Copyright protects original creative works and grants creators exclusive rights over the use and distribution of their work. The Copyright Hub is a non-profit organization that aims to make gaining legal access to copyrighted works easier. It provides technology to streamline the permission process and help consumers access material without worrying about copyright laws. Some organizations that can help obtain permission to use copyrighted images include the BBC copyright organization, which can remove copyright restrictions on BBC images for educational use.

1. Page layout and design- Copyright:
What is copyright and what does it protect?
Copyrightisa legal rightcreatedbythe law of a countrythat grantsthe creatorof original work
exclusiverightstoitsuse and distribution,usuallyforalimitedtime. The exclusive rightsare not
absolute;theyare limitedbylimitationsandexceptionstocopyrightlaw,includingfairuse. The 1976
copyrightact generallygivesthe ownerof the copyrightexclusive righttoreproduce the copyrighted
work,to distribute copiesorphone recordsof the copyrightedwork,toperformthe copyright
publicly,ortodisplaythe copyrightpublicly.
A copyrightwhichisoftenseenasabbreviatedusingthe copyrightsymbol © isusuallyforprotecting
the following:
 Writingswhichinclude publications,articles,lyricsandbooks;
 Designsincludingschematics,logos,andideasfordesigns;
 Works of art like photography,graphicdesigns,paintingsanddrawings;
How can you use ‘Copyright Hub’ to get permission to use images? And what
organisations you can contact to gain access and use images legally?
The copyrighthub isan organisationinwhichtomake any sortof copywritingeasierandlegal.Their
website isavailable foranypeople togainaccessto otherpeoplesworkorothertypesof copyright
and to make itaccessible fortheirownbeing.Theyare alsobuildingtechnologywhichworksinthe
same way as the internet,whichwill allow people togaincopyrightaccessalot fasterandsimpler
besidesgettingpermissionthroughemailsetc…Theirorganisationisnon-profitable sotheironly
goal is to helpconsumerstogainwhattheyneedwithoutthe worryof copyright,thisiswell needed
inthissocietyas people suchasstudentshave trouble withworkas there issomany lawswhich are
againstpublicpeople gainingotherpeopleswork.Here isalistof organisationswhichhelpyouto
remove copyright,forexampleif youfoundanimage whichyouwouldlike touse fora part of your
Uni course and it’sownedbythe BBC. Thenyoucan contact the BBC copyrightorganisationto
remove itscopyrightsoyoucan thenuse itfor yourown benefit.
Above isjusta listof a fewof manyonline organisationswhichdeal withcopyrightaccess,theseweb
pagesyoucan searchon to helpyouconfirmcopyright.

2. I’ve usedfoundimagesof google formycollege projectwhichisbasedona skateboardmagazine,so
real skate takenpicswouldbe necessaryandmake my worklookmore professional. Iwill show how
I used copyright hub to get permission to use the chosen images.
These 2 images on the left hand sideI found on Google images
simply by typing in the skateboarders names. Its easily
noticeablethat I haven’t taken the pics myself and they would
be some type of copyrightobligation againstme to be stealing
these pics for my own benefit. The ownership of these images
are from the website -
http://www.actionrecon.com/aaron-jaws-homoki-a-happy-
medium-3/
These images would have some type of copyrightso the
original way to gain access would be to email the
photographer Gage Hellyer to get permission,but with the
help of copyrighthub it makes the job easier becauseit
contains pointers and tips when it comes to askingfor
copyright.