAVI Academy — a secular, whole-child learning platform for ages 5–12.