Transcript File - Tom`s Help Pages

Copyright and Digital Images
May I copy that image?
How do you locate Copyright
Statements on a website?
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They appear different places on different websites
Sometimes you must be a detective to find them
These may be key words to help you find the
copyright information
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All Rights Reserved
Read Me
Who Are We
Copyright and Privacy
Contact Us
Site Info
About Us
Terms of Use
Sometimes the copyright information is on the home
page
What if you can’t find the
copyright statement?
This is a clearly “Free Image”
site:
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Purdue News Photo Index / 2000 –
http://news.uns.purdue.edu/UNS/newspix.ind
ex00.html
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These photographs are publishable JPEG's listed in
the order in which they were produced. Links to
previous years are at the bottom of this page.
A comprehensive high-resolution photo archive is
available at our FTP site:
ftp://ftp.purdue.edu/pub/uns
“Free Image” site . . . with
restrictions
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FreeFoto.com – http://freefoto.com/index.asp
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Conditions of Free Use
FreeFoto.com is an interesting proposition. We are a traditional Stock Photograph
Library serving commercial clients all over the world.
At the same time we allow Private Non Commercial Users to download images from
our web site as long as you follow the simple rules outlined below.
So feel free to use any of the images on the site if you are a private individual and
your use is not commercial.
All we ask is that you follow these simple rules.
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The pictures are only available free for your own PERSONAL, NONCOMMERCIAL use and TEST
or SAMPLE use, including COMPS and LAYOUTS.
You must credit the FreeFoto.com web site on your home page.
If you use one of the full screen images you must place a hypertext link with the line Supplied
by FreeFoto.com in a conspicuous place.
You MAY NOT use the images to create your own photo gallery web site. If you want to use a
picture on your own web page YOU MUST save the picture to your own hard disk and place it
on your own server..
We also ask that you add a (c) FreeFoto.com to the image alt tag.
“Free Image” page – it
specifies which images you
may use
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Free Wildlife Screensavers –
http://www.wildlife-artpaintings.co.uk/free/wildlife-screensavers.htm
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Free wildlife screensavers
Download free wildlife screensavers
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Download free wildlife screensavers of wildlife
paintings by Martin Ridley. There are two versions
of the wildlife screensavers available, both
feature the paintings and sketches of birds and
animals from this website.
The site also contains art for sale which
cannot be downloaded and used freely.
Beware!
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Sometimes a free site will link to a
copyrighted site
Ed’s Photos of Japan –
http://www.iipix.com/japan/index.html
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Ed's Photos is created by Ed Kaspar
Copyright © 1997-2004
All rights reserved
Sample Statements Limiting
Use of Images
Large sites may have a special
disclaimer
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Information comes from multiple
sources
United States National Library of
Medicine –
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/imagesp
age.html
Personal site with
qualifications
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Debbie Orlean’s Frog Photographs –
http://www.darsbydesign.com/orlean/frogthumb.htm
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You may use any of my graphics on your site. Here, or any
you find browsing my links. Please give me credit and
provide a link
back here. A simple text link will do.
Image(s) © Debbie Orlean
Or, simply copy and paste the next line into your code:
<a href="http://www.darsbydesign.com/orlean/">Image(s)
© Debbie Orlean</a>
Personal Site for use in
educational context
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Welcome to David’s Trains –
http://www.angelfire.com/mi2/trains/mainframe.html
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This website was created by David and his mum. It has been a fun
way for us to work together. It is not The Official Thomas the Tank
Engine site. You will find that magnificent site here.
The David's Trains site is a family project, not a commercial enterprise
or a project to fulfill any course requirements. If we have presented
anything objectionable or have taken advantage of copyright in any
way, please let us know and we will immediately fix any errors we
might have made in making this site.
All of the photographs and other images on this site were created by
David and his mum, and you are welcome to print them up or
save them to your disk as long as we are given credit for them
and they are used for educational and entertainment purposes
only. Please do not use anything on this site for a commercial
purpose. If you do use materials from this site, we'd like to hear from
you just so we can see who uses it! .
Some sites Restrict the Use of
Images
Sites used to market images
you can use.
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Second Nature Photos –
http://www.secondnaturecd.com
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All images copyright © by respective artists and
photographers. All rights reserved. You may not
upload this software or images to a web site or
distribute it commercially or otherwise. It is
illegal to use these images on your web site and
to post on community web sites. Copyright ©
1992 - 2004 Second Nature Software, Inc.
Digital Collection Sites
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Search for copyright information under each
individual contributor’s page
Canada’s Digital Collections –
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/
PATHFINDERS: Canadian Tributes –
Canadian Heirloom Series –
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/heirloom_series/vol
ume4/volume4.htm
Canada’s Aviation Hall of Fame – the
Reynolds-Alberta Museum in Wetaskiwin –
http://www.cahf.ca
Options instead of using
copyrighted images
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Use a digital camera – take your own photos
Draw or paint your illustrations and scan
them into your project
Use copyright free images (public domain)
from the Internet
Use copyright free images from
clipart/photography available in CD-Rom
format
Obtain permission from the copyright holder
to use the image