Fair use

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Digital Foundations

When is it NOT plagiarism to use someone else’s work?

The goal of this chapter at Digital Foundations Wiki is to help you understand your rights and responsibilities when using appropriation as an art-making strategy.

You’ll learn advanced searching techniques, and how to work with copyright law, public domain, the principle of Fair Use, and alternative licensing models such as the Creative Commons schemes that cover this wiki, the DF Wiki, and many other works in the free culture economy.

Chapter 2

Visit the DF wiki and do all exercises in Chapter 2:

DF Wiki Chapter 2

There are no sample files to download, but there are exercises for searching and downloading from the internet.

What are we making here?

Unlike the first exercise, and many that follow, there is not strictly speaking a “product” to create. To demonstrate the learning objectives here, you’ll submit the following in a process journal:

Find a variety of images using the same keyword search. You can use the “Bauhaus Dessau” and other examples provided in the exercises, or you can come up with something on your own. Look in the various archives listed in the chapter.
For those images, find various licensing models. Find one example of each of the following:
- Copyrighted image
- Public Domain
- Creative Commons – be aware of the specific level of CC applied by the author.
Create descriptive links to your findings. A descriptive link like this one to the webAIM link article gives the audience a clear and concise understanding of the link and its contents. Avoid:
- Generic link text like click here
- Raw URLs like https://webaim.org/techniques/hypertext/link_text#urls
- Or the worst case: an unlinked URL like https://www.everyonehatesunlinkedurls.org
Create a Fair Use scenario. Imagine and describe a scenario where you might be able to use your copyrighted image under Fair Use.

Controversial subject disclaimer

Each version of the exercise contains links to material that some individuals may perceive as offensive, prurient, or objectionable. Please refer to our Controversial subject disclaimer regarding the presence of such material.