An Internet Hotlist on zombies

An Internet Hotlist on Copyright, Free Images/Media Resources, and Zombies

created by Silver Lisa

Introduction | General Copyright Information | Free Media: Seek out Copyright Terms! | Comic Book Resources | Zombie Fun

Introduction
In addition to using books and comics about zombies, why not also use the power of the Internet? The links below will get you started.

The Internet Resources

General Copyright Information

A Fair(y) Use Tale - A Fair(y) Use Tale -”Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University created this humorous, yet informative, review of copyright principles delivered through the words of the very folks we can thank for nearly endless copyright terms.” (Also on YouTube)

A Visit to Copyright Bay - 'Students sail through the copyright seas in this clearly written, visually appealing voyage.'

Copyright Basics - This lesson plan is a PowerPoint presentation the covers the basics of copyright law in the USA. Useable for students at any level.

Fair Use Analysis Tool - 'Use this form to conduct a thorough four-factor review of your proposed use. It is a tool intended to assure that you examine all factors surrounding the circumstances of your proposed use. Read Working With Fair Use if you need a broader explanation of the four factors considered here.'

How I Learned to Love FAIR USE… - “How I Learned to Love FAIR USE… or how to bring a $300,000 lawsuit down to $0 if you’re a library, archive, or nonprofit educational institution” by Mary Minow

Internet Use Permission Letters - '...three useful online, interactive forms for teachers and students to use when soliciting permission to use other's work'

Free Media: Seek out Copyright Terms!

100 (Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images - Free Sources, but be cautious and look for any disclaimers, copyright information before using.

Creative Commons Search Engine - Search for Creative Commons audio, images, text, video, and other formats that are free to share online.

EdSelect.com - 'There are many sites on the www that permit the free use of clip art for school and personal web pages. When entering any site read the disclaimers, copyright information and follow the protocol stated.'

EveryStockPhoto.com - 'everystockphoto.com is a search engine for creative commons photos, located in Vancouver, BC. We aim to be a community for designers, developers, photographers and other media publishers who want better, easier access to license-specific media on the web.'

Flickr Creative Commons Search - 'Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through photos under each type of license.'

Gaining Permission and Keeping Documentation for Using Images -

Hello, Zombie movie addicts - “Watch and comment more than 70 zombie movies in high quality stream. None of the media is hosted on this site. All movies are free and in Public domain.” (Could use still frames or movie clips for projects)

Image After - Copyright free images: ' WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH IMAGE*AFTER IMAGES AND TEXTURES? * you CAN modify our images and textures in any way you see fit * you CAN use our images and textures in your own work, whether it be for personal or commercial use * you CAN redistribute or sell our images and textures ALTERED OR UNALTERED as part of printed work (e.g. posters, cd-covers, postcards etc) WHAT CAN'T YOU DO WITH IMAGE*AFTER IMAGES AND TEXTURES? * you CANNOT REDISTRIBUTE our images and textures as part of an online resource site like our own, i.e. use them to directly compete with us.'

MITVWiki’s Creative Commons Resources - “This section contains a list of resources whose creators have made them free for sharing so that you can use them in your video. Note that while we call this page “Creative Commons Resources”, there are a variety of licenses that allow sharing and, of course, public domain resources, which are completely free to use.”

Morguefile.com - According to the faq’s, Morguefile.com is repository of free images submitted under the “mogue file” license. Therefore, “all images are really free and they can be used in your commercial projects without permission or credit from the photogrpaher. Although selling prints, selling the images directly or claiming the photo is yours is prohibited…[They are not in the public domain, and the] images are still property of their respective owner and have granted you a usage license under the morguefile TOS.

NASA Image eXchange (NIX) - 'NASA still images, audio files and video generally are not copyrighted. You may use NASA imagery, video and audio material for educational or informational purposes, including photo collections, textbooks, public exhibits and Internet Web pages. This general permission extends to personal Web pages.'

Pics4Learning - 'Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students. The Pics4Learning collection consists of thousands of images that have been donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers. Unlike many Internet sites, permission has been granted for teachers and students to use all of the images donated to the Pics4Learning collection.'

Public Domain Image Resources - “Cherry picked” and reviewed/vouched for by the Progressive Historians user, Nonpartisan.

