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Sessions
General
Session
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Christopher
Harris
Barbara
Waxer
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Finding
Images: Understanding Licensing and Using the Public Domain
Saturday,
June 21, 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.
Las Vegas Room
Presenters:
Christopher Harris, Middle Tennessee State University, and Barbara
Waxer, co-author of Internet Surf and Turf: The Essential Guide
to Copyright, Fair Use, and Finding Media
Christopher
Harris, a professor of Media Studies at Middle Tennessee State
University and a former professional photographer, will present
information regarding how to search for, and obtain the rights
to use photographs and other visual content for your books. Harris
will guide you through the process of evaluating your specific
needs in the visual arena, as well as pricing and negotiation
techniques. Additionally, information regarding how to prepare
and preserve your images for publication will be addressed.
Barbara Waxer,
co-author of Internet Surf and Turf: The Essential Guide to
Copyright, Fair Use, and Finding Media, will share how to
find images you can use, and how to understand open access licensing
and the public domain.
About
the Presenters:
Christopher
Harris is a Professor of Media Studies at Middle Tennessee
State University. Harris was a freelance photojournalist for more
than 25 years before returning to the university for his master's
in journalism. He has taught at Middle Tennessee State University
since 1991. Harris holds a medal from the National Press Photographers
Association for editing and producing Protocol, a white
paper report on newsroom ethics. He is the author of numerous
academic articles published in The Journal of Mass Media Ethics,
Visual Communication Quarterly, History of Photography, Medien
Psychologie, Federal Communication Law Journal (UCLA) and
Communication and the Law. Harris is also the author of
Visual Journalism, published by Allyn & Bacon.
Barbara Waxer
is a freelance author and developmental editor of computer software
and Internet intellectual property textbooks for the academic and
trades markets. Her clients include Cengage /Course Technology and
Delmar Learning, Microsoft Press, Perspection Press, Pearson-Prentice
Hall, and Sybex Press. Her 2006 text, Internet Surf and Turf:
The Essential Guide to Copyright, Fair Use, and Finding Media,
published by Cengage Course Technology, won the Text and Academic
Authors Association "Texty" Award and the New England Book Show
Award. Waxer also teaches Copyright and Digital Media at Santa Fe
Community College and provides training in that topic to college
faculty and student bodies around the country. Her current book,
Adobe Photoshop Elements, will be published by Course Technology
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