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Big Idea: When you are creating for an authentic audience, it is critical to utilize media (images and sounds) which are available for our use and avoid violating copyright law. Use the links below to find creative commons, public domain, and fair use media. Any resource you use should include an attribution (crediting your source).
Why is it important to be aware and follow copyright rules?
As digital citizen all-stars, it is important to understand our rights as creators and consumers of media--to make sure we respect intellectual property, only share/reuse/remix media that we have permission to use, and credit our sources.
Watch this video titled “Creativity, Copyright, and Fair Use” from Common Sense Education.
Examine this infographic titled “10 Things You Should Know About Copyright” from copyrightandcreativity.org .
Understand these key vocabulary terms:
Copyright - Legal protection that creators have over the things they create
Public domain - Creative work that’s not copyrighted and free to use without permission
Fair use - The ability to use copyrighted work without permission but only in certain ways and specific situations. To determine fair use, ask yourself: Is it a fair…
Purpose? The purpose of the new work is educational or the original work is transformed into something very different.
Nature? The nature of the original work is nonfiction or based on fact (rather than creative or fictional).
Amount? The amount used is only a small portion of the original work or does not include the “heart” of the work.
Effect? The effect of the new work does not include any negative impact on the creator or the value of the original work.
Source: Common Sense Education
For more information, see:
🖼️ Image Resources
🖼️ Image Resources
Creative Commons: https://search.creativecommons.org/
Flickr Commons: https://www.flickr.com/commons
Library of Congress Prints & Photographs: https://www.loc.gov/pictures/
Library of Congress Science Images and Videos: https://guides.loc.gov/science-images-and-videos
National Gallery of Art: https://www.nga.gov/open-access-images.html
Open Access Biomedical Image Search Engine: https://openi.nlm.nih.gov/
Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/
Photos for Class: https://www.photosforclass.com/
Pics4Learning: https://www.pics4learning.com/
Pixabay: https://pixabay.com/
School Photo Project: http://www.schoolphotoproject.com/
Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/
Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Google Images: Filter for “Usage Rights” and select “Creative Commons licenses.”
You may also conduct image searches using our databases such as Britannica, Gale, and ProQuest. The advantage: Citations are provided for copy/paste ease.
Note that the stock images available in Adobe Express and iMovie are available for your use.
👁️🗨️ Icon Resources:
Flat Icon: https://www.flaticon.com/
Iconfinder: https://www.iconfinder.com/free_icons
Noun Project: https://thenounproject.com/
Public Domain Vectors: https://publicdomainvectors.org/
🔊 Music/Sound Resources:
Creative Commons: https://search.creativecommons.org/
Free Public Domain: https://freepd.com/
Jamendo: https://www.jamendo.com/?language=en
Library of Congress SONIC: https://star1.loc.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/0
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