Digital Professionalism

Table of Contents

1. About this resource
2. Introduction
3. Module 1: Your Digital Footprint
4. Module 2: Managing your Footprint
5. Module 3: Legal Obligations
   1. Libel [1]
   2. Libel [2]
   3. Data Protection [1]
   4. Data Protection [2]
   5. Data Protection [3]
   6. Copyright Infringement [1]
   7. Copyright Infringement [2]
6. Summary

Copyright Infringement [2]

Seek Permission

If you post any materials (such as photos, videos or music) sourced online on a blog or website, be sure to respect copyright. Secure the appropriate consent for the material you republish, clearly stating that the permissions to publish have been achieved, and that policies and licenses have been respected.

The same general principles apply online as they do in print publications.

Seek permission before using images or even hyperlinking to any Internet pages.

Stay in touch with the rules around who owns the rights to any images you post on social media platforms by reading the terms and conditions regularly, as they often change. On occasion, some social networking platforms have asserted that they own the rights to members' photos.

Amendments

Just because you have amended or edited something does not give you copyright permission. Always look for copyright notices or terms and conditions of use stated on the resources themselves and always acknowledge the source.

Fair Dealing

According to the Copyright Design and Patents Act (1988) you are free to use images downloaded off the internet only if it is part of teaching and you are on education premises when broadcasting those images. This is called Fair Dealing. The College holds licences that allow it to use images and newspaper articles for limited purposes.

Licences

There are online resources where you can download images, music and videos for use under licence.

You can also protect your own work using Creative Commons Licences.