Copyright is a law that protects your original work. When we use pictures, art, recordings, or any media, we must carefully respect others' work. Since we all work with digital media this is an essential element to learn. We cannot use other people's work without permission, but that is where we learn about fair use! When we are doing research and projects in the classroom, this would be fair use of people's work. Fair Use allows you to use copyrighted material but only in certain circumstances.