Photography-Legal+and+Ethical+Issues

Canadian Copyright Law
[|A fair(y) Use Tale (NOT) a Disney Movie] (10:13) [|Copyright Matters!] [|The Basics]
 * [|Fair dealing Guidelines]
 * Publicly Available Materials
 * [|User Generated Content]

Public Domain
Works that are //not // protected by copyright are said to be in the //Public Domain //, and you are free to use them in any way you choose. That means no restrictions on copying and adapting, no need to seek permission, and no uncertainty about your rights as a user. There is also no legal requirement to attribute works in the Public Domain to their creators, although doing so is an important part of maintaining academic integrity. //http://copyright.ubc.ca/guidelines-and-resources/support-guides/public-domain///

//What places a work in the public domain? // **NOTE:** W hile copyright on a work may have expired, new versions of the same work (translations, re-edited and annotated versions) may not be in the public domain. For example, newly edited versions of Shakespeare are not in the public domain.
 * When copyright expires (50 years after the death of the creator)
 * Works that are not eligible for copyright (e.g. US Government Agencies - [|NASA] - [|Using NASA imagery] AND [|Library of Congress])
 * works whose creator has waived copyright - Creative Commons

Canadian Public Domain [| Flow Chart]

Public Domain and //Terms of Use// (TOS)
 * Museums and Art Galleries - e.g. [|Glenbow Museum] Calgary ([|TOS])

[|Project Gutenberg Canada] [|Library of Congress] - PhotoStream [|Wikimedia Commons]
 * Examples of public domain collections **

[|Open Access] - the free, immediate, availability on the public Internet of whose works which scholars give to the world without expectation of payment - permitting any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search or link to the full text of these articles, crawl them for indexing, pass them as data to software or use them for any other lawful purpose. --to bring information to a wider audience. [|Open Access and Public Domain Resources]

[|Stock Photos] C[|reative Commons Licenses]
 * [|Morgue File]
 * Think of your favourite piece and using the creative commons site above - choose a license for your work. Be prepared to explain why.


 * How to find Creative Commons licensed work **
 * Google Images search