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Fair Use for the Web
- It is critical to make sure you have permission to use the images, documents, and objects in your exhibit.
- Even when you are using them for educational purposes, publishing images to the web for which you do not have permission does not constitute "fair use."
- Regardless of where you find items that you want to include in your exhibit, make sure they are available for reuse before including them on a website.
- Library of Congress: Copyright and Primary SourcesAbout copyright, fair use, and permissions.
- Public domain in the United StatesIncludes the current public domain date
Strategy: Search Public Domain and Creative Commons Materials
How to find public domain or Creative Commons reusable images
- Search for basic keywords related to your topic
- Try including some time-related keywords in your search
- Facet: "Can I use it?" -- Yes, or Yes with Conditions
- Copy detailed copyright information and put it in the "Rights" field. (ex) CC BY; or http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
- Wikimedia CommonsOver 16 million freely usable media files. Like Wikipedia, anyone can contribute to the collection. Copyright and licensing information is provided for every image.
- Europeana This link opens in a new window
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(Searches through citations and subject indexing)
A large collections with artworks, artifacts, books, videos and sounds from across Europe. Has filters for Open Licenses.
- More online images for reuseDidn't find anything above? Try some other locations...though you may need to do a bit more wading to find relevant items.
