Digital Media Exploration

Project Description

For this project I was tasked with finding and sharing several different types of media and file types that were ethically sourced, as in they follow the Creative Commons Licenses and were shared appropriately.

Image sample - JPG

I found this image by searching for "naruto" on the Creative Commons website.

I downloaded the original sized file from flickr and then uploaded it to this website.

This image is marked with a CC BY-2.0 License, meaning someone is free to:

Share- copy and redistribute the material in any medium for any purpose, even commercially.

Adapt- remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

Under the following terms:

Attribution- You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

"Naruto Uzumaki" by cocamert is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Animation Sample - GIF

This is a gif that I found by using the Creative Commons search portal, under the openverse category.

This gif was marked with a CC BY 2.5 license meaning:

Anyone can:

Share - copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.

Adapt - remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially.

The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.

Under the following terms:

Attribution - You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

No additional restrictions - You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

After opening the gif on openverse, It linked me to the source on Wikimedia Commons, where I then downloaded it and then uploaded back onto this website.

A gif is a filetype that can contain more than one frame, which allows for a short animation, however the GIF format does not necessarily mean that it will be animated.

"Cat paws kneading" by Couch-scratching-cats is licensed under CC BY 2.5.

Video Sample - YouTube

This is the video that I chose to embed, I am a very big fan of kurzgesagt as they have some very insightful and informative videos.

Taking a step back from all of the negativity that we are constantly surrounded by in our everyday lives, especially in regards to what we see on the internet, Kurzgesagt tries to shine a brighter view on the accomplishments of humanity and our future as a species.

I embedded this video from youtube using the built in function on google-sites, which allowed me to search for this video inside the application and insert it seamlessly.

Since there isn't a Creative Commons license available on this video, I looked at the Kurzgesagt website and found that they allow the use of their videos for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

277021__sandermotions__applause-2.wav

Audio Sample - WAV

This is a generic audio sample of Applause. I got the idea from a game I play where it will play applause at the end of every song that you complete.

I found this particular applause audio by searching for "applause" on the Creative Commons search portal with the openverse category, after which I downloaded this file from freesound.org after creating an account with them. I then uploaded the file to my google drive and created a shareable link and embedded it into this website.

This audio file is listed as a Creative Commons 0, which means that:

"No Copyright

The person who associated a work with this deed has dedicated the work to the public domain by waiving all of his or her rights to the work worldwide under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights, to the extent allowed by law.

You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. See Other Information below.

Other Information

In no way are the patent or trademark rights of any person affected by CC0, nor are the rights that other persons may have in the work or in how the work is used, such as publicity or privacy rights.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, the person who associated a work with this deed makes no warranties about the work, and disclaims liability for all uses of the work, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. When using or citing the work, you should not imply endorsement by the author or the affirmer."

"Applause 2.WAV" by Sandermotions is marked with CC0 1.0.

Lessons Learned

During this project I learned so much about Creative Commons and the copyrights regarding media. I had learned about the various filetypes and media formats in another Computer Science class, but I had no idea that the licenses for things were so important and that there were so many of them! It really makes a difference in regards to what you can use and how you can use it, which I suppose makes sense as people really don't want their works stolen. I had always just searched google for whatever I needed before without regards to if I was able to use it legally or not! I'm sure I've used media for projects that I didn't have permission for before, but now I will be sure to use the tools available to make sure there are proper licenses on whatever I use in the future!

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