Food Production Systems and Sustainability : Finding Images
What is Copyright?
Do you ever wonder why:
- iTunes charges you $1.29 per song?
- videos on You Tube of recent episodes of Stranger Things are quickly taken down?
COPYRIGHT!!!
Copyright is a federal law that gives creators of media the exclusive rights to copy, distribute, and mash up the things they create for a limited time. As you work on any assignment that includes digital media (e.g., images, video, or music) it is good practice to make sure you are abiding by copyright laws.
Images You Can Use
When using any of the sources listed below, review the copyright and/or licensing agreement associated with each source, and check for information about how to credit the image.
Even though the mission of the site is to be freely open, reuse or alteration may be restricted because of copyright or licensing.
- Advanced Google ImagesFilter Google Images in Advanced search for results that have usage rights.
- OpenverseDatabase of digital media works available for others to build upon legally and to share.
- Earth Science World Image BankDatabase of geoscience images available for educational use.
- flickr: Creative CommonsImage hosting website where some images are freely open to use.
- Getty ImagesGetty Images has recently made its photos free to use on blogs and social media websites and has an embed tool to use. There will be a small “Getty images” in the bottom right corner of the images.
- National Oceanic & Atmospheric AdministrationCollections of images in public domain of animals, geography, and cultures.
- Open Clip ArtImages that are in the public domain and can be used any way you’d like.
- UnsplashOver 300,000 free (do whatever you want) high-resolution photos brought to you by the world’s most generous community of photographers.
- USDA - Agricultural Research ServiceHigh-quality digital photographs available free of charge from the Agricultural Research Service Office of Communications. Images are copyright-free, public domain unless otherwise indicated.
- USDA - Natural Resources Conservation ServiceUSDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has photos, videos, and animations available for download as well as other multimedia resources.
- UW Campus Photo LibraryDatabase of photos from UW Communications. UW–Madison departments, faculty, staff, students, and alumni may use any of the images in the library for noncommercial communication pieces about UW–Madison. The images are not available for generic use unrelated to UW–Madison.
- Wikimedia CommonsMaterial that is posted to Wikimedia commons by users. Most of the items are free. Information is posted below each item about how it can be used.
UW Digital Collections
- UW Digital CollectionsFind images in the UW-Madison's Digital Collections Center and other digital image collections at UW-Madison. Copyrights for individual items and images in the UW Digital Collections may be owned by other individuals, publishers, or institutions.
UW Archives
- UW Archives Image CollectionThe Archives maintains over 2,500,000 images relevant to the history of the Madison campus, UW System Administration, UW Extension and the UW Colleges. Most images require a visit to the Archives to obtain, but thousands are available online through this portal.