Copyright
1. What is copyright?
Reading Assignment:
- https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102 This is from Title 17 (the Copyright Statute) statutory sections: 17 U.S.C. §§ 102.
Optional: - New Media Rights Youtube video - What CAN be copyrighted.
- You may wish to read these as well: 17 U.S.C. §§ 103, 105, 302, 303.
- Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States by Peter Hirtle, (Cornell University Copyright Information Center)
- Public Domain Calculator , American Library Association
2. What is creative commons?
1. Watch this short video to learn about Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/videos/building-on-the-past or Here
For the selective color/overlay project we are going to put our images on a website that will be private, but we'll pretend it is public to learn how to control copyright. Find out how you will want to copyright or share your images under a creative commons license: http://foter.com/blog/how-to-attribute-creative-commons-photos/
Hint
Don't know what these letters (CC BY-NC-SA) are for? Try selecting different options with CC's license chooser tool.
Optional Videos: