Using your copyright
As a copyright owner it is for you to decide how you should use your copyright work. This may be allowing people to use your copyright work by granting a licence, refuse permission to use your work or market your work to try and gain rewards for your efforts.
The purpose of copyright is to allow creators to gain economic rewards for their efforts and so encourage future creativity and the development of new material which benefits us all.
Copyright material is usually the result of creative skill, significant labour and or investment, and without protection, it would often be very easy for others to exploit material without paying the creator.
Most uses of copyright material therefore require permission from the copyright owner. However there are exceptions to copyright, so that some minor uses may not infringe copyright.
