The following six uses are:
Consider these five variables when determining the fair use of images:
The Digital Image Rights Computator created by the Visual Resources Association can help you do this too.
You are free to use images taken from the public domain, licensed by the Creative Commons, or free of most copyright restrictions in multimedia projects, websites, blogs, portfolios, etc., that are open and available to the public.
However, even if images are in the public domain, there may be a few restrictions to their use. These are usually attribution requirements. *** Always read and comply with the use restrictions for specific image sources. *** Always cite images someone else created.
ARTstor’s Images for Academic Publishing
The Images for Academic Publishing (IAP) program makes available publication-quality images for use in scholarly publications free of charge. To find IAP images, simply add "IAP" to your search criteria. An icon reading "IAP" is located directly beneath the thumbnail image in your search results.
United States Government Websites |
Migrant mother, Dorothea Lange, photograph, 1936. |
Music Library Association (MLA)
http://copyright.musiclibraryassoc.org
Frequently asked questions on copyright, fair use, preservation and various other issues related to music copyrights and licensing, edited by the Music Library Association. Website also includes links and bibliography.
Music Copyright Infringement Resource
http://mcir.usc.edu/
The purpose of this site is to "make universally available information about U.S. music copyright infringement cases from the mid-nineteenth century forward." Includes coverage of recent copyright disputes, an overview of the judgments of prior cases, and a glossary of relevant terms.
Public Domain Music
http://www.pdinfo.com/list.php
"Information on this Site is Based Entirely on USA Copyright Laws. Any [score of a] Song or Musical Work Published in 1922 or Earlier is in the Public Domain in the USA."
USA Copyright Law for Sound Recordings
http://www.pdinfo.com/Copyright-Law/Public-Domain-Sound-Recordings.php
No sound-recordings are public domain in the United States due to a tangled complexity of Federal and State law.
International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library)
http://imslp.org
Online score library offering access to over 200,000 scans of public domain scores. N.B. This library consists largely of user-contributed scans; each scan or edition is not necessarily of high scholarly or archival standards. For questions on selecting an edition for study or performance, please consult a music professor or librarian.
Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing programs have become a popular way to exchange music, movies, games and software over the Internet. Academic applications of these programs are also expanding. P2P software, if installed and enabled on your computer, allows digital media to be downloaded or uploaded between your computer and any other computer that also has these programs installed and enabled, and is also connected to the Internet.
If you use P2P programs, we want you to be aware of certain personal risks, including the potential for both criminal and civil liability if you copy and distribute materials without permission of the copyright owner. Read more . . .
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