Copyright, Copyleft
or
how (not) to get in trouble with images
catwiki.xula.edu/copyright
Disclaimer
I am not a lawyer. Most of the time, I don’t even know what I’m talking about. When it comes to arcane legal matters, you definitely shouldn’t trust me. By glancing at this slide, you agree to hold me harmless in the event that you do something stupid and get yourself in trouble. This presentation is offered with no warranty of any kind, not even the implied warranty of generally reliable information. Furthermore, my focus here will be on using other people’s work, rather than publishing your own work. In any case, if you want serious answers to perplexing legal questions, you really should consult a lawyer. If you were able to read all this then I left it on the screen too long.
The basic rule:
unless you know it's OK, it's not!
Copyright Basics
Copyright Basics
Other Situations
Photo by Horitokibd
Four Ways:
- Old
- Messed-up
- Voluntary
- Gov't work
Photo by Horitokibd
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International
Fair Use
Photo by Tatiana Matlina | CC BY-SA
Four Factors for Fair Use
Purpose
Nature
Amount
Market
Copyleft Basics
- Granting Freedoms
- Preserving Freedoms
- Legal Technique
Creative Commons
Share-Alike
Sure, you can use it...
as long as you share
under the same terms.
Other Licenses
Which one
is not Copyleft?
GNU
Mozilla Public License
Free Art License
Pixabay License
Personally...
What to Do?
How to find images you can use with impunity
DIY: Do It Yourself!
Search Techniques
Specific Platforms
Wikimedia Commons
Pixabay
Picryl
How to use those images you found
Bart Everson
"Glow of Dawn"
CC BY
Credits
Images in this presentation are in the public domain, except as noted. Many thanks to the artists who have shared their works.
All website screenshots are © 2024 respective owners.
"Blue Skin," "Robert Inspects the Plants" and "The Sun & the Moon, the Earth & the Stars" by Bart Everson, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.
"Four Factors" images generated by Midjourney.
Title graphic generated by GenType.
License
This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
The basic rule:
unless you know it's OK, it's not!
catwiki.xula.edu/copyright
Copyright, Copyleft
By Bart Everson
