Can You Modify Stuff You Find On The Internet?

We had a question come in during the Weekly Screencast Coaching Webinar asking:

“How much do you need to change an image from the Internet to be withing copyright rules?”

Interesting question and certainly one that has a lot of misunderstanding surrounding it.

The short answer is: You can’t do that without permission or the rights to do so!

DISCLAIMER: This post should NOT be construed as any kind of legal advice…but here are some educational tips. Be sure to do your own due diligence:

Here are the links to resources & extra information mentioned in the video:

Creative Commons 101 – Watch Lon’s tutorial on how Creative Commons works
CC Media Of The Day – Creative Commons content page
Archive.Org – Public Domain content resource
Online Format Converter – For converting file formats to use in Camtasia

And, just for fun, here is the Llama Drama video!

Enjoy!

Lon Naylor