Copyright+Task

Protecting Your Digital Photography
IMPORTANT NOTE: Read the whole page before beginning any work!

No one wants their creative work compromised and publishing material on the Internet is one of the easiest ways to end up losing control over your work. There are, however, ways to safeguard your digital work online. This part of the course will help you discover how you can protect your photography online.

**One of the tasks you need to complete for this course will involve researching and implementing copyright policies as they apply to your digital photographs.**

=Preparation:= Please read the requirements for your Digital Photography Journal before completing this task.

Watch the following videos on copyright and write a reflective journal entry about what copyright means and how you can use it to protect your work.

[|A Fair(y) Use Tale] [|My Free Copyright][|Copyrighting Photos] [|Copyrighting Photos] [|Watermarking Photos] Read the following page on the Creative Common Licenses. Write a reflective journal entry on how you can use CCLs and what protection they give you. Which one(s) are you likely to use on your work? Why? =Paste the image(s) of the licenses you may use into your journal entry.

=Final Product:= Determine what you will do to protect your photographs. Write out a plan for copyrighting your work and include this in your journal (step by step, tell what you will do to protect your work). **These steps must then be followed for each piece of work you create.** This should be showcased as a document/slide/page in your final exhibition.

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