Nothing is for FREE!
How many times have
you illegally copied/pasted photos, pictures,
music and the like for your own use without crediting the source or the person who owns it?
A lot of times, I bet!
Creative Commons
Creative Commons...What is it?
Creative Commons is both an organization, and a movement in response to expansive copyright protection. Using Creative Commons Licenses, artists and creators can proactively make their work available for public use, under specific conditions.
If you are using a work under the Creative Commons license, you are legally bound, by the license/contract to provide a certain minimum attribution (citation).
Creative Commons Guide Below for detailed information on use.
How do you to find creative commons licensed material?
How to find Creative Commons materials using the Creative Commons search portal
How to find Creative Commons Materials using Google
How to find Creative Commons Materials using YouTube
Downloading Creative Commons Licensed YouTube Videos Guide
How to attribute Creative Commons licensed materials
How to label Third Party Content in Creative Commons Licensed Material
You Need to Credit Your Sources
Your very last frame of your book trailer will include your credits. This means that every image you use, and the music that you have included, will need to be cited.
Basic elements of Creative Commons credit:
- The creator's name (or other form of identification, like a website username)
- The work's title (not required in most recent, CC 4.0 licenses)
- The Creative Commons license through which you are using it.
- the date the photo was taken or uploaded
- Relevant links, if possible
Unlike academic citation styles, there is no specific, proscribed form in which these elements must appear. You simply have to provide them in some kind of reasonable form.
Example: If I want to use the picture below, I would use this attribution:
Red substance in half-filled test tube (November 14, 2008 ) by Horia Varlan. Used under a CC-BY 2.0 license.
You will find instruction here on how to find information needed to attribute your images and your music.