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Original Image: "Lymington Harbor"
By: Norm Walsh
Released under an attribution-non-commercial
Knowing what I know now; I probably would have misinformed a student if they had asked me where and what to do with pictures on the internet. If the student asked me where they could find a picture, I probably would have told them to use one of the popular search engines such as yahoo or google. I would have told them that they could use the image search on both of the search engines by clicking on the image tab and then typing in what they want to search for. Once they found the image I probably would have told them to cite the image using AP formatting.
I never had heard of Creative Commons before this week. I never really thought of copyrights except for using them for citing papers, inventions, slogans or brands. All of these copyright gave executive use to one owner who needed to be contacted for permission to use or edit their copyrighted material. I now know that there are copyrights that let give rights to the owner of the material and let others share edit and use the material with permission. To watch a video of how these copyright work click here. Knowing what I know now, I would give different advice to that same student. I would first tell the student to make sure that they find a picture which is CC-copyrighted by using either FlickrCC or Creative Commons Search. These sight will allow you to search the internet for images which are CC-copyrighted. Once a student has found an image they want to use, I would tell them that they would have to cite it properly to give the author the proper credit. When using CC-copyrighted material, you have four options, 1. Claim fair use, 2. Ask author for permission, 3. Use CC licensed work according to permissions outlined, or 4. Use your own original work. To see all of the guidelines to giving work proper citation click here. To see how an image is properly cited look at the photo at the top of this blog.
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