You will need to understand the conditions of use of material provided by the copyright owner regarding reuse of material made available on the Internet. Release on the Internet does not automatically grant the right for reuse.

•    Creative Commons licences are used for some resources made available on the Internet. Most can be used for TDM. You can find information on using this material in this guide. A summary from the guide is reproduced below:

Table 1: Summary of CC License Permissions for Text and Data Mining
NB: This chart only applies if permission is needed as a matter of copyright and similar rights. If permission is not needed, you do not need to comply with the CC license when you mine the material.

•    Public domain resources, such as US government publications or where copyright has expired may be freely used for TDM.
•    Other resources may require permission from the copyright owner and may require payment.