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Can I Use That Image for My Website or Newsletter?

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But what are the rules and where can you get good public domain or Creative Commons images to spice up your website? With the rise of visual social media (like Pinterest and Instagram), a clear trend in digital communications is more images and fewer words — even if you are communicating through your website or an email newsletter.

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Bring a Question: Creative Commons Hosts TechSoup Social Channels on September 17, 2014

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That's why Creative Commons offers a handy standardized list of licenses for creative works. These licenses allow you to give permission for others to share your work, and also to define how your work can be shared. In fact, that's exactly the kind of license TechSoup uses for most of our content! Your Questions.

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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

TechSoup recently published a FAQ about " Borrowing Images from the Web. There is some advice on fair use: Don't I get to reprint an image without permission under the "fair use" doctrine? it refers to the things you can do with an image without permission. Copyright Office.

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I Need a Good Lawyer

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We’re operating at the forefront of copyright limitations and exceptions, both in the United States and globally. We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries.

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Use TechSoup's Content for Free!

Tech Soup

, thanks to our Creative Commons license. Creative Commons is a charity that champions reduced restrictions on copyrighted work by creating licenses that make it clear how material can be used, changed, and shared. Creative Commons has devised a set of six free and easy-to-use copyright licenses.

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Good Curation VS Bad Curation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

What is good curation versus bad curation? The image is a remix of a presentation entitled ” Link Building by Imitation ” and authored by link building expert Ross Hudgens — and explains the skill set pretty well. ” He says that copyright infringement is not theft.

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Don't Just Post, Post a Story

Tech Soup

Show your fans - images of your volunteers, ambassadors, experts in action are an important part of telling your community story. Pay attention to copyright - stealing content is not okay, so make sure you have the proper licensing and copyright to share your post. Harness that!

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