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Conditions of Use

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  • comply with legal and ethical standards, and with publicly accepted standards of interpersonal interaction
  • respect copyright and intellectual property legislation
  • maintain the security of Victorian Collections resources
  • use online resources, such as e-mail and webpages, appropriately

If an organisation does not comply with these standards, Victorian Collections will cancel its account.

Creative Commons Licensing

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Under this license, content made public can be shared (copied, distributed and transmitted) and remixed (adapted) under the following conditions:

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Share Alike – If a user alters, transforms, or builds upon the content, they may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

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