Post #4: What I know Now About Copyright
Copyright is not the requirements to source a piece of
someone’s work but the law under which prevents it from being used by others. If
you are looking to use someone else’s images, music, or videos for your own
projects you must check to know whether it is copyrighted. If there is no
labeling saying it is not copyrighted you must assume that it is copyrighted.
If you still want to use it, you must go through a few
steps. First, you need to receive written permission from the owner to use it. In
the case of copyrighted music, you need permission from both the artist and the
record label. Often, you can still be charged to get permission or pay a
royalty for the work you want to use.
You might find this to be too much work or just too
expensive of an avenue to pursue. The next option is to find work that is licensed
in creative commons. This allows the maker to allow their work to be used under
certain restrictions. Always know what restrictions the creator is exercising.
This will limit some of the work available even more so.
Finally, if you want to be brave you could claim fair use. However,
there are stipulations that you must meet in order to do so. The main part is you
must do the majority of work. Fair use designed though for those in fields of
education, journalism, commentary, criticism, research, as well as scholars. If
you are not in these fields fair use will not protect you. Another thing to
consider in fair use is that it is resolved case by case; this means that fair
use will not protect you from any lawsuits.
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