Photos on Blogs: Fair Use and Effective Use Seth C. Lewis University of Texas at Austin sethlewis.org

Objectives Fair Use Cover basics on copyright law Understand Creative Commons licensing Effective Use Where can you find free photos for your blog? How best to display photos on your blog?

Fair Use

Cover basics on copyright law

Understand Creative Commons licensing

Effective Use

Where can you find free photos for your blog?

How best to display photos on your blog?

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Copyright basics What is copyright? Protection for “original works of authorship” in just about any artistic, creative or intellectual form, both for published and unpublished works. Why should you care? Don’t get sued Don’t get accused of plagiarism Don’t ruin your reputation

What is copyright?

Protection for “original works of authorship” in just about any artistic, creative or intellectual form, both for published and unpublished works.

Why should you care?

Don’t get sued

Don’t get accused of plagiarism

Don’t ruin your reputation

Fair Use

Protecting Yourself 101 Give credit. Always. Link back to original material. Follow the Golden Rule Do unto others’ creative works as you would have them do unto yours.

Give credit. Always.

Link back to original material.

Follow the Golden Rule

Do unto others’ creative works as you would have them do unto yours.

Creative Commons Video intro to Creative Commons

More on Creative Commons A simple slideshow on CC basics for photos Lawrence Lessig discusses CC Here and here

A simple slideshow on CC basics for photos

Lawrence Lessig discusses CC

Here and here

From Fair Use to Effective Use

Finding Photos Using Flickr (from here ) go to Flickr's advanced search page and enter your search criteria (such as Barack Obama). Scroll down to the bottom of the search page and check the box that says "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed photos. ” Ask yourself: Is it copyrighted? Does Flickr user have rights to image? Is it genuine? Etc. Be good: link and leave a comment ( example ) Using other sites (go here )

Using Flickr (from here )

go to Flickr's advanced search page and enter your search criteria (such as Barack Obama). Scroll down to the bottom of the search page and check the box that says "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed photos. ”

Ask yourself:

Is it copyrighted? Does Flickr user have rights to image? Is it genuine? Etc.

Be good: link and leave a comment ( example )

Using other sites (go here )

Using Photos BIG, BIG, BIG ... (where appropriate) Best example: Boston Globe’s Big Picture Others: take cues from the many news photoblogs

BIG, BIG, BIG

... (where appropriate)

Best example: Boston Globe’s Big Picture

Others: take cues from the many news photoblogs

p.s. This slideshow is free to share and remix! (just attribute, please)

This slideshow is free to share and remix!

(just attribute, please)