Copyright,+Educational+Fair+Use,+and+Creative+Commons

Copyright and Educational Fair Use Guidelines
A good summary can be found here: []

There are some more detailed explanations and links here: []

But, really, these only apply to teachers in a classroom setting and the use of the material must be "spontaneous". Realize that at college and at work, you must adhere to copyright absolutely or face the consequences.

To find "legal" materials to use from the internet, you need find materials that are in the Public Domain or under a Creative Commons license.

Public Domain refers to any material whose copyright has expired (under the old "you have to copyright it at the office" system that prevailed before the Supreme Court's declaration that copyright exists from the moment something is created) or which has been released via a Public Domain Organization.

Creative Commons
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**Attribution** means: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit. **Noncommercial** means: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only. **No Derivative Works** means: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it. **Share Alike** means: You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

Summary from Flickr Creative Commons Page. []

Sources and Searches for Creative Commons Content and media:
[] The Creative Commons website itself has a searchable database of content. [] This is a Creative Commons specific search engine. [] An organization that collects and distributes sound/music files on CC license. [] A search engine for Creative Commons images.

[] A search engine of CC and Public Domain Images...use this instead of Google Image Search.

As with Flickr, almost every database out there now supports CC licensing, so look for the icons on YouTube, PhotoBucket, etc.

Public Domain Photos
Unsplash - ten new hi res photos available every week. []

Cultural Media Remixing....and Copyright.
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