Copyrighted Images

Retrieved from www.cmec.ca, November 10, 2006.

What is copyright?

“the right granted by law to an author, composer, playwright, publisher or distributor, to exclusive publication, production, sale or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work.”

American Heritage Dictionary of the American Language. (1969). New York: American Heritage Publishing.

Copyright Means:

“For works created after January 1, 1978, copyright protection lasts for the life of the author plus an additional 70 years.”

Retrieved from http://www.copyright.gov November 24, 2006.

Copyright Means:“For an anonymous work, a

pseudonymous work, or a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication , or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, which ever expires first.”

Retrieved from http://www.copyright.gov November 24, 2006.

Copyright Means:Owners have exclusive rights to:

– make copies of work– prepare other works based on original– publicly display and perform work– distribute copies of work to public

(sale, rental, lease, lend)

Who owns what?Photograph

• Author (person who took picture) owns image

• Professional photographer owns image

• Employer owns image

Show respect, give credit

http://www.copyright.gov

Copyright Law

U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

http://www.fws.gov/

Google Images

Images Canada

http://www.imagescanada.ca/index-e.html

Note copyright on image

APA does not

use image citation

Soooo …….

To Cite an Online Image

Need:– Author/artist/photgrapher – (Year image was created)– Title of work [type of work]– Retrieved Month, Day, Year, – URL (address of website)

Jordan, P. Red cockaded woodpecker [photograph]. Retrieved from http:www.fws.gov October 25, 2006.

Basic Format (author)

Author. (Year image was created). Title of work [type of work]. Retrieved from URL (web address) Month Day, Year.

Example:

Adams, A. (1968). MacDonald Lake, Glacier National Park [photograph]. Retrieved from www.archives.gov October 25, 2006.

No Author, No Title, No DateLook for this missing information: try clicking on

the image, and/or looking at the bottom of the image.

Format:[Subject and type of work]. Retrieved from URL

(web address) Month Day, Year, from URL.

Example:[Untitled photograph of a lion]. Retrieved from

www.cites.org October 25, 2006.

No Author, No Title, No Date

Precision ???

Good faith effort required

[Untitled image]. Retrieved from www.worldreplication.com October 25, 2006.

ANY QUESTIONS?

MLA Format

MLA-style Citation Format: (MLA Handbook, 6th ed., sections 5.8.6 and 5.9.9d)

Structure:• Photographer's last name, first name, middle initial). • Title of photograph (underlined or italicized). • Original date of photograph (if available). • Title of collection (underlined or italicized). • Date of posting or most recent update of collection (if available). • Current location of original document (if available). • Name of project or reference database (underlined or italicized). • Sponsoring organization. • Date of access and electronic address. • Last name, First name Middle initial.  Title of photograph.  Original date of photograph.  Title of Online

Collection.  Date of posting.  Current location of original document.  Database.  Sponsoring organization.  Day Month Year of access <electronic address>.

• Example:• O'Sullivan, Timothy H.  Incidents of the War.  c1865.  Selected Civil War Photographs from the Library

of Congress,  1861-1865.  12 Jan. 2000.  American Memory.  Lib. of Congress.  2 Aug. 2005 <http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cwar:@field(NUMBER+@band(cwp+4a40875))>.

Note: I used these MLA requirements to construct an APA style image citation. – Mrs. DiPrima 10/08Dr. Neufell needs [ ] information (type of work) to distinguish image items in works cited page. 11/09