Embedded Files
Micro-credential Criteria: Create a composite image (one made of lots of other pictures) containing images that has images you have made yourself, creative commons, public domain, AI generated and stock images.
Introduction to Copyright
Introduction to Copyright
Copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for 50 to 100 years after the creator dies.
When you are making something you need to make sure that you can legally use any media that you use. There are a number of easy ways you can make sure that you can make sure that you can use images:
Introduction to Copyright
Introduction to Copyright
Copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for 50 to 100 years after the creator dies.
When you are making something you need to make sure that you can legally use any media that you use. There are a number of easy ways you can make sure that you can make sure that you can use images:
Make it yourself
Make it yourself
Make your own images, this could be you taking a picture, drawing or painting a picture or some other creative process.
Wikimedia Commons
Wikimedia Commons is a media repository of free-to-use images, sounds, videos and other media.Creative Commons
Creative Commons
Creative commons is a special kind of intellectual property where the original creator has given express permission for their work to be used by other people. You should still credit the original creator and in many cases you are required to do this by the creator to use their work.
This is an ideal attribution because it includes the:
Title: “Furggelen afterglow”
Author: “Lukas Schlagenhauf“—with a link to their profile page
Source: “Furggelen afterglow“—with a link to the original photo on Flickr
License: “CC BY-ND 2.0”—with a link to the license deed
OpenVerse
Old Book Illustrations is one example of a website with lots of public domain images
Public Domain
Public Domain
The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply. Those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapplicable. Because those rights have expired, anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission.
Government often release their assets into the public domain after production as well so can be used.
British Library Archives
Public Domain Review
US Library of Congress
Pexels
Pexels is a provider of stock photography and stock footage. It maintains a library with over 3.2 million free stock photos and videos.Stock Image
Stock Image
Stock photographs are images which are often licensed for specific uses. There are a large number of stock image websites which often charge money for images that can be used for a variety of things. They often also contain images in their library that they don't charge any money for as well.
Unsplash
Pixabay
The Noun Project
Night Cafe
AI Generated Art
AI Generated Art
Most AI generated art is made by the person who imputs the prompts so these can be great sources of images you can use and modify.
Dall-e 2
Craiyon
Art Breeder
Fair Use
Fair Use
Fair use is a term that is thrown around a lot on the internet but is it applicable to New Zealand? Short answer – no, Fair Use does not apply in New Zealand. “Fair Use” is an American term with an American application.
In contrast, New Zealand uses “Fair Dealing,” which is a narrowly defined set of privileges that a user can legally exercise, without the permission of the copyright owner. Fair dealing only applies for the purposes of research, private study, criticism, review and news reporting. Unless you are expressly using images for this reason you are not allowed to use them!
In NZ law copying for 'educational purposes' specifically means making copies of copyright material for students in a classroom setting.
Unless you have a good understanding of NZ copyright law you are likely not using material under "Fair Use".
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