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The People Speak Project: Essential Questions
Date Due: By the end of class on Tuesday, April 5.

When you have your finished video file to give to Ms. Mitchell:
 * Please make sure the file is compatible with iMovie: MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Quicktime format (.mov or .dv), //others//?
 * If you want to email your file, you can use (free) YouSendIt to email files up to 100MB.

If you are looking for copyright-appropriate images, try:
 * Wikimedia Commons
 * Flickr Creative Commons page, or use Flickr's Advanced Search to limit search to "Only search within **Creative Commons**-licensed content "

If you are looking for copyright-appropriate music, try:
 * Jamendo

//Please// - if you have more resources, please add them to the lists above.

Some quick definitions:

[|Copyright] - //[MOST RESTRICTIVE]// Creative work is under copyright protection the moment it is created and "fixed in a tangible form ." All sorts of creative work are protected including images, songs, and written work. If the rights are not specified, assume it is copyrighted.

[|Public Domain] - //[NO RESTRICTIONS]// "When a work is in the public domain, it is free for use by anyone for any purpose without restriction under copyright law. Public domain is the purest form of open/free, since no one owns owns or controls the material in any way." Mostly, this includes resources that are government work (USGS, NASA) or very old. Cornell University has an [|updated table] of copyright term and public domain rules.

[|Creative Commons] - //[SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE]// This is a way to modify your copyright to allow for sharing, remixing or distribution of your work. There are many "levels" of creative commons licensing. On [|this page], creativecommons.org lists them starting with the most accommodating license type through the most restrictive license type. Generally, the licenses address different requirements for attribution, share-alike, commercial use, and allowing derivative works (can you modify it). ,

There are four major conditions of the Creative Commons: **Attribution** (BY), requiring attribution to the original author (giving the author credit) ; **Share Alike** (SA), allowing derivative works under the same or a similar license ( how you will license any work you create from it) ; **Non-Commercial** (NC), requiring the work is not used for commercial purposes (you can't make money from it; and **No Derivative Works** (ND), allowing only the original work, without derivatives (you can't change it).

There is also **Fair Use**. The Fair Use [|doctrine] generally allows for the copying of protected material (texts, sounds, images, etc.) for a limited and “transformative” purpose, like criticizing, commenting, parodying, news reporting, teaching the copyrighted work. Under the US copyright laws, fair use “is not an infringement of copyright.” When determining Fair Use, judges typically consider four factors. [|Read more]....