Title: Images

Learning Objectives

- Recognize the rights associated with images you use, either your own or others’
- Identify applicable terms of use when you want to use someone else’s images in your own work
- Understand the difference between using public domain images and images protected by copyright (including those with a Creative Commons licence)
- Determine what to do when you want to use someone else’s images in your own work

Employment & Copyright?

If you create content as part of the terms of your employment, your employer will generally hold the copyright in that content.

What's with the red bow?

Snow v. The Eaton Centre Ltd.

In the case of Snow v. The Eaton Centre Ltd. (p. 758), an artist was able to have the shopping mall owners of his sculpture remove the red bows they had added to his work.

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice 2

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

Multiple Choice 3

Q: If someone’s image is protected by copyright, then you can’t:
- Use the image however you please (correct)
- Seek permission to use it from the copyright holder
- Rely on a Copyright Act exception
- Use the image as specified in the terms of use

True/False Question 4

Q: Public domain images and Creative Commons images can always be used in the same way.
A: false

Multiple Choice 5

Q: If you are unsure about acceptable uses for an image, you may do any of the following reasonably except:
- Use the image anyway (correct)
- Find another image with terms that clearly support your intended use
- Create your own original image
- Contact the copyright expert in your institution

Choose the correct statement.

Credits: Images; by University of Alberta; 2019; licence CC BY 4.0