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How to license mixed media, without a law degree

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Beth's Flickr Stream. What's even better, you don't need a law degree to understand it! s licensing and that of the sound bite? When deciding where to indicate licensing information, it is again a case of ???more on Magnatune there is a clear link to license information for that album. license to play the song.

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The Great YouTube Copyright Debate

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copyright laws can be severe; if you have any question as to whether something constitutes fair use, err on the side of caution and double-check with the copyright owner or consult an attorney. My approach has been to stick with Creative Commons licensed Share Alike 2.5 Keep in mind that penalties for knowingly violating U.S.

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Sarah Davies: Intellectual Property Legislation with Human Rights

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I'm very interested in the whole notion of open content and creative commons licensing in the nonprofit space. She told me, "I probably don't have to mention this to you, but you are of course free to put this under a public domain, BY or BY-sa license." He is also a professor at Stanford Law School.

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With Liberty, and Information, For All?

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Flickr Photo: Fayster Now that the stimulus package -- or the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, if you're keeping score at home -- has been signed into law , the work of making it all happen begins. No matter what you think of the law itself, everyone in our sector needs to pay very close attention to Recovery.gov.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

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Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. From Flickr User EJK. Flickr Farm. That's what I use and why I use it).

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America's Giving Challenge: Bloggers Campaign Roundup

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law of reciprocity). Flickr Supporters. My photos are licensed with CC by which means people can use them as long as they give me attribution. Roger recently shared some thoughts about why he is participating in the bloggers campaign. I am certain I would have donated to this effort in support of you.

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How Use Creative Commons Licensing and Flickr To Find Powerful Visuals for Your Presentations

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This screencast focuses on how nonprofits can use flickr and creative commons licensing to search for powerful visuals to use in their presentations without violating copyright laws. Flickr is a web application that allows anyone to share and organize photographs online. See here , here , and here ).

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