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http://beckercopyright.com/ I viewed a PowerPoint presentation discussing copyrighted material being used from the Internet. Every year my students produce an iMovie discussing an American History topic of their choice. One of the requirements of the project is to download photos from the internet. The students click and drag these photos to their desktop and then import the photos into iMovie. Since the students are creating this project in the classroom for a non-profit use, it is okay to download copyrighted photos without written permission. The iMovies are created for an educational purpose and few copies will be made of their movies. The creation of my students’ iMovies would not replace the sale of the copyrighted work so it would be considered fair use. I was going to post their final products on a wiki, but that would not be considered fair use. Once the final product is posted on the web, it is not considered fair use of the material. My questions regarding copyrighted photos were answered after viewing this power point presentation.