Fair Use of Online Images
By: Austin Ling and Pablo Samur
What is fair use
For US copyright law, is a doctrine that excerpts of copyright material may under circumstances, be quotes for purposes such as criticism new reporting, teaching and research without need permission or payment to the copyright holder
What are some examples of websites with free images (no copyright restriction)
Copyright
legal right created by the law of a country that grants the creator of an original work exclusive rights for its use and distribution, usually only for a limited time. The exclusive rights are not absolute but limited by limitations and exceptions to copyright law, including fair use.
Public Domain
Whose intellectual property rights have expired, have been forfeited, or are inapplicable.
Creative Common License
A copyright license that enables free distribution of a copy righted work. It is used when authors want to allow people to share,use, and edit their work.
Digital Citizenship
a concept which helps teachers, technology leaders and parents to understand what students/children/technology users should know to use technology appropriately.