Title: Images

See the Learning Objectives for this Module
At the end of this module you will be able to:

- Share your original images on your own terms;
- Identify applicable terms of use when you want to use someone else’s images;
- Understand the difference between using public domain images and using images protected by copyright; and
- Determine when to seek permission from the rights-holder to use someone else’s images.

Q: Copyright for an image exists…
- From the time the image is created (correct)
- From the time the creator applies for copyright
- From the time the image is published in a larger work
- Images may not be copyrighted

Q: To inform others about how they can use your image
- Attach the copyright mark ©
- Assign a Creative Commons licence (correct)
- Link to a publishing agreement
- None of the above

Q: If you want to use someone else’s image that is protected by copyright, you…
- Use the image freely
- Must seek permission or rely on a Copyright Act exception (correct)
- May use the image as specified in terms of use

When you are incorporating another’s image into your own work, there is no difference between and image in the public domain and an openly licensed image
Q: When you are incorporating another’s image into your own work, there is no difference between an image in the public domain and an openly licensed image
A: false

Q: If you are unsure about acceptable uses for an image, you may do any of the following except...
- Find another image with more permissive terms
- Create your own original image
- Contact the copyright expert in your institution
- Use the image and attribute the creator (correct)

Choose the correct statement.

Credits: Opening Up Copyright: Images; by University of Alberta; 2018; licence CC BY 4.0