How to capture pictures legally off the Internet.
Also see
Sidebar Lesson on Copyright, Fair Use,
and Plagiarism
4 Steps
1. Capture the picture
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| Windows Internet Explorer Right-click on the picture you want Select Save Picture As... from the pop-up menu and save the picture to your hard drive (in the image folder under LASS) |
Windows Netscape Navigator
Right-click on the picture you want Select Save Image from the pop-up menu and save the picture to your hard drive (in the image folder under LASS) |
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| Macintosh Netscape Hold down mouse over picture Select Save Image As... from the pop-up menu and save the picture to your hard drive (in the image folder under LASS) |
Macintosh Internet Explorer Hold down Control and click mouse Select Download Picture from the pop-up menu Select Save button in the Save Window and save the picture to your hard drive (in the image folder under LASS) |
Always chose the SAVE IMAGE option and save the picture to your hard drive as an image file.
One other way
Windows Internet Explorer users have one other way to save pictures. IE puts a small graphic menu in the top left of pictures that are downloadable on the Internet. Instead of using the right-click mouse option, simply select the small icon of a blue diskette.
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2. Insert the picture into your story using the top menu word Insert > Picture > From File. Navigate to your saved picture and select it.
3. Prepare to type the three necessary copyright caption elements. To get your typing cursor as close to the bottom of the graphic as possible, set it first to the right of the picture and hit Shift-Enter (which means "start a new line without indenting for a new paragraph").
To be legal:
4. Fair Use allows students and teachers to use copyrighted graphics inside the classroom. However, three elements of copyright information must appear directly beneath each image.
- Copyright symbol © -- made by typing (c)
- Year posted, or if not provided, year borrowed by you.
- URL source
(See examples under the photographs used above. © 2002 www.mrgibbs.com)
In addition, Fair Use requires you to limit yourself to
- no more than five images from one artist or photographer.
- no more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a collection.
Fair Use only applies if the picture is used exclusively in the classroom. It may be kept and used by the student in future portfolios and resumes. If the project is to appear on the Internet, Fair Use does not apply. Borrowers must then get written permission from the copyright owner. You will have to find an email address and make contact.
For further information on Copyright and Fair Use visit one of these two excellent sites:
To obtain an easy form letter asking permission visit the Landmark Project's Permission Template Tool
It is advised that all students keep URLs for the pictures they collect in their Works-Cited Document
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