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Students working on projects are constantly looking for photographic sources for classroom project work. Typically, students having grown up on the internet will casually right-click a photo they wish to use while browsing on the internet and "steal" it.

While temptingly easy to do (and oft-practiced)...this should be discouraged by all instructors, and approached askance by student peers. Many will mistakenly cite "fair use" copyright law and others will vehemently cling onto arguments of "public access" and/or "public domain." These are both 100% incorrect conclusions of existing law---and despite the odds against it, you CAN be sued. This doesn't even include concerns about the quality (resolution, compression, and format of said images).Instead, using licensed sources is best practice.

But what of students or institutions with limited budgets? There are several sources (many low cost or free). The tradeoff here is that the user needs to be familiar with the rights usage on the free files (most are free only for non-profit activity, or with permissions requested). But the collection listed in the blog below will give you an excellent start for image creation.

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