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Lesson 2 – Objectives
• Recap on the idea of copyright
• Look at sources of copyright free images
• Gathering images for your poster
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Important point!!!
• We will be using image manipulation software
to make the poster
• This means we can potentially combine many
different images.
• As such gather a number of images which
could be combined.
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Copyright
• Images found through google will be
copyrighted
• What does that mean? Well they are owned
by someone who you need to get permission
from!
• Essentially this heavily restricts what you can
use.
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Look at this image
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Can I use it?
• In short no.
• We could ask for permission but who do I ask?
• Obviously national geographic!
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But that is not where I found it....
It was found on http://www.fanpop.com/
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Websites can not be trusted!!
• The last example was simple to work out who
owned it.
• But this is more the exception than the norm.
• For example look at this website
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This website was
made by a random
member of the public.
The monkey image
they used was taken
from google images.
We have no idea who
owns the rights to the
photo!!
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Corporations pay big bucks for photos!
• Corporations, especially media companies,
will retain the rights to images.
• They may have paid a lot of money for them
or potentially may make a lot of money from
them.
• For example if the BBC took a photo of a rare
animal they could then sell that as no one else
will have the image.
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So where do companies get images from?
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They get them from a number of sources
1) Royalty free websites
2) Take images themselves
3) Ask permission to use the photo.
• Did you know? If you send an image to the BBC
they can share it with other 3rd parties WITHOUT
your permission! Always read terms and
conditions 
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Royalty free
• There are websites which either sell or offer
images for free.
• These images are known as royality free as
there are no restrictions placed on them
meaning that you can use them as you wish.
• They are sometimes referred to as stock
images.
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Finding stock images
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Here are some websites to get you started
http://www.freedigitalphotos.net/
http://sxc.hu
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Pa
ge
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Adding stock images to your sources table
Notice the user’s name!!!
This is the owner of the
image.
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Filling out the sources table
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Activity
• Find 5 images which will relate to your movie
poster
– Remember you are going to create a poster to
promote a fictional film of your choosing
• Save the images to your user area
• Then add the images to your sources table.
• You can get help here
http://dida.pwnict.co.uk/research.html
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Other sources
• Creating images or taking photos
• Important point!
– Try and take images against a solid colour
background.
– This makes editing easier!
• If you plan to scan an image in then ensure it
is NOT done in pencil.
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Asking permission
• If you desperately want to use an image you
have found on someone's website then you
will need to ask for permission.
• You need to
– Find their email address or a way of contacting
them
– Send an email to them and RECORD the email.
• If you cannot find contact details then you
CANNOT use it.
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Formal emails
• The email must be formal. So the following is
not acceptable.
• “Can I use an image off your website for my
coursework. “
• This will be greeted with a negative response.
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Being formal
• Address them by name (if you know it) or as
Sir / Madame
• Write it as you would a letter.
• Say exactly what image you would like to use.
• Explain why you want to use it and what you
plan to do with it.
• Ask nicely!
• Use full sentences and paragraphs.
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Activity
• Find an image through Google images which
you would like to use.
• Draft an email to the owner of the image and
send that email to your
ICT teacher.
• The point of this activity is to ensure you can
draft a formal email, not to actually get
permission.