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
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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)
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A Visit to Copyright
Bay - 'Students sail through the copyright seas in this clearly written,
visually appealing voyage.'
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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.
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Copyright Internet
Hunt by Cindy O’Hora - Internet based lesson to instruct in issues of
copyright and fair use.
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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.'
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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
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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!
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100
(Legal) Sources for Free Stock Images - Free Sources, but be cautious
and look for any disclaimers, copyright information before using.
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Creative Commons Search
Engine - Search for Creative Commons audio, images, text, video, and
other formats that are free to share online.
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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.'
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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.'
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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.'
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Gaining
Permission and Keeping Documentation for Using Images -
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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)
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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.'
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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.”
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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.
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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.'
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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.'
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Public
Domain Image Resources - “Cherry picked” and reviewed/vouched for by the
Progressive Historians user, Nonpartisan.
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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.'
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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.'
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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!”
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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. '
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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'
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Wikipedia:Public
domain image resources - Features a number of sources for images in the
public domain
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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.”
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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
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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...'
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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.'
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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.”
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Marvel Digital Comics -
Launched January 1, 2004, Marvel Digital Comics features an extensive and
ongoing collection of free digitized back issues of Marvel Comics.
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TeacherTube
Search Results for [comic] - Online instructional videos/slideshows of
the term “comic”.
Zombie Fun
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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.'
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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.'