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# Don't get hit with a lawsuit!

A majority of {B/qKC}'s materials are protected by third party rights or licensed under **CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International)**.

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  <p class="quote-text">"We, as a Black gay community, we need a place where we can say, hey, this is ours. This is us." </p>
  <p class="quote-attrib">From <a href="/items/garycoll029.html" target="_blank">"The Father: interview with Gary Carrington"</a></p>
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This means:

- You are allowed to **share** — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format.
- The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes. *Noncommercial means not primarily intended for or directed towards commercial advantage or monetary compensation.*
- NoDerivatives — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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*You are responsible for obtaining necessary permissions*. {B/qKC}'s collections contain a wide range of content. You are responsible for clearing the necessary rights in order to use the materials in question. For example, if you want to download a photo that is still protected by copyright for use in a research paper, you must determine whether your proposed use requires consent from the copyright holder, and, if so, you must secure the permission of the copyright holder. In some cases, you may also need to secure the consent of people who appear in photographs in our collections.

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  <p class="quote-text">If you have any questions, please <a href="/contact/">contact us!</a></p>
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