Flickr for Photos

Finding good quality copyright-free images is a challenge. One option is to use Flickr, but you will need to do this at home as it is blocked at school. Like Google, Flickr has an advanced search option. At the bottom of the page there is an option to search within Creative Commons-licenced content. Check under Additional Information and look to see what the conditions of use are (may need to clcik on"some rights reserved".)

Copyright

When you are making something for a real customer and a real reason, you need to be "squeaky clean" about copyright. This means that EVERYTHING you use MUST be either copyright free or your own personal work. If you wish to use something that is copyrighted, you must ask for and get permission, and keep the evidence.
Just so there is no excuse for misunderstanding, EVERYTHING includes

• Video
• Still images
• Music
• And anything else!

And MUST means MUST!

Finding copyright-free material can be a challenge. When looking for still images, use Google Advanced Images Search and under Usage Rights select "labeled for reuse". At home, you could try Flickr - amateur photographers are often keen to share their work.

You may not use mp3 files, even if you own the CD. If you want to read more about the laws around this, try these sites:

• NZ Law Society 2009
• Creative Freedom NZ
• Consumer (this is from 2008, so slightly out of date, but explains things simply and clearly)

Happy Birthday to the Library!

Christchurch's Public Library is turning 150 this year!
There is a website especially for this event.
As part of the celebrations they are running a competition, asking people to make a 1-3 minute video about the library and upload it to YouTube. The information on the competition page gives some guidelines which are also relevant to our Rugby World Cup video project and may be useful for developing codes of practice.