Copyright & The How-To’s of Online Image Posting

Using images online is essential to the effective communication of your ideas when creating content or developing your site. Central to the decision of what images to use or not use is the copyright conundrum. The presentation will provide a practical framework for identifying the copyright issues that affect decisions about what images to use online, including: (i) an overview of copyright principles, (ii) strategies for managing copyright content issues such as securing consent, stock photos and Creative Commons licenses, and (iii) various WordPress tools (e.g. plugins) available to give notice of copyrights, digitally certify original content, share content, deter and prevent content from being copied.

Level: All

Prerequisites: An interest in learning how to work with copyrighted content in WordPress and more generally in a digital world.