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and unrestricted use, even if they are for the purpose of education. This is where the peculiarity of
copyright is important. A few words will be provided in this respect.

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What is Copyright?
Copyright is a discipline of civil law, a set of legal norms that are part of the intellectual property law,
as well as all the rights of the author of a work that entitles them to decide on the exploitation of the
work and to benefit from it financially.
Copyright of online activities also implies (DigiCompEdu Framework):

 Respecting possible copyright restrictions to using, re-using and modifying digital resources.
 Including reference sources when sharing or publishing resources subject to copyright.
 Attributing (open) licenses to self-created resources.
Therefore, copyright does not necessarily ban the possibility of making use of specific material or
content, but applies restrictions, so to protect its ownership and misuse. From the point of view of
copyright law, it does not matter whether a work is considered valuable or has an aesthetic value.
Indeed, a work is any manifestation of creative activity with an individual character, established in any
form, regardless of the value, purpose and manner of expression.

Anyone can create content, with better or worse results. A creator can only be a natural person with
legal capacity - so far, legal persons, animals, artificial intelligence cannot create a work under the law.
The name of the creator should be shown on the work or made public when it is distributed. If we are
not sure about the name of person, the source of that material is to be provided.

The very process of creating a work should be characterized by the creative contribution and
intellectual effort of the author. For example, a photograph of an image viewed in a museum that will