Miranda Cosgrove for dolphins

Join Miranda Cosgrove for dolphins

iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove wants to keep dolphins singing. And just days after the Obama administration took another step forward to allowing deafening seismic airgun blasts looking for oil and gas deposits off the Atlantic coast, the dolphins she loves are in trouble.

Plans to allow seismic blasts in Atlantic waters put tens of thousands of dolphins, whales, and other wildlife at risk of injury, hearing loss or death. After more than 100,000 Oceana supporters petitioned various government agencies and officials, the government is still pushing forward, with their latest statement allowing seismic airgun blasts being released just last week.

Miranda Cosgrove has joined with Oceana to release a PSA about this threat to our oceans, and we urge you to watch, share, and then take action to tell President Obama, Secretary Jewell, and his administration that these blasts must be stopped.

Watch our new PSA and take action today »

The Obama administration continues to move forward with their plan to expand drilling despite our pleas for them to listen to the science and stop. So now we're asking President Obama and the Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell to take charge and stop these plans, for the sake of our coasts and Atlantic wildlife.

Dolphins can't survive without their songs, and our lives would dramatically change without healthy oceans. Join with us and Miranda today to fight for a safe and quiet Atlantic and keep dolphins and whales safe from seismic airgun blasts.

Watch the video and tell your friends to take action for dolphins.

For the dolphins,
Claire Douglass
Campaign Director, Climate & Energy
Oceana

The TRUTH will set you FREE.

RARE BONSAI

BY  JOEL CASTRO

PREMIERE PRO ONLINE ASSIGNMENT 2 INSTRUCTIONS

  

by: GLENN ABRAMS

Posted to: SPRING 2014 - COMM630A (2231F - U) - Abrams MM

Discussion Assignment 2 - Copyright Law || Image & Sound Resources

Discussion Assignment 2 ,  Due Thursday, March 13, 2014

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Okay.

SO YOU NEED IMAGES and SOUNDS for YOUR PROJECT.

As you search for possible images to use in your assignments and exercises, please pay particular attention to ALL copyright laws and regulations.You may use only those images that are free of any copyright or, if you choose to use images from resources such as Getty Images or iStockPhoto, the appropriate fees are paid for their use.

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© 

^{^} This is the copyright symbol. It identifies and legally protects your creative, tangible work from reproduction or use without your permission.  

BUT even without a copyright symbol, any work that is not your own is, by law, still protected from reproduction or use without permission.

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PART 1 of 3

Please READ this IMAGE RESOURCE and COPYRIGHT INFO and the Links.  

Yes. There will be a QUIZ next week. And a Stock Resource Research Discussion Assignment. You will be grateful later.  Well, most of you will be grateful.

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What is Copyright?

Copyright is a legal form of protection for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression, allowing only the creator to own, share, display, perform, change or distribute what was created.

For example, if you create a song, you own the music and lyrics to that song.  If you create an image, film or video, or write a book or blog, you own what you have created.  No one else can use or reproduce your work without permission and/or compen$ation.

Copyright law can also prevent you from legally using any work that is not your own without permission.

But there are Exceptions.

Copyright laws give creators the right to be compensated for the use of their work, as well as the ability to control many uses of their works. However, those rights are limited in time and scope, in order to ensure that the public is able to access and re-use creative works in new and interesting ways. Thus, while copyright is often discussed in terms of restrictions, there are aspects of the law that facilitate the rights and freedoms of (re)use, as well as those of the original creators.

These permissive aspects of copyright law include:

1)  The Fair Use Doctrine
     This permits use of copyrighted material for purposes of Criticism, News Reporting, Teaching, Research and Parody.

2)  The Public Domain
     Once a copyright term ends, works enter the "public domain", where the use of copyrighted material is permitted.

Watch this Parody Video that simultaneously explains and demonstrates the idea of Fair Use:

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Read these Copyright INFO links:  Thanks to Instructor, Toni Renier, for providing the following:

COPYRIGHT - FAQ

COPYRIGHT - What is Fair Use?

COPYRIGHT - What is Public Domain?

COPYRIGHT - Glossary of Terms

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BITLAW.comCopyright law in the U.S. is governed by federal statute, namely the Copyright Act of 1976. The Copyright Act prevents the unauthorized copying of a work of authorship. However, only the copying of the work is prohibited--anyone Read On.....