Public Domain Resources from Wikipedia - 'There are many resources available on the net that are in the public domain, and therefore freely usable without restrictions for Wikipedia content. There are also many copyrighted resources whose licensing terms are liberal enough that they can generally be used as well. Below is a list of some of each; please add to this if you discover new resources.'

Spruce Up Your Blog with Images, Courtesy of Flickr and Creative Commons - Blog Entry from LegalAndrew.com, 'But where do you find free images you can use? Flickr, everyone’s favorite photo sharing site...With Flickr you can easily search for pictures based on any term(s) that might come to mind. The odds are great that you’ll find tons of neat photos to use.'

The Freesound Project - According to its website, “The Freesound Project aims to create a huge collaborative database of audio snippets, samples, recordings, bleeps, … released under the Creative Commons Sampling Plus License. The Freesound Project provides new and interesting ways of accessing these samples, allowing users to … browse the sounds in new ways using keywords, a “sounds-like” type of browsing and more … up and download sounds to and from the database, under the same creative commons license … [and] interact with fellow sound-artists!”

Visipix - 'Each picture you use must carry the names of the author and visipix.com,' and Visipix “collects, edits, indexes and publishes photos and art of our cultural world heritage. In print quality, for free.” This applies to all publications, e.g. webpages, printing matter etc. See example on the right. If this condition is not met, you do not have a valid license to publish the picture and must face legal charges as defined by copyright regulations. '

Wikimedia Commons - 'Unlike traditional media repositories Wikimedia Commons is free. Everyone is allowed to copy, use and modify any files here freely as long as the source and the authors are credited and as long as users release their copies/improvements under the same freedom to others. The Wikimedia Commons database itself and the texts in it are licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. The license conditions of each individual media file can be found on their description pages'

Wikipedia:Public domain image resources - Features a number of sources for images in the public domain

Yotophoto - Search Engine for free-to-use images. “Yotophoto is now indexing well over a quarter million Creative Commons, Public Domain, GNU FDL, and various other ‘copyleft’ images.”

Zombie and Halloween Clipart from WPclipart.com - 'WPClipart collection: clipart and photos optimized for use with word processors and inkjet printers. Images may be used for commercial as well as personal projects without attribution or linking. See the Legal page for complete details concerning their Terms of Use.'

Comic Book Resources

Free Zombie WOWIO Comic Books (registration required) - 'You may download or copy the Content, as authorized on this site and only for your own personal use, provided that you maintain all copyright and other notices contained in such Content...You may not modify, publish, transmit, transfer or sell, reproduce, create derivative works from, distribute, perform, display, or in any way exploit any of the Content, in whole or in part, except as expressly permitted in these Terms...'

GoldenAgeComics.co.uk - 'Welcome to Golden Age Comics. The #1 site for downloading FREE copyright free golden age comics. We are still a young site so please bare with us during this startup period. We are currently looking for users who can upload comics we have not got yet and also looking for comic researchers who can find comics that are copyright free or in the public domain. If you like the service provided here please consider donating to us so we can expand onto a better, faster and larger server.'

Hypercomics.com - A free online showcase of comics created by users of the comic book creation software, Comic Book Creator. According to Hypercomics.com, “By submitting Your Content for inclusion into the Hypercomics site, you also grant the following use of and rights to Your Content to all Hypercomics Users worldwide: … the non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, distribute, remix, prepare derivative works of and compilations, display and perform Your Content as permitted through the functionality of the Hypercomics and under these Additional Terms and the TOS.”

Marvel Digital Comics - Launched January 1, 2004, Marvel Digital Comics features an extensive and ongoing collection of free digitized back issues of Marvel Comics.

TeacherTube Search Results for [comic] - Online instructional videos/slideshows of the term “comic”.

Zombie Fun

Make your own zombie costume from Lifehacker.com - 'Time to get dressed for the impending zombie takeover! The 365 Halloween blog has the basics on putting together an authentic zombie costume, along with yummy extras, like creepy skin flaps (pictured), oozing wounds, exposed brain and ground-up neck flesh.'

Simply Scripts.com: Results of search for Zombie movie scripts - 'No graphics, pages, html, banners, etc., found on this site may be reproduced, posted, or sold without the consent of Simply Scripts.'

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Last revised Tue Oct 9 2007