Find guidance for using copyrighted materials in your research projects.
You are legally responsible for ensuring that you have the copyright rights whenever including copyright materials - such as images, diagrams, and graphs - including material you adapt, created by others in your:
- articles, book chapters, books and reports for publication
- creative works for publication on Griffith’s Creative Works
- theses for publication on Griffith Research Online
- research projects - where members of the public have access to the content or where you present to the public
- conference presentations
- publications on the internet and social media
- videos on YouTube.
Sometimes copyright law will allow you to use this material under a copyright exception. At other times, the easiest path is to use material with a suitable Creative Commons licence or other open licence. However, generally, you must get written permission from the copyright owner to include this material.
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