COPYRIGHT Basics 
What is copyright and other information by Purdue Library.

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How to Get USE RIGHTS for IMAGES and SOUND:

1]  Make your own original images, music and sounds.

This is one of the best ways to ensure you own the content.

2]  Find images and sounds in the Public Domain.

Free, but you must be sure the work really is in the Public Domain.

3]  Request or license permission from the copyright holder.

Hey. "If you don't ask, you don't get."

And maybe the copyright owner will give you use-rights in exchange for the publicity, or in support of your cause.

4]  License use-rights from Video, Audio and Image Resources.

The safest way to ensure you can use the material.  And sometimes the price can be reasonable too.

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Resources: IMAGES and SOUNDS
There are lots of content resources on the web.  Here are some.   Thanks to tillforgood.com for the following:

Stock Photos: 

As low as $0.21 / image.

123RF Stock Photography - Stock Photos and Royalty Free Images

http://www.123rf.com/

High Res Comping images:

Inmagine- Royalty Free Photos, Stock Photos, Photography and Royalty Free Images

http://www.inmagine.com/

Quality FREE images:

This article is amazing.  A list of places to find the best free stock photos.

Stock photos that don’t suck — Design / UX — Medium

https://medium.com/design-ux/62ae4bcbe01b

Public Domain Photography:

Hidden treasures from the world's public photography archives

http://www.flickr.com/commons

Stock Audio:

Best Quality, searchability and price.

AudioJungle-Royalty Free Music - Sound Effects - Stock Audio

http://audiojungle.net/

Premiumbeat.com

How to Find the Best Copyright-Free Music

http://www.premiumbeat.com/resources/find-the-best-copyright-free-music

Music Copyright Laws: The Basics

http://www.premiumbeat.com/resources/music-copyright-laws-the-basics

Stock Textures:

CG Textures - Textures for 3D, graphic design and Photoshop!

http://www.cgtextures.com/

Lost and Taken - Free High Resolution Textures

http://lostandtaken.com/

Stock Video:

www.videoblocks.com

http://www.videoblocks.com/

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PART 2 of 3Go to the Discussion page to answer these questions and comment. 

A. In your opinion, what are the two most interesting resource links (see resource links above and below), and why?  

    Please include the links in your answer.

    For example:

National Geographic has amazing images, and if you buy the Royalty Free images, the fee is determined not by the usage rights licensed, but by the file size requested. Once licensed, Royalty Free images can be used in an unlimited number of projects by the licensee. Kinda expensive, from $145 - to $500, but hey - you get what you pay for!  And the licensee can use them forever! 

 

B.  List two (2) or more links to resources for images, videos or sounds 

      - that preferably aren't already in the Assignment Resource lists above and below.

 

     Provide a brief description of the resources, and if their use-rights are available for a FEE - or for FREE.

C.  You must briefly comment on at least one other comment. Learn from your classmates.

     (Plus, commenting will count toward your grade.)

PART  3 of 3

You must comment on at least one other comment. Learn from your classmates.(Oh. And commenting counts toward your grade.)

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Some Awesome Places to find Design Resources

Everything You Need to Know About Design on the Web - Piccsy Playground

http://www.piccsy.com/everything-design/

Agile Designers - 1355 Top Resources for Designers and Developers 

http://www.agiledesigners.com/

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... and even more IMAGES & SOUND Resources

           Thanks to Instructor, Toni Renier, for providing the following:

adFlip
"adflip.com is the world's largest searchable database of classic print ads. You can search by category, by decade [from the 1940s], even by year. The 'what are you looking for' search box allows you to type in a brand name and even a specific model name. We won't guarantee that you will always get a match, but you may be surprised at what is lurking deep in our archives." To take full advantage of the site, membership is required.

American Memory from the Library of Congress
"American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience." Although the Library of Congress provides some copyright information about the items in this collection, "it is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections."

Clip Art, Sounds and Fonts Galore
Created by Earl Sande, Secondary School Librarian, International School of Tanganyika. Part of the Educational CyberPlayground.

ClipArt Searcher
Provides a page of forms to search several search engines for photos, fonts, animations and clip art.

