Coakley_u05a2 EDIM510
Public Domain Creative work that is not
protected by copyright – intellectual property rights
Guidelines predate new technologies
Internet is not public domain
Internet is a resource Most web pages are protected by copyright law. Includes information on web pages Code used to create web pages
William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
Undated engraving. © 2006 Corbis
The painting, Shakespeare Landscape.
© 2006 Corbis
Internet is a global resource Governed by an international treaty Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and
Artistic Works Individual countries
establish copyright rules
Rule of thumb Relate multi-media or web resource to a print
resource All materials must be properly cited.
US government publications
Public Domain
Information on US government web sites
What to avoidIf you plan to post work you have not created to your
website Never remove or bypass advertising from a site May deprive copyright owner
of revenue
Never, ever Never copy a site’s html code Never delete the web site’s identifying information Not acceptable to download web site’s graphics
Photographs, illustrations, logos, buttons
Always Get permission from copyright
owner Get electronic rights to use
work online Remember print rights not
equal to electronic rights
Good ideas & good manners Ask permission to post or quote from emails
Emails, personal or posted to list group
Ask permission to link to web sites with large video or audio files Prevents server and bandwidth problems
Remember…to use any work you did not
create -- whether print or electronic -- when in doubt, ask permission!
ReferencesStarr, Linda (2010, May 25) Copyright Law and New Technologies.
EducationWorld.com. Retrieved Friday June 4, 2010, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280c.shtml
Clipart by Clipart.com. © 2010 Clipart.com, a division of Getty Images.Corbis. (2006). English Dramatist William Shakespeare [Image]. Available
from http://www.discoveryeducation.com/ Corbis. (2006). Shakespeare Landscape [Image]. Available from http://
www.discoveryeducation.com/ NASA. (2010). Screenshot of navigation. Retrieved June 8, 2010 from http://
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.htmlStarr, Linda (2010, May 25) Copyright Law and New Technologies.
EducationWorld.com. Retrieved Friday June 4, 2010, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280c.shtml
USA.gov. (2010) Screenshot of banner. Retrieved June 8, 2010 from http://www.usa.gov/