Permission
to Use Graphics or Create Links
(Permission is granted for teachers and students to copy and use the forms below as
long as no fee is charged and MidLink Magazine is cited as the source.)
Some web sites freely grant permission for schools to use graphics in educational projects, but some do not, especially when projects leave the classroom for public viewing in web pages or public performances. Since the law is still being tested, when in doubt, it is always best to ask permission. The letters below should help students with this writing task.
Choose the most appropriate phrases from one of the form letters below, copy and paste your letter into an e-mail message, and mail it to the web master. The Web master's e-mail address is usually found at the bottom of the first page of a site.
To Use a Graphic in an Educational Web Page
Dear ______________,
We are students at _______ School. We are
creating an educational Web page, and we would like to include the following
images(s) from (your
web site; CD-ROM; publication, etc.):
The file name(s) of the graphic(s) we wish to use is: ______.GIF;
_____.JPG. It is located at: http://__________ in Name of
publication or resource, etc.
Your graphic(s) will be displayed on our educational Web page as a resource
for students and
teachers. Our final product will be on our school web site located at
http://________. We intend to honor your copyright by giving your
organization full credit and citing you as one of our sources.
Please respond to this message and let us know if we may use this image in our project. Our deadline for publication is ________, and we would appreciate your quick response. If we do not hear from you by ________, we will include your graphic, along with the proper citation. If at any time in the future you should object, we will gladly remove the graphic from our Web at your request.
Yours truly,
_______________
Name, e-mail address
To Use a Graphic in Multimedia Projects for Display Outside the Classroom
Dear ______________,
We are students at _______ School. We are
creating a (research project; contest entry; electronic portfolio, etc.) and would like to use the following images(s) from (your
web site; CD-ROM; publication, etc.):
File name(s) of graphic: ____.GIFs - Location of web page http://______.
Your graphic(s) will be displayed in our educational project for free use by students and
teachers. Our final product will be used ___________ (be as specific
as possible). We intend to honor your copyright by giving your
organization full credit and citing you as one of our sources.
Please respond to this message and let us know if we may use this image in our project. Our deadline for publication is ________, and we would appreciate your quick response.
Yours truly,
_______________
Name, e-mail address
Dear _____________,
We are students at _______ School. We would like to place a link to your site (in our multimedia project; in our educational web page at http://____________; in our _________contest entry). Your link will be included in a free resource for students and teachers. Our final product will be in the form of a (web page, multimedia project, contest entry, etc.) We will honor your copyright by giving your organization full credit and citing you as one of our sources.
Please respond to this message and let us know if we may use this image in our project. Our deadline for publication is ________, and we would appreciate your quick response.
Yours truly,
_______________
Name, e-mail address
Questions or comments to
Caroline McCullen, camccu@sas.com
Instructional
Technologist, SAS inSchool, Cary, NC
Created, October3, 1996 - Updated: March 04, 2001