Creative Commons
You can search for audio, video, images, text, and more. "Creative Commons offers a flexible range of protections and freedoms for authors and artists. We have built upon the "all rights reserved" of traditional copyright to create a voluntary "some rights reserved" copyright. We're a nonprofit. All of our tools are free." Creative Commons also offers a search tool.

DK Clip ArtDorling Kindersley, British market leader in illustrated non-fiction publishing, provides a "mini site will help support class and homework activities with downloads of DK's famous photographs that can be included in your school projects."

Finding Images on the Web
Compiled by Ruth S. Thomas, Art/Art History Bibliographer, Mugar Memorial Library, Boston University Libraries

FindSounds
"A free site where you can search the Web for sound effects and musical instrument samples."

Flickr.com
This photo sharing site requires free registration for use. Designed to assist people in sharing photos with family and friends, it is also a great place to search for photos. Site managers encourage you to "Look around, see whose photos you like. Check out The Flickr Blog, which has great photos daily, or keep an eye on the page with Everyone's photos."

FreeFoto.com"The photographs are free to private non-commercial users and for sale to other users."

Getty Images
From cutting edge creative imagery to of the moment editorial shots, daily entertainment video to original music tracks.
Getty Images has professional photos for a fee. These are ALL copyrighted.

IStockPhoto
Also a wide array of professional images for a fee. These also are ALL copyrighted.

Stock.xchng
Known as the "leading free stock photography site." Photographers can share their photographs with others. Collection is browsable by subject. The gallery contains "over 100,000 quality stock photos by more than 9,000 users."

Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media Home PageThe site provides a list of topics you can be browsed by category or, you can search the collection and limit your search by type of resource: clip art, photos, animations, sounds, etc. You can also suggest new content.

morgueFile.com
This site, which contains high-resolution digital stock, is maintained by Michael and Kevin Connors "to provide free image reference material for use in all creative pursuits." "The morguefile contains photographs freely contributed by many artists to be used in creative projects by visitors to the site. To acknowledge the artist's accomplishments, we ask that you credit the photographer when possible."

National Geographic Creative Online
Long recognized for the stunning photography that accompanies its articles, the online site provides licensed professional Stock Photography and Royalty-Free Images, ALL copyrighted and all for a fee.

The NYPL Picture Collection Online
"The digital collection of images presented here ... is taken from the in-print collection of images that New York Public Library has been collecting since 1915. ...the organization and cataloging of the online collection is what makes these images so valuable. Users can browse the collection by name, title, subject, and author, and quick and advanced search options are available. The subject and physical descriptors for each image are extensive, and a source is given for each image. Images can be added to a 'My Gallery' save function for viewing or ordering, and can be printed, emailed or saved to disk. Users who wish to order images for commercial use may do so by paying a fee to cover the cost of permissions and licensing."[ALA|MARS Best Ref 2004, Reviewed 9 March 2004]

PhotoObjects.net
Royalty-free stock photograph images that already have clipping paths "and ready to drop into any background, combining high-resolution stock photo image quality with the simplicity of vector art." Images can be searched by keyword, by category and by color. This new search option may retrieve "photo object images you may not have found by using the more traditional keyword or category searches." Requires a subscription or pay-per-download.

Pics4Learning.com
Has photographs and an "ImageBlender" where you can edit digital images. "Copyright friendly images for education" available for use in teacher or student projects.

Picture History
"Describing itself as a '…digital library of high quality images and footage illustrating more than 200 years of American history,' this site has indexed still images of maps, postcards, photographs, cartoons, stereo cards, periodicals, and more, in addition to video and audio clips. The resources can be accessed through rather broad categories, simple keyword searches, or by using the very good advanced search tool, which allows keyword searches to be limited by such attributes as date, medium, color, broad subject area, original format, or photographer. Images can be licensed, purchased or sent as a free e-card from the website." [ALA|MARS Best Ref 2004, Reviewed 23 March 2004]

Public libraries have collections of children's books that include many of the topics one would find in books for adults, as well as picture books and fantasy literature. Books for very young children, in particular, are usually heavily illustrated with drawings or photographs and are a great resource for artists and designers.

Retrographix
Free retro clipart from common graphics stock supplied for use in advertising sections of newspapers. © 2003 Robert J. Falk

A Fair(y) Use Tale

The TRUTH will set you FREE.