Reusing Someone Else's Work: Licences and Giving Credit
Images, music and text found online belong to whoever made them, and a licence says what other people may do with it. Reading that licence, and naming the source, is what separates reuse from taking.
What a learner can do afterwards
- Find the licence on a piece of online media and say what it allows and what it forbids
- Credit a reused image so a reader could find the original
- Say why 'it was on the internet' does not settle whether a thing may be reused
1 · Read
A picture or song online still belongs to its maker. Finding it on the internet never makes it yours.
Many makers attach a licence, a short note that says what you may do. Some ask only for credit, while others forbid changes or selling.
For a school slide you may reuse a photo if its licence allows it. Under the photo write the maker, the title, and where you found it, so a reader can reach the original.
Copying exact words needs marks around them plus a name. Saying an idea in your own words still needs the name of who thought of it.
Read the licence before you reuse, and always name the maker so others can find the original.
2 · Watch
Take it off screen
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