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This may include:</p> <ul class="bulleted" role="list"> <li>Videos and interactives with copyrighted or licensed music, photographs, graphics, video segments, or other visual or audio content</li> <li>Images from telescopes that are not publicly owned </li> <li>Photographs credited to an organization or individual not associated with NASA or STScI</li> <li>Content with credits that include the words “Courtesy of”</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div><div class="accordion-container panel" role="tablist"> <h4 id="h4-afa7eacf-aef0-4eea-b00b-10db2d0ee98a" data-name="h4-how-can-i-tell-if-something-is-public-domain-or-not" class="accordion-header"> <button class="accordion__section-toggle collapsed accordion-header" role="tab" id="tab_526212c4-0f98-4ac4-bf47-6a710d0926f2_6_control" data-toggle="collapse" type="button" aria-label="How can I tell if something is public domain or not? 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These items are also in the public domain.</li> <li>Space telescope images that are credited to NASA and STScI and also individual researchers (typically associated with a research institution) are also in the public domain.</li> <li>All text is in the public domain. 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You are <em>not required</em> to credit anyone. </p> <p>However, providing credit is important in terms of showing your audience that the content comes from an official and reliable source. <em>In addition, depending on how you are using the content, you may be required to cite the source to avoid plagiarism</em>.</p> <p>You have a few options:</p> <ol role="list"> <li>You may use the credit line as is from the web page.</li> <li>You may list the organizations only, leaving out names of individuals: e.g., <strong>NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI or NASA, ESA, and STScI</strong></li> <li>You may hyperlink the content to the source page.</li> <li>You may go all out and list full credits, acknowledgements, and URL.</li> <li>You may put the credit with the content or list it elsewhere (e.g., in an appendix or a credits/acknowledgements screen).</li> </ol> <p>To provide credit, you may use any citation style, including Chicago, APA, MLA, or IEEE.</p> <p>We suggest providing credit information whenever possible.</p> <h5 data-name="h5-crediting-copyrighted-content" id="h5-CK-b6321d61-9c90-435d-b9c3-c04714aedbe0">Crediting Copyrighted Content</h5> <p>You will need to contact the copyright owner for permission and instruction to credit this content. </p> <h5 data-name="h5-crediting-creative-commons-content" id="h5-CK-295b3a2c-95e3-445b-8324-4f5ed3726912">Crediting Creative Commons Content</h5> <p>All Creative Commons licenses other than CC0 require attribution, which means that you need to give credit to the creator. If our content incorporates Creative Commons content, we will have included this credit. You may use that credit line or, if you feel more comfortable doing so, go back to the source to confirm. In addition, before using the content, be sure to consult the <a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/cclicenses/" target="_blank">Creative Commons website</a> to figure out if there are any other use restrictions. </p> <h5 data-name="h5-crediting-written-material-with-no-credit-line" id="h5-CK-70424cfb-6a4b-4036-b19f-1608c76963c2">Crediting Written Material with No Credit Line</h5> <p>With the exception of news releases, most of our written content does not have a specific credit line associated with it. 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