Some people may believe that the internet is a free web base where everything and anything is fair game to be used and duplicated. This is a common myth when in reality the internet possess many strict copyright laws.
For example, let's say that a student wishes to publish a web page and is shopping around for images to enhance their page. Their are some websites out there that allow users to search through a database of photos with no copyright restrictions. Luckily though students fall under what is the 'fair use' policy. Under the 'fair use' policy students, teachers, and journalists may use images or words for private use as long as they give a citation. Unfortunately, if you are neither of the three you have to get specific permission from the author to use the image.
There are other regulations such as spontaneity. For example if you just run across an image on the internet you can print it out and make copies to distribute it to a class, giving credit where credit is due of course. If you know in advance what image you will be using it is necessary to ask the author for permission.
Internet images, just like essays, contain many copyright laws that users must be aware of.
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Remember that if you get photos from a free website like Stock.EXCHNG you don’t have to worry about copyrights. Also, Creative Commons provides an alternative to traditional copyrights, with the “some rights reserved” copyright.
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