Copyright and attribution
The online exhibition project asks you to ‘Ensure that all content used is licensed appropriately and attributed accordingly’.
A lot of people have been asking questions about this.
If something is copyrighted (all rights reserved), you’re legally not supposed to share, re-publish or creative derivative works from it. This applies to most commercial music, films etc.
If it bears that copyright logo it might be smart to leave it alone.
If the work is licensed under creative commons (CC) it’s likely a different set of rules applies. The different types of CC licenses are listed here. The creative commons website has a search feature which allows you to search flickr, yahoo, google, video sites and more for appropriately licensed work. Check it out.
You also might come across work in the public domain. This means you can do whatever you wish with it. Have a look at archive.org if you’re interested.
It’s a tricky issue, we’ll have a chat about this in workshops. Please talk to you tutor if you remain confused.
Nathan on August 21, 2008 / Uncategorized / No notes just yet
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