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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/