Never perceive all the photos on the Internet as public until you are introduced to Creative Commons. What is Creative Commons? According to flickr, Creative Commons is a non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright. The Creative Commons provides free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. In fact, Creative Commons is comprised of four different types of licenses.
Users chosen to offer their work under attribution licenses give the permission for others in duplicating, passing on, and exhibiting their images as long as others attribute the images to the creator.
Noncommercial
Users chosen to offer their work under noncommercial licenses allow others to duplicate, pass on, and exhibit their images for noncommercial purposes.
No Derivative Works
Users chosen to offer their work under no derivative works licenses enable others to duplicate, pass on, and exhibit their images verbatim.Share Alike
Users chosen to offer their work under share alike licenses agree on distributing derivative works for others who also share the same license. 
Many sites now use these licenses, so it's important to model good attribution skills for our students, isn't it. :-)
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