Playing+Fair+on+the+internet

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The above site is your new best friend when looking for content. Go to the site and read about the various licenses and keep this site handy as a favorite or in your bookmarks. This is the single source for learning about how material on the internet is shared from one user to another. In other words if Joe Smith put the following picture on the internet, in a photo storing site such as flickr.com. then it might be free to use, or he may have tagged it with a Creative Commons license. It is up to you to find out and abide by the licensing. (BTW - I took this picture from my hotel room in Waikiki this morning. So we are free to use it.)

Creative Commons licensing applies to more than just images found on the internet. Creative Commons licenses are used by musicians, and video, or multimedia work.

Much of the material on the internet is not licensed, but images frequently are and teachers often overlook that.

In an effort to have our district be as compliant to the laws as we can, please take the time to familiarize yourself and your students with the CC licenses.