Disney Images

[hlh422]

I was wondering if anyone knows Disney's policy on using their images for educational purposes. I wanted to use a background from one of their old TV Shows as the cover of a flipchart since it goes perfectly with my topic. I have heard though that if it involves Disney, forget about it. Thanks!

[scaulfield]

I am by no means a lawyer, but I believe that if you are not using it for profit, and only in the classroom, it should be alright. I know that copyright for educational uses is a bit different than other uses, so you should have some leaway.

If you are using an image off the internet, I would just cite your source in the page notes.

You can also research copyright on the internet. I found this page - http://www.wideopendoors.net/copyright_information.html

Hope this helps.

[hlh422]

Thanks Scott,

I'll check out the website. I thought too that if it wasn't for profit, then it's OK, but wanted to make sure.

[markrobinson]

You also need to be very careful not to 'redistribute' or share anything on Promethean Planet for example that may be suspect copyright.

Creative Commons is a reliable way of finding images that you can use in more flexible ways.

http://creativecommons.org/

Wikipedia uses it... and the terms of use are usually made quite clear inc. how you cite them, etc.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_page