Copyright

If you don't see a copyright symbol like this one, everything is copyright free!

Copyright is automatic--that means copyright starts when...

Sam buys a new band's vinyl but decides he doesn't like the singer, so he resells the album on Facebook Marketplace. That's legal.

Public Domain works are free to use by anyone however they want.

A work is public domain if it was created by the government

Workls also become Public Domain if...

If you are using a photo with the Share Alike license, what do you need to do?

What License does this have?

Paula read an interesting article about the making of the film "Titanic" and wants to use a short quote in her cinema review paper for journalism class. This is copyright infringement.

Dwight finds a peer-to-peer network that offers free music downloads. He owns all but one of his favorite band's songs, and he finds that particular song on the network. He's too cheap to buy it, so he downloads the song. He is committing copyright infringement.

Adam recorded a video for his YouTube channel about the upcoming Senate elections and includes an official photo taken by a government employee and four bills authored by the incumbent that Adam found on the Senate's website. This is copyright infringement.

Justin downloaded the black-and-white horror classic "Night of the Living Dead" from the Internet Archive and decided to mix an audio sample from the film into one of his original songs. This is copyright infringement.

A child's finger painting is copyrighted.