Are British Library images copyright free?
Are British Library images copyright free?
Every image supplied contains IPTC metadata for credit and copyright purposes, including British Library shelfmarks. We are able to supply high-resolution TIFFs if needed, please contact us for details.
What does Creative Commons license mean for images?
A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted “work”. A CC license is used when an author wants to give other people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that the author has created.
How can you tell if an image is Creative Commons?
Finding images available under a Creative Commons license is as simple as doing a search on Flickr or Google. Just take care to verify and comply with the exact terms of the license. To identify the CC license of an image, trace it back to the source and verify the license from there.
Where can I find images from the British Library?
Identify the images as in the Library’s collection, in the form, ‘The British Library, [shelfmark of the manuscript and folio of the image]’. Please note that if you require a citation with a URL, a URL is provided under the ‘About This Item’ and ‘Citation’ fields on some British Library web pages where digital content is available.
Are there any charitable uses for Creative Commons?
Some charitable uses could be made within the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) (Opens in new window) licence. However, Creative Commons differentiates between uses, rather than between users, for its definitions of commercial and non-commercial uses.
Can You reuse images from the British Library?
As an institution whose role it is to support culture, research and all forms of access to knowledge, the Library has taken the decision to release into the public domain certain digitised images technically still in copyright in the UK. When reusing these images, we kindly ask you to: Respect the creators .
Where can I get a citation from the British Library?
Please note that if you require a citation with a URL, a URL is provided under the ‘About This Item’ and ‘Citation’ fields on some British Library web pages where digital content is available. Support the public domain.