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3.1.11 How do I license use of my copyright?
As a copyright owner, it is for you to decide whether and how to license use of your work. You may choose to grant an exclusive licence, but do not forget that this enables the licensee to use the copyright work to the exclusion of all others, including you, the copyright owner. Any licence agreed can relate to one or more of the copyright owners’ rights and can also be limited in time or any other way. It is a contractual agreementbetween the copyright owner and user. In some situations, copyright owners find it difficult to license use of their works by themselves and so they have formedcollecting societies or collective licensing bodies.  Sometimes people may be able to argue that a copyright work is subject to an implied licence even when there has been no agreement about a licence.  For further information on licensing work, collective licensing bodies and implied licences, see licensing copyright. 
Information current as at 12 September 2005.
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