Copyright and Fair Use
At HCS, we are committed to providing students with all of the tools necessary to be successful today and into the future. We believe that it is vital to practice copyright and fair use policies in our daily practice and to encourage students to create their own unique content.
Below are links that may be useful to use to learn about copyright laws and to locate media that is royalty-free. Please note that it is important to read the copyright information on each of these pages, as they may change. Additionally, some sites may have a select group of royalty-free content, and you want to be sure that you are selecting from the correct areas.
Copyright Links
http://www.copyright.gov/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InzDjH1-9Ns&feature=related
http://www.copyright.com/viewPage.do?pageCode=cr10-n
Royalty-Free Music
http://www.soundzabound.com
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
http://en.audiofarm.org
http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/freemusic.htm
http://ccmixter.org/find-music
http://dig.ccmixter.org/
Royalty-Free Images
http://quest.eb.com
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.gettyimages.com
http://www.corbisimages.com
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/
http://photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/Index.asp
Resources for Teachers
http://www.teachingcopyright.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoGrVmDj1Yo
http://www.copyright.com/viewPage.do?pageCode=cr10-n
Copyright: Laws that protect authors from other's reusing their work and calling it their own. This work includes texts, images, audio, video, etc.
Fair Use: Certain people may have access to a limited amount of copyright materials to use for the purposes of education, news reporting, research, etc. Of course, any work used must always be cited and used strictly as the author intended.
Public Domain: Content that is available to the public and does not have copyright specifications.
Royalty-Free: Ability for others to use content (which may be copyrighted) without having to pay royalties, or money, for this use. Again, citing any sources is important.
Rights Protected: It is important to fully understand the rights of each individual work. Some works may be unlimited, others may be restricted to education only, while others may limited the ways in which the content is reused.
At HCS, we are committed to providing students with all of the tools necessary to be successful today and into the future. We believe that it is vital to practice copyright and fair use policies in our daily practice and to encourage students to create their own unique content.
Below are links that may be useful to use to learn about copyright laws and to locate media that is royalty-free. Please note that it is important to read the copyright information on each of these pages, as they may change. Additionally, some sites may have a select group of royalty-free content, and you want to be sure that you are selecting from the correct areas.
Copyright Links
http://www.copyright.gov/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InzDjH1-9Ns&feature=related
http://www.copyright.com/viewPage.do?pageCode=cr10-n
Royalty-Free Music
http://www.soundzabound.com
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
http://en.audiofarm.org
http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/freemusic.htm
http://ccmixter.org/find-music
http://dig.ccmixter.org/
Royalty-Free Images
http://quest.eb.com
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://www.gettyimages.com
http://www.corbisimages.com
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml
http://digitalmedia.fws.gov/
http://photogallery.nrcs.usda.gov/Index.asp
Resources for Teachers
http://www.teachingcopyright.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoGrVmDj1Yo
http://www.copyright.com/viewPage.do?pageCode=cr10-n
Copyright: Laws that protect authors from other's reusing their work and calling it their own. This work includes texts, images, audio, video, etc.
Fair Use: Certain people may have access to a limited amount of copyright materials to use for the purposes of education, news reporting, research, etc. Of course, any work used must always be cited and used strictly as the author intended.
Public Domain: Content that is available to the public and does not have copyright specifications.
Royalty-Free: Ability for others to use content (which may be copyrighted) without having to pay royalties, or money, for this use. Again, citing any sources is important.
Rights Protected: It is important to fully understand the rights of each individual work. Some works may be unlimited, others may be restricted to education only, while others may limited the ways in which the content is reused.