Finding and Using Free-Use Online Content

The Singapore Copyright Act 2021 introduced a new right to be identified. 

Identifications must be made in the way the author wishes to be identified and displayed prominently. 

Full details under section 373 of the Copyright Act and page 5-6 of this link https://www.ipos.gov.sg/docs/default-source/resources-library/copyright/copyright-act-factsheet.pdf.

Attribution is normally required when using someone else's copyrighted work. 

Creative Commons (CC)

Creative commons recommends the TASL approach:

T = Title
A = Author
S = Source
L = License

Examples of CC Attribution

Breakdown:

T = It is the beautiful Egypt
A = Karim Essm
S = It is the beautiful Egypt (link to original Wikimedia Commons page)
L = Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International (link to license deed)

More examples of TASL at the Creative Commons wiki here: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/best_practices_for_attribution

Others

Databases sometimes provide their own attribution guidelines e.g. Freesound.

Specific guidelines for Creative Commons (CC) Licensed Materials:

• Regarding attribution guidelines, for creative commons materials, the guidelines are found at this link: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/best_practices_for_attribution
• According to the CC website, CC licenses have a flexible attribution requirement, and it is stated by the CC organisation that there is no one single way to provide attribution https://creativecommons.org/faq/ 

The general recommendations differ based on the medium – here are some recommendations by CC Australia:

Screenshot above from “Attributing Creative Commons Materials” by Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (www.cci.edu.au) in partnership with Creative Commons Australia (http://creativecommons.org.au) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia licence.