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Free Media Sources
After equipping the attendees with flowcharts as tools for applying knowledge of copyright law and Creative Commons licensing, Waxer took a practical look at resources that may be used to find media and discussed best practices for using them.
Waxer discussed the precautions of using searchable image collection websites, stating that many photo collections have terms and conditions that do not encourage users to attribute the use of a work to the original creator, and some will not even list the copyright information with the items in the collection. When image collection websites have licensing filters, the results may not always be accurate. For example, by using the advanced search feature on Flickr, a user-generated image collection website, users can search by license. However, Waxer recommended a more accurate CC0 license search can be conducted using Flickr.com/creativecommons because the creator of the work assigns the proper licensing category and the search returns images under the creator-specified license. Waxer also encouraged the use of ImageCodr (http://imagecodr.org) and OpenAttribute (http://openattribute.com/) to properly attribute photos found on Flickr. The site allows a user to copy and paste the Flickr URL to generate a clear definition of the work’s licensing and to provide an attribution citation with hyperlinks to the creator’s account and work. The Creative Commons attribution citation is broken down in Waxer’s flowchart, called “CC Attribution in Three Easy Pieces” (see Figure 4).
Figure 4: CC Attribution in Three Easy Pieces.
