copyright

=Copyright= When using images (or any other material) from the Internet within any //**classroom**// project students must check the Copyright permissions before using. If using materials from the web for in-class work, students must credit the site from which they copied the image. If students are creating multimedia projects that will displayed on the Internet, any images they use from the Internet must comply with Copyright laws.


 * Copyright** – intellectual property is protected by law and cannot be used without written permission of owner. On the Internet, assume Copyright is implied unless otherwise stated.
 * Trademarks and logos** – legal identity of ownership and protected by Copyright laws.
 * Creative Commons** - a nonprofit organization that provides content - text, books, educational material, etc. - that is free to share or build upon.
 * examples: images from Flickr
 * [|Creative Commons search engine]
 * Attribution (by):** Licensees may copy, distribute, display and perform the work and make derivative works based on it only if they give the author or licensor the credits in the manner specified by these. (from Wikipedia)
 * ShareAlike (sa):** Licensees may distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs the original work. (from Wikipedia)
 * Public Domain** – a range of materials not owned by anyone and therefore available to everyone. No laws restrict the use of this material.

[|Copyright Friendly Sources] - images and other media for use in classroom projects. //General rule:// check the copyright on each site you use. 'Classroom use only' does not imply use for projects that will appear on the web.