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Adam, If your pictures were used separately from your entire webpage, I think it would be appropriate to let the presenters know that they are not copyright-free and that they should, at least, have cited them in their presentation. How can we expect students to learn the importance of intellectual property issues if we ourselves do not follow them? How can we expect teachers to know and teach these issues if they do not see them modeled by other professionals, especially during their own learning events? That said, I think it is important to have the copyright symbol and your name on every one of your pages and to include a statement that the pictures are also under copyright. With copyright-free images so plentiful, web authors assume images are free to use unless a specific statement restricting their use appears on the webpage. Your statement could offer the images for use as long as you are cited, which would save you from getting a lot of emails asking permission to use them. If you use page templates that include the copyright symbol with your name and statement, you won't forget to include that on new pages you create. When you mention the real estate agency, the question comes to mind whether these pictures are graphics or photographs? While graphics are surely a creative endeavor, photographs of your school, etc. might be considered free to use, like factual birth/death/education info in an encyclopedia...at least that is what the real estate agency might think. A school logo might also be something the agency feels free to use if it is to identify your school (which itself could be considered a citation). It might be helpful to contact them to discuss their use of your pictures, especially since it could lead to some extra income providing them with more! Barbara Paciotti, SLMIS Barbara Bush MS, Irving TX barupa@swbell.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------