Infopeople Webinar Series: "Legal Update - Libraries in a 2.0 World and Beyond"

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Infopeople Webinar Series:

"Legal Update - Libraries in a 2.0 World and Beyond"

Finding (Legally Safe) Graphics for Presentations, Blogs and Websites

An Webinar

Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2008 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

Mary Minow, J.D., A.M.L.S.

blog.librarylaw.com

Infopeople webinars are supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

Agenda

1. Public domain images 2. Copyrighted images Licensed- Clip Art, Creative Commons Getting Permission (including model release) No Permission – Is It Fair Use?

3. Your own images (who owns them?)

Legal Disclaimer

Legal information Not legal advice!

1. Finding Public Domain Images

Domain Images F

acts

ecipes

deas

edicated works

overnment works (U.S.)

xpired works

Google Images MOST ARE COPYRIGHTED

The bad news:

images are copyrighted **even if they don’t have © copyright statement **even if free online images.google.com/ “paper boats”

Google Images

(advanced search) limit to site:.gov

site:.mil

Some good news:

Works

U.S. government are not copyrighted 17 U.S.C. § 105 Paper Models courtesy the US Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin air-sea rescue helicopter [no need to cite; helpful to keep track] www.uscg.mil/top/downloads/paper_models/uscg_helo2.jpg

Public Domain Use Reputable Sources

Enthusiastic websites may proclaim public domain erroneously

copyrightfree.blogspot.com

(See Handout)

Library of Congress memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html

National Aeronautics and Space Administration www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/ New York Public Library. The Picture Collection Online. digital.nypl.org/mmpco/ University of California. California Digital Library. Online Archive of California. Thousands of photographs, diaries, fine arts focusing on California history.

www.oac.cdlib.org/search.image.html

Calisphere. www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/institutions.html

Warning: These sites have both “public domain” and copyrighted images

Calisphere – University of California gives copyright contact Copyright Note:

Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Copyright Owner: Consult repository for copyright holder information Copyright Contact: California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives, Dept of Special Collections, Donald Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010; [email protected] (805) 893-8563 www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/

2. Using Copyrighted Images Licensed Images - Clip Art

L with grotesque heads courtesy of Medieval Woodcuts Clipart Collection www.godecookery.c

om/clipart/initials/cli nit25.htm

LII.org

2. Using Copyrighted Images Licensed Images - Clip Art

[email protected]

www.godecookery.com/clipart/clart.htm

Strings Attached To Licensed Works

Generally, must satisfy copyright owner’s conditions* My cat with string attached © Mary Minow 2008. May reproduce for print use only. *Fair Use or other exceptions might apply if merely in copyright statement (no license).

If actual valid license agreement, terms and conditions can override Fair Use

Wikimedia Commons Images

Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long as the source and the authors are credited and as long as users release their copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. The Wikimedia Commons database itself and the texts in it are licensed under the

GNU Free Documentation License

The Crescent Moon1913. Artist is Surendranath Ganguli Image is in the public domain commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Paper_Boats_Illustration.jpg

Creative Commons Licenses LARGE

DATABASE OF IMAGES

search.creativecommons.org

Handy Firefox Drop Down

search.creativecommons.org/

May Limit by TYPE of License

attribution attribution non-commercial attribution share alike attribution no derivatives

How to Attribute a Creative Commons Licensed Work

Giant Paper Boats in Sai Kung. Uploaded on May 1, 2005 by kev/null Attribution Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic License

Credit author in the manner s/he specifies

Link

to the Creative Commons license

or show chosen logo

Most important: LINK to the work

See Creative Commons FAQ wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ and mollykleinman.com/2008/08/15/cc-howto-1-how-to-attribute-a-creative-commons-licensed-work/

Attribution Examples

Ideal Attribution

Realistic Attribution

Photo by mollyali , available under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial license .

Too much information? Put at end of presentation CREDITS

Attribution Examples from mollykleinman.com/2008/ 08/15/cc-howto-1-how-to-attribute-a-creative-commons-licensed-work/

No License? Getting Permission (can be simple email)

Dina Weiss / Portfolio

Getting Permission – More Detail

www.utsystem.edu/OGC/INTELLECTUALPROPERTY/permissn.htm

Nolo on Getting Permission

www.nolo.com

tinyurl.com/5prac8

 Required for

commercial

use  Not bad idea for nonprofit, esp. if use on web  Parents sign for children

People in Photo? Model Releases

No Permission? Evaluate Fair Use P

urpose

N A M

ature mount arket

Likely Yes Likely No

Nonprofit New purpose .

Commercial No new purpose Reference, nonfiction Published

Small amt (relative to whole original)

Doesn’t hurt market of original

Fiction, Art Music Unpublished Complete work Heart of work Hurts market or potential market of original EVALUATE ITEM BY ITEM

Kenneth D. Crews, Associate Dean of the Faculties for Copyright Management Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.htm

3. Your Own Images

(who owns them?)

Also, check your city/county/campus policy

Joint Works – contributions intended to merge into inseparable/interdependent parts of unitary whole

Authors of a joint work are co-owners of copyright in the work. cropped from "Another Natural History Collection. For Sale Cheap" Calisphere content.cdlib.org/dynaxml/data/13030/1r/hb 1870011r/files/hb1870011r-FID4.jpg

17 U.S.C.

101 and

201

Register Your Copyright

Not needed to get copyright but required to be able to sue $$$$

copyright.gov

www.house.gov/salazar/images/money.jpg

17 U.S.C. § 504

Sharing Your Images: Easy To Add A Creative Commons License

Generates creative commons license you can paste into your presentation, blog etc.

creativecommons.org/license/

Wrinkle: Sharing Your Photos on Third Party Site

www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/2162669255/

Picassa v. Flickr!

(Paraphrased) 11.1 …This licence is for the sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote the Services and may be revoked for certain Services … Photos you submit to Yahoo’s public areas gives us license to copy, distribute submitted for solely for the purpose that Content was 11.2 You agree that this to others relationships with license includes a right for Google to make Content available that Google has This license exists Content only as long as you continue to include such on Yahoo! See comparison of Google Picassa and Yahoo Flickr! Terms of service with regard to copyright at samgreenfield.com/log/2008/08/google-terms-of-service-for-picasa.html

Summary