Permission to Use Images

Permission and Documentation

Images on the Web are covered by copyright law. It is a good idea to ask for permission in order to download and use images in your Culture Capsules page. For each image you find, you must do the following on the worksheet below. Each person must find at least 10 images and use at least 5 of these in your Cutlure Capsule. NOTE: The worksheet is in your textbook. You do not have to print it out.

Write down the URL where you found the image.
Find an Email address on that web page and write it down.
Copy the short letter below (in italics) and send it to the Email address you found in #2. NOTE: Be sure and put in the correct information where you see the bold print.
Be sure to keep Email replies you get to your letter.
When you make links to images in your Culture Capsules page, you must add a footnote with the URL of the page where you found the image. You do NOT have to write down URL's for links you make to Web sites. You only need to make footnotes when you download an image file to your disk and then use that image in your Culture Capsule.

Example:
In Seoul, Korea, there is a very modern and efficient subway system.¹ By looking at the subway map, ² you can find out how to get anywhere you need to in the city.

If these are links to images that you downloaded to your computer, then at the bottom of your Web page, you will write footnotes with the URL's of the Web pages from which you downloaded the image files.

Example:
¹ http://www.metro.seoul.kr/eng/travel/transportation/subway.htm
² http://www.metro.seoul.kr/eng/travel/transportation/subwaymap.html

Permission Letter to copy and send by Email:

Dear Sir/Ms:

I am an ESL student in the Academic English Studies program,
Lewis & Clark College, in Portland, Oregon.
As part of my English studies, I am taking a computer applications
class. We are making "Culture Capsule" web pages about a
topic in our home country. I have found an image on the website
(insert URL). It is a picture of (insert a short description
of the picture). The filename of the image is (insert the
name--it will end in .gif or .jpg). I would like to save this
image file on our school server and link to it from my web page.
This is for a school assignment and is only for educational purposes.
I will not use this for any commercial purpose.

I hope that this meets your approval. If you do not hold
the copyright for this image, please send me the EMail address
for the person who does. If you want me to post a notice on my
Web page about your copyright, please tell me what you want it
to say. If not, I will just post the Web address of the image.

Thank you very much,

(insert your name)

To copy and send by Email the above letter, follow these steps:

Start a new message in Email
For Subject, type "Permission"
Add the information needed where you see bold text.
Select the paragraphs above.
Choose "Copy" from the "Edit" menu.
In Email, click where your message starts, and choose "Paste" from the "Edit" menu.
Proofread your message and send it.

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Worksheet

Every time you download an image file from the Web, complete the following information. You will need this information to put in your EMail asking permission to use the image. Each person will need to use at least five images. Collect 10 images because you might not receive permission to use all of them. You will need to use at least 5 in your Culture Capsule. If you cannot get permission to use at least 5 images, talk to your teacher.

Image #1