Lesson on Copyright

It is very important to understand copyright. When you are working on your projects for this class, you must use copyright-free images or images you have created yourself. You can use drawings you have made, photographs you have taken, or graphics you have created on the computer. You can also use photos on the "Copyright Free Image" link list to the right. YOU CANNOT USE PHOTOS OFF THE INTERNET WITHOUT PERMISSION FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHER. That means no downloading photos from Google image search to use in your project. This is just like stealing. If you change the photo drastically, it is possible to use it (we will talk more about this "fair use" later).


First go to CyberBee and click on the students to answer the questions on your worksheet. Answer briefly in complete sentences:



1. What is copyright?

2. What is public domain?

3. What is fair use?

4. Can I use photographs from the Smithsonian's website?

5. Does it matter how much of a song or video I use?

6. Can I use images and text from a site if it doesn't have the word copyright or the copyright symbol © on it?

7. Can you show your school projects on you website?

8. What is attribution?

9. Who's going to know?

10. Look through the links on the right under "Copyright Free Images and More." You can right-click and open in a new tab so you don't loose your page. Find an image and save it into your folder. To do this, right-click on the image, go to "save image as," and save it to the folder with your name. What kind of picture did you save?