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Mashups & Remixes

Meme of Gustav Courbet Painting The Desperate Man with Text - Me Trying to Figure Out if My Dealing Is Fair

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
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