The last class, Mr. Jason Hardin, explained us about a really important topic which is copyright. He defined it as a governmental recognition of anyone’s rights as a creator to be the exclusive proprietor of their own intellectual work. As long as the work is fixed in a tangible form, it gives the person who created it an automatic copyright in them.
It is clear that almost everything is copyrighted; the only exception is when the work is available in the public domain. Going to a specific example, let’s suppose that I want to put an image from the Internet on a Web Page I am going to make for my Computer Skills class and that I am planning to publish, should I cite the source? The answer is yes! The fact that the image is available on line does not mean that it can be copied and used by anyone without an appropriate agreement. Words, images, videos or music integrated into a web page have their own copyright and as a result, no one can possess them without the author or owner's consent.
Without appropriate permission, the use of the image I want to put on my Web Page, may result in infringement unless it is in the public domain or falls within recognized defenses to copyright infringement, such as “fair use”.
The medium doesn’t make a difference; we should always cite our source and ask for permission! (with few exceptions)
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Remember that if you get photos from a free website like Stock.EXCHNG you don’t have to worry about copyrights. Also, Creative Commons provides an alternative to traditional copyrights, with the “some rights reserved” copyright.
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