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If you’re making a newsletter, preparing a presentation, or writing up a report on a project, do you include photos, drawings, or music? Some well-chosen pictures or sounds can transform your ‘publication’, making it more user-friendly, more compelling, more memorable. The problem is: how to find good pictures and sounds to include. It’s not yours [...]

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When copyright runs amok

I’m preparing a talk I’ll be giving next month, and found a small image I think will be appropriate as part of my presentation to community groups. I copied the image and its URL to my collections folder and then checked copyright on the site. Here’s part of what it says — The Ulster Museum [...]

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Give credit where it’s due

What happens when you find some really great information online and you think you should share it with your community group? Do you just download it and add it into the newsletter, or email it around? Do you take a minute first to check the copyright information? [First published August 2006. Some details may be [...]

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