Credit and respect the rights of others

Definition

Using the work of others legally and fairly: quotation, licences, remix, systematic credit. The mirror of competency 7.2 (protecting your own rights): you can only demand respect for your creations by respecting those of others. A founding competency for a remix culture that is legally and ethically sustainable.

Components

• The right of quotation: conditions, limits, differences across media
• Usage licences: Creative Commons, royalty-free libraries, commercial licences
• Remix culture: transformation, parody, inspiration — and their legal limits
• Credit and attribution: crediting systematically, correctly, visibly
• Plagiarism against inspiration: where the line runs
• AI-generated work derived from existing works: specific points of vigilance

The four levels

1. N1 Discovery Lower secondary · complete beginner

   Is able to correctly credit a source, an image or a piece of music in their own content.

   Evidence of assessment

   Publish a piece of content with complete, verifiable credits for every third-party element used.

2. N2 Application Upper secondary · advanced beginner

   Is able to choose resources whose licence is compatible with the intended use, and to explain why.

   Evidence of assessment

   Assemble the resource dossier of a project, with the licence and a compatibility justification for each.

3. N3 Adaptation Tertiary · junior professional

   Is able to practise a creative remix that is legally grounded and fair to the source works.

   Evidence of assessment

   Produce a transformative work accompanied by a written analysis of its lawfulness and its credits.

4. N4 Orchestration Experienced professional

   Is able to define the rights and credits policy of a collective project and to arbitrate borderline cases.

   Evidence of assessment

   Write a rights charter applied by a collective and document the arbitration of a real borderline case.