Copyright+and+Creative+Commons

=Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons =

**Copyright** can be defined as the rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. It is generally not legal to use copyrighted text, images, audio, or video files without permission of the author or creator of the work. Crediting or citing the source of the copyrighted work does not substitute for obtaining necessary permission.

Copyright Crash Course Tutorial**from the University of Texas.** 

** Fair Use ** One limitation of copyright protection is the concept of “fair use.” Fair use is of concern for education. These two links offer more information on this idea: [|Fair Use] [|Fair Use in Media Literacy Education FAQ]

 This is a chart about fair use for of materials for educators.

Permission Templateprovides an easy way to request and document permission to use information from Web sites (from Landmarks for Schools).

**Creative Commons** Traditional copyright protections do not blend well with the new culture of resource and idea sharing through the Internet. Creative Commons is a non-profit organization based in California that supports the notion of the legal sharing of creative works. Creative Commons developed copyright licenses for creators to determine limited rights to their created works, but allows others to legally use, share or build upon their ideas. These licenses are used by many Internet sites such as Wikipedia, Flickr, etc.

Get Creative - video highlights the other side of copyright – the Creative Commons license and how and why it works.

Most commercial music, i.e. L'il Wayne, Lady Gaga, Led Zeppelin, etc. is copyrighted and so you may not use the works of these artists and most other popular artists in your videos, powerpoints, etc. that you will publish without permission. However there are sites where you can find music and images that you can legally use. Check out the resources below:

**Copyright Friendly Image Sites**
 * [[image:copyrightfreeimages.png width="161" height="56" align="center"]] || [|COPYRIGHT- FREE IMAGES] || = ** Copyright free images (public domain pictures), royalty free stock photos. Copyright free images for any personal or commercial use. ** = ||
 * [[image:everystockphoto.png width="176" height="26"]] || [|EVEYSTOCK] || Free independent music by more than 7,000 artists, available for download and use in multimedia projects. ||
 * [[image:burning_well.jpg width="175" height="33" align="center"]] || [|BURNING WELL] || You are free to download, copy and use the photos you find here for any purpose. These free images were donated by photographers from around the world ||
 * [[image:vee.jpg align="center"]] || [|VEEZLE] || A free photo search enginge – these photos are made to be distributed over the Internet so you have the RIGHT to use them online or in your work. ||


 * Copyright Friendly Music Sites **
 * [[image:jamendo.png align="center"]] || [|JAMENDO] || A community of free, legal and unlimited music published under Creative Commons licenses. ||
 * [[image:artist_server.gif]] || [|ARTIST SERVER] || Free independent music by more than 7,000 artists, available for download and use in multimedia projects. ||
 * [[image:cc-mixter-logo.png align="center"]] || [|CC MIXTER] || Looking for a video, school project, game you’re developing, podcast or just for listening in your cubicle or mobile music device? Find music to use legally in your own multimedia creations. ||
 * [[image:dewey.jpg align="center"]] || [|DEWEY MUSIC] || You can listen to, download, remix, and share anything you see on this site legally and for free. ||