Dianne Krause's List: Copyright Resources

A true digital citizen understands how to ethically use the works of others to build his or her own creative products—music, art, video, stories, presentations--and share them with the world. Just as you’d want others to respect your originality, others expect the same of you when it comes to reusing and remixing their intellectual property. As you create and publish media yourself, please be conscious of how you use the work of others.Here are some guidelines, categories, and tools to consider that will help you as you create, contribute to, and enrich our shared culture!

"US Copyright laws may be years behind the fast-paced world of social media and blogs, but they still control how a copyrighted work can be used. And while there are aspects of Copyright law that have “gone digital,” the Digital Millennium Copyright Act doesn’t provide anything new when it comes to explaining how to properly use another person’s photos or images online. And because most people won’t read the
law and even those who do may not understand exactly what it means, I offer you these to help you"

"We are constantly surrounded by information, and it is not always easy to know which sources to trust. Being able to evaluate the credibility of information is an important skill used in school, work, and day-to-day life. With so much advertising, controversy, and blogging going on,
how do you sift through the chaff and cut to the chase?"

NGA Images is a repository of digital images of the collections of the National Gallery of Art. On this website you can search, browse, share, and download images. A standards-based reproduction guide and a help section provide advice for both novices and experts. More than 20,000 open access digital images up to 3000 pixels each are available free of charge for download and use. NGA Images is designed to facilitate learning, enrichment, enjoyment, and exploration.

"We've noticed that our users have a lot of questions about copyright as it relates to the videos you create, upload, watch and share on YouTube. If you're unsure what copyright is, or how it affects your use of YouTube, you've come to the right place: The YouTube Copyright School! This self-paced guide will familiarize you with key copyright terms and ideas such as:

* Copyright Infringement
* Copyright Ownership
* Penalities
* Authorized Use
* Fair Use
* YouTube's Copyright Tools

School is now in session! Have fun!"

"EFF's Teaching Copyright curriculum was created to help teachers present the laws surrounding digital rights in a balanced way.

Teaching Copyright provides lessons and ideas for opening your classroom up to discussion, letting your students express their ideas and concerns, and then guiding your students toward an understanding of the boundaries of copyright law.
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"Pays tribute to the people around the world using CC licenses to build a better, more vibrant creative culture. "

Explains what Creative Commons is and the benefits of use for you and for the whole world.

"Creative Commons’ CTO, Nathan Yergler, explains how to use ccSearch with Firefox."

Comprehensive list of copyright friendly images and sounds for use in student multimedia projects.

A straightforward explanation of Creative Commons in easy to read cartoon format.

"Students interact with music, movies, software, and other digital content every day. Do they understand the rules that dictate the ethical use of these digital files, and do they understand why these issues are relevant?

The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program is a free, turnkey instructional program. The goal is to create an awareness of the rights connected with creative content. Because only through education can students gain an understanding of the relevance of and a personal respect for creative rights and grow to become good digital citizens."

BeatPick is a specialized online music licensing agent that provides pre-cleared music for both commercial and non commercial multimedia projects.

Approximately 250 independent artists have joined the service, from over 40 different countries. Commercial music licenses have been arranged for hundreds of small to mid-sized clients. Music licenses were issued for major brands such as 20th Century Fox, Ralph Lauren, Toyota, Dodge, Scott Wintersport, The Travel Channel, Chevrolet.

The company is also proud to have helped students, developing professionals and open source projects in finding free quality music to use for their non commercial projects.

"Get high quality public domain images. 4 Free Photos offers a collection of public domain images free for personal and commercial usage (unless a model release is required) from contributing photographers. Please check image usage license for details about allowed usage of the images."

A boatload of free-to-use audio and music.

This collection of reviewed resources from TeachersFirst is selected to help teachers, parents, and students understand concepts of copyright and Fair Use.  This collection includes instructional activities about copyright and collections/tools to use images, music, and texts legally, either through Fair Use or Creative Commons licensing. Use these resources to model and teach ethical use of electronic media or to find copyright-safe raw materials for student projects. Be sure to share these resources with students for them to access any time they have a project to do.

There are various components, from typography to colors, that makes a design impressive. Photos used are definitely one of the most important factors.

Today, almost any type of photo we can dream of exists in the web. And, thankfully, there are many stock photo websites which helps us find them easily.

Here is a list of 12 free stock photo resources that you must bookmark

American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.

Soungle is a free site, developed by Southern Codes, for finding all kind of sound FX and musical instruments samples on our mega online library. As different from most of similar sites, Soungle is NOT a Web search engine. It only searches in our growing monster database. Our goals are to keep it simple to use (search, preview and download) and to keep it free.

What is a soundboard?
A collection of 'sounds' on a categorized 'board' for personal or commercial use. Browse and enjoy or build your own in minutes...free!