Composing a Living Community
"Sustainable Design" by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and "Stark Green Bike Lane" by Greg Raisman are licensed under CC BY-SA-NC 2.0.
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An alternative to using images in the public domain, or claiming "fair use" of copyrighted images and video, is to use Creative Commons licensed images and videos.
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- U.S. Geological Survey Media GalleryUSGS Media Gallery includes a video section that includes topics such as biology, climate change, water.
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Multimodal Texts and Copyright
- Creating Multimodal Texts: Copyright and AttributionGuidelines for ethical and legal use of copyrighted material in your Digital Media Projects.
- Fair UseIf you're going to use copyrighted works in your Digital Media projects, the way you use the work should fall neatly into the category of "Fair Use." Educate yourself about that here!
- Copyright Crash CourseUniversity of Texas created this excellent guide to using copyrighted work in multimedia projects.