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Meaningful Design: What does meaningful mean? by Good Magazine

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NOTE: make sure the download is FREE and IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN/COPYRIGHT FREE

"…[D]esigners are hungry for fresh new images and sounds. what can you legally use, and what can't you? Most materials over seventy years old are in the public domain. This means that their copyright has expired and they now can be used by anyone. Public documents, including many photographs, maps, and other materials housed in the Library of Congress, belong to the American people and are available for your use. (See www.loc.gov)' Lupton, Ellen. D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself. Princeton Architectural Press, New York. 2006


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Copyright and social media discussion: NPR

Did you transform the image/art?

Did you repurpose the image/art? (Did you use it for a purpose that was different from its original purpose?)

Did you credit the original artist or get permission to use the image/art?

Does your art add value?


Fair Use Checklist: Can I use this image or art from another artist??
Basic Information on Copyright
Fair Use FAQs
Lesson Example
Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright

Question: Artist's Copyright FAQ: Doesn't Fair Use Cover Artists?
Answer: Artists are not explicity covered by fair use. In terms of sections 106 and 106A of US copyright law, "the fair use of a copyrighted work … for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, … scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright".
None of these cover the copying of a painting to practise painting techniques or for showing your painting skill.
The factors used to determine whether "the use made of a work in any particular case is a far use" are:
(1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4) the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work."

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