Thing 6-Copyright

I just came across this issue last night while creating a video for my class. It was not necessarily with the images or content but using background music for my video. After doing some research it looks like it would be hard to use copyrighted music without the permission of the artist, writer and music company. Luckily, I have my own artist in house and will be using some of his music with his permission. As far as the rest. I am very careful in what I use and if a do use it I will cite the source for the information. Whether it is an in text cite (i.e. PowerPoint) or at the end of a video in the credits section. On another note I have found this site where you can license your own work and let people know from you what is permissible use. It is called Creative Commons and it can be found at http://creativecommons.org/. I am planning on using it from now on and it is free. They do ask for donations.