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Chapter Processing Charge (CPC)

A chapter processing charge (CPC) is a fee paid to a publisher to make the published version of a chapter freely available on the publisher's website (gold Open Access)

Copyright

A rights regime that grants exclusive rights to creators of original works, including literary, artistic, musical, and other creative expressions, allowing them to control how their works are used and distributed.

Copyright notices

A notice which is placed on a work to inform others that the work is protected by copyright.

Copyright symbol

The symbol, © or sometimes ℗, that is used to denote copyright


Copyright transfer

The document where the original copyright holder grants any or all the rights over a work to a person or entity that then become the new holder.

Creative Commons

Creative Commons is an organisation that provides licensing information aimed at achieving a mutual sharing and flexible approach to copyright.

Creative Commons (CC) licences

A set of open licensing that grants rights under certain conditions and requirements, depending on the elements of each licence.

Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY) 

A license that allows re-users to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the creator. The license allows for commercial use.  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/