Image Above: Meme of "The Desperate Man," by Gustave Courbet, public domain, created with Imgflip.com by Ontario Tech Library.
What is Non-Commercial User-generated Content?
- Outlined in Canada Copyright Act (see helpful links below)
- New work made from publicly available content
- Applied to creative use and reuse
- Widely and freely disseminated
- Refers to memes, mash-ups, spoofs and remixes
This Content Should NOT:
- Violate copyright
- Break any digital locks
- Be for profit
- Neglect to include the source
- Cause any damaging effects, financial or otherwise, to the original work