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68 Section 1 – Definitions.
70 a. Adapted Material means material subject to Copyright and Similar
71 Rights that is derived from or based upon the Licensed Material
72 and in which the Licensed Material is translated, altered,
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75 Licensor. For purposes of this Public License, where the Licensed
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77 Adapted Material is always produced where the Licensed Material is
78 synched in timed relation with a moving image.
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83 closely related to copyright including, without limitation,
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89 d. Effective Technological Measures means those measures that, in the
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92 Treaty adopted on December 20, 1996, and/or similar international
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95 any other exception or limitation to Copyright and Similar Rights
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98 or other material to which the Licensor applied this Public
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105 under this Public License.
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113 j. Sui Generis Database Rights means rights other than copyright
114 resulting from Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of
115 the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal protection of databases,
116 as amended and/or succeeded, as well as other essentially
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119 under this Public License. Your has a corresponding meaning.
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126 non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, irrevocable license to
127 exercise the Licensed Rights in the Licensed Material to:
128 A. reproduce and Share the Licensed Material, in whole or in
130 B. produce, reproduce, and Share Adapted Material.
131 2. Exceptions and Limitations. For the avoidance of doubt, where
132 Exceptions and Limitations apply to Your use, this Public
133 License does not apply, and You do not need to comply with its
134 terms and conditions.
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137 4. Media and formats; technical modifications allowed. The
138 Licensor authorizes You to exercise the Licensed Rights in all
139 media and formats whether now known or hereafter created, and
140 to make technical modifications necessary to do so. The
141 Licensor waives and/or agrees not to assert any right or
142 authority to forbid You from making technical modifications
143 necessary to exercise the Licensed Rights, including technical
144 modifications necessary to circumvent Effective Technological
145 Measures. For purposes of this Public License, simply making
146 modifications authorized by this Section 2(a)(4) never
147 produces Adapted Material.
148 5. Downstream recipients.
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150 recipient of the Licensed Material automatically receives
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155 apply any Effective Technological Measures to, the
156 Licensed Material if doing so restricts exercise of the
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181 Section 3 – License Conditions.
183 Your exercise of the Licensed Rights is expressly made subject to the
184 following conditions.
188 1. If You Share the Licensed Material (including in modified
190 A. retain the following if it is supplied by the Licensor
191 with the Licensed Material:
192 i. identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed
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194 attribution, in any reasonable manner requested by the
195 Licensor (including by pseudonym if designated);
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200 extent reasonably practicable;
201 B. indicate if You modified the Licensed Material and retain
202 an indication of any previous modifications; and
203 C. indicate the Licensed Material is licensed under this
204 Public License, and include the text of, or the URI or
205 hyperlink to, this Public License.
206 2. You may satisfy the conditions in Section 3(a)(1) in any
207 reasonable manner based on the medium, means, and context in
208 which You Share the Licensed Material. For example, it may be
209 reasonable to satisfy the conditions by providing a URI or
210 hyperlink to a resource that includes the required
212 3. If requested by the Licensor, You must remove any of the
213 information required by Section 3(a)(1)(A) to the extent
214 reasonably practicable.
215 4. If You Share Adapted Material You produce, the Adapter's
216 License You apply must not prevent recipients of the Adapted
217 Material from complying with this Public License.
219 Section 4 – Sui Generis Database Rights.
221 Where the Licensed Rights include Sui Generis Database Rights that
222 apply to Your use of the Licensed Material:
224 a. for the avoidance of doubt, Section 2(a)(1) grants You the right to
225 extract, reuse, reproduce, and Share all or a substantial portion of the
226 contents of the database;
227 b. if You include all or a substantial portion of the database
228 contents in a database in which You have Sui Generis Database
229 Rights, then the database in which You have Sui Generis Database
230 Rights (but not its individual contents) is Adapted Material; and
231 c. You must comply with the conditions in Section 3(a) if You Share
232 all or a substantial portion of the contents of the database.
234 For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4 supplements and does not
235 replace Your obligations under this Public License where the Licensed
236 Rights include other Copyright and Similar Rights.
238 Section 5 – Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability.
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264 Section 6 – Term and Termination.
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283 d. Sections 1, 5, 6, 7, and 8 survive termination of this Public
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312 processes of any jurisdiction or authority.
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