Lesson 2: Copyright Law and Graphics on the Web

Overview

In this lesson, you will read through an overview of copyright law and then participate in a group exercise. You will be presented with a number of web design scenarios in which copyright issues come into play.

Learner Outcomes

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

  1. determine if an image or graphic is protected by copyright law
  2. determine whether or not copyright law would allow an image to be used on a web page under different circumstances

Activities

You will be answering the following questions on your graphics.html page. The first two you will complete on your own; the thrid is completed with a partner.

  1. Create a new subheading on your graphics.html page called Copyright and Web Graphics. You'll be putting your responses to several questions from below.
  2. Read the web page Legal Aspects of Webdesign: Copyright to learn about how copyright impacts web design. Do you think images on the web are protected by copyright law? (Write your answer on your graphics.html page with about three sentences of support from the article.)
  3. Review the interactive copyright questions and answers from the Cyberbee website. How might copyright law impact your use of graphics in web pages?
    NOTE: This resource is not currently accessible to screen reader users, or to anyone who can't use a mouse. Comparable, though less interactive, information is available on the website 10 Big Myths about copyright explained. Again, answer this question in the same manner as above.
  4. Review the Copyright Scenarios page. You will be presented with a number of scenarios and asked to decide to choose if the use is legal, illegal, or if more information is needed. Write a summary of your responses on your graphics.html page. You will be writing for each scenario.

Student Resources/Online documents

Additional Resources

All done?

Validate your page and show your instructor.

When finished, proceed to the next module.

Course materials rely in part on the WebD2 course from the Univeristy of Washington. Copyright © 2005-2015 by University of Washington. Used with permission.