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{{Short description|Acknowledgement as credit to the copyright holder or author of a work}}[[File:Cc-by new.svg|thumb|upright=0.5|
'''Attribution''', in copyright law, is acknowledgment as
An author may formally require attribution required via a license, legally preventing others from claiming to have written the work and allowing a copyright holder to retain reputational benefits from having written it. In cases when the copyright holder is the author themselves, this behavior is often moralized as a sign of decency and respect to acknowledge the creator by giving them credit for the work.
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