Reusing items found on DigitalNZ
Your Responsibilities
Before downloading, copying or reusing any item found through DigitalNZ, you need to examine the terms of use and/or copyright statement on the content partner's web page. Confirm, for example:
- whether you can copy and share the object
- whether you can modify the object
- whether you can use the object commercially
- whether you need to license new creations under identical terms
- whether the original creator has specific requirements about how they should be credited
Using the Usage Rights Filter
To help find material that may be suitable for reuse, the Usage Rights filter provides a general guide. After performing a search, select one of the filters (such as share, modify, use commercially) to show objects from your results that may be suitable for your purposes:
Share
Filter by Share to show results that may be suitable for copying and sharing with others in some way, without further permission. You normally need to credit the creator or owner, and you should always check the content partner's website to confirm the specific terms of use.
Modify
Filter by Modify to show results that may be suitable for modifying, remixing and building upon, without further permission. You normally need to credit the creator or owner, and you should always check the content partner's website to confirm the specific terms of use.
Use commercially
Filter by Use commercially to show results that may be suitable for commercial use, without further permission. You normally need to credit the creator or owner, and you should always check the content partner's website to confirm the specific terms of use.
All rights reserved
These results may only be suitable for the purpose of "fair dealing" under the Copyright Act, unless permission is granted by the creator or copyright owner. You can examine the licence/copyright status of each object on the content partners webpage to determine how to ask permission.
Unknown
There are many other items from content partners where the usage rights are unknown. These results may only be suitable for the purpose of "fair dealing" under the Copyright Act, unless you can establish they are not in copyright. It may be that unknown material is suitable for sharing, modification and commercial use but you will need to check the object's specific terms of use, and may need to undertake research to find the creator and publisher of each object to determine this.