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Images, Photos, Music, Sounds for Fair Use: Attributions or Citations?

Help for finding copyright friendly images, music, videos... and for students and teachers to understand "fair use".

What's the difference?

"Citation" and "Attribution" are often used as synonyms, but they mean two different things.

Citation is a scholarly practice for tracking the ideological underpinnings of a work, usually referencing sources like published books, articles, government documents, primary sources, etc.

Attribution is about crediting a copyright holder according to the terms of a copyright license, usually crediting artistic works like music, fiction, video, and photography.

How to Attribute Creative Commons

Best Practices for Attributions