Rights of copying and a vat full of confusion.

Last tutorial when we divulged the hidden secrets of the world wide web and what belongs to what and which belongs to who, I was left incredibly dumbfounded and utterly unable to post this photograph of an ancient ruin landscape to grace the boring pages of my Mythographic because of utter fear that I may be infringing on someone’s rights to said photograph. And instead of bothering myself to go and find out if the good ol’ CC’s sign is somewhere to be found, I gave up in my paranoia.

(Which is a totally bad move, of course.)

In saying that. I hear from various media students who collectively scream the anthem of “freedom” along with me assuredly told me that it’s fine to post photographs and videos, and memes and remixes just as long as you don’t denigrate the works, take credit of ownership and no one approaches you with a pink slip that may include a postscript of “you owe us five thousand dollars for using this.”

In any case, here’s a link if you want to browse around for free music, images, text and audiovisual resources for your next Nobel prize-winning thesis or the sort.

 

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