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• Everything created after January 1, 1978 has been automatically Copyrighted by US Law - the intent was to protect and foster the creativity of the artist.
• But Fair Use is the backstage pass that gives rockstar educators and students the RIGHT to use copyrighted materials for educational purposes.
• There are no hard and fast rules about Fair Use - which is an advantage for us. Instead, educators should use the "four factors - the nature of the use, the nature of the work used, the extent of the use, and its economic effect."
• You can use print, images, Web sites, moving-image media, and sound media—in both analog and digital forms. In all cases, a digital copy is the same as a hard copy in terms of fair use
• Creative Commons - a license for publishing work. Creators can stipulate very loose control (like attribution) and very stringent control (like Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives). What the heck does this mean?

Creative Commons Licenses - "attribution"

http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses

Video from Creative Commons which explains

from Joyce Valenza and the "neverendingsearch" blog:

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334/post/130041813.html?nid=3714

Copy-friendly websearches from Joyce Valenza

http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

More creative commons sources:

http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2009/04/30/30-creative-commons-sources/

Flickr Creative Commons

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons