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| My response on Michael's blog |
I can totally relate to your experience of drawing pictures from comic books when you were younger. I have always loved to draw and that is partially what got me into web design. I spent many a day drawing images from magazines, books, television, or whatever else interested me at that moment in time. My daughter has now followed in my footsteps, but has so much more media available to her to create even more than I ever could.
I agree that many teachers do not emphasize to students that they shouldn't use copyrighted images or for that matter what is even considered copyrighted. My daughter is taking a graphic design course this year and they have had discussions over copyright, which I feel is appropriate given the type of course that it is.
I also agree that Creative Commons is a blessing even though as you stated it can be rather difficult to find exactly the type of images you are looking for, but it is getting better. There are so many graphic sites available on the internet, but they are very costly as you mentioned. Even as a web designer the only way I am able to use those graphics on my clients websites is to charge them for the additional costs. I do think that having a resource available for teachers and students to use that is similar to those other sites, at perhaps a more feasible price range would be more beneficial to a lot of people. It is a thought and considering all the photography and art students there are in the schools around the world, one that I think could work.
I agree that many teachers do not emphasize to students that they shouldn't use copyrighted images or for that matter what is even considered copyrighted. My daughter is taking a graphic design course this year and they have had discussions over copyright, which I feel is appropriate given the type of course that it is.
I also agree that Creative Commons is a blessing even though as you stated it can be rather difficult to find exactly the type of images you are looking for, but it is getting better. There are so many graphic sites available on the internet, but they are very costly as you mentioned. Even as a web designer the only way I am able to use those graphics on my clients websites is to charge them for the additional costs. I do think that having a resource available for teachers and students to use that is similar to those other sites, at perhaps a more feasible price range would be more beneficial to a lot of people. It is a thought and considering all the photography and art students there are in the schools around the world, one that I think could work.
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