# Key Terms — Copyright, Trademarks, Creative Commons, & Third-Party Assets

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- Published: 2026-10-18T12:29:23-04:00
- Author: matthew.leffler@jefferson.kyschools.us

Course 2: Game Design & Development Principles / Unit 11: Intellectual Property,
Ethics & DRM in Gaming / Lesson 1: Copyright, Trademarks, Creative Commons, & Third-
Party Assets

## Vocabulary focus

Copyright, Trademark, Creative Commons, Third-Party Asset, Licensing, Asset Provenance,
Open Source, Intellectual Property, Royalty-Free, Attribution

## Build your glossary

For each term or concept, write an explanation in your own words and add an example
from this lesson. Check your explanation against the lesson resources.

  |  Term or concept |  My explanation |  Example |  
   |  ________________ |  ________________ |  ________________ |  
 |  ________________ |  ________________ |  ________________ |
