Is it illegal to...

[AndrewD83]

Use random pictures from the internet and use them in my power point presentation this Tueday? For example I have pictures from cooking websites about pasta, water, some olympic pics etc.

I did not provide any credit to the webpages within my presentation.

 

[scm77]

I think that if you don't provide credit it's illegal.

 

[muskrat89]

I'm no expert, but I would think that people (or companies) would only start to get really twitchy if you were using their photos to make a profit for yourself, or - to a lesser degree - if you were claiming them as your own....

Will be interesting to see the "real" answer...

 

[D-n-A]

No, its not illegal, you should give credit to the photographer/website,etc you got the pictures from aswell as information you got off the internet and books that you you used in research, and quotes, etc.

Like muskrat89 said, the companies, etc would only care if you tried to pass off someone elses work as your own.

 

[winchable]

It depends on where you're doing this too.
At a university if you don't credit just about every source they might snag you for plagirism.
At a grade school level I wouldn't worry at all unless otherwise directed, it's difficult to explain the finer points of academic honesty to younger people I understand and I've never met a highschool teacher who would stand up and say "PLAGIRISER" to a kid who used a photo of a tree they got off a website on a powerpoint presentation.
In a professional setting, I still wouldn't worry much unless you've been given any reason to worry.

And muskrats right, I don't know how many companies would spend time and money prosecuting anyone for taking a picture of pasta off their website as long as they say "I didn't make this pasta"

Of course even then it's not that difficult to list the website you got pictures off of at the end of the presentation if you're super worried.
But I wouldn't..Unless it's a microsoft website, then you might get bill gates and his hired goons at your door  ;D

 

[AndrewD83]

Good advice...thanks everyone.  I think I will mention that I copied a few pictures off of websites.  Than the last slide of my power point will be a reference of where I found the pictures.

My university is strict on not referencing for papers but I never did a power point presentation before, so I am unsure that the teacher would care or even notice.

 

[patt]

i say "if its on the net, its up for grabs"

 

[Burrows]

Obviously some people have never seen the little COPYRIGHT symbols on the bottom of webpages....

 

[winchable]

My university is strict on not referencing for papers but I never did a power point presentation before, so I am unsure that the teacher would care or even notice.

If it's university anything you should absolutely reference everything, mostly every university I'm familiar with is cracking down on plagirism, even the accidental kind.

Obviously some people have never seen the little COPYRIGHT symbols on the bottom of web

Absolutely and most websites who care will make it clear their images are not to be used, even then common sense rules normally apply I find and they will not get twisted over borrowing images. The same could be said when we post newspaper articles here, might very well be in violation of some kind of copyright law but many will not pursue any legal recourse as long as due care is used.
Or I could be completely wrong, Whiskey is the only actualy lawyer on the forum, so he might chime in.

 

[Gryphon]

If we're technically speaking, then anytime you take ANY material, from any source without citing it then it is considered plagerism, and therefore illegal.

That being said, there are ways around it... You can put citiations at a really small font size underneath the picture, or say "This picture was taken from Bloggin's Pasta food corporation...."

Also, you can do a "Works Cited" slide at the end, and there place all the references for the pctures and stuff (but if it's anything like my last PP presentation for school, that'll take up 2-3 slides 

My suggestion is for you to go and talk to your professor and ask him/her about this. http://www.champlaincollege.qc.ca/st-lambert/site2/library/researchtools.asp#style_guides this site (my old CEGEP's site) gives links to the three major referencing conventions used in North American: MLA, APA and Chicago *shudders at APA*

Good luck with that! let us know how it turned out!

 

[Cloud Cover]

1. Plagiarism is not illegal, it's an academic offence;
2. "Passing off"   - using someone else's trademark materiel will get you in a world of sh*t and a visit from a "goon"; ;D
3. There are exceptions in the Copyright Act with respect to copying aanother'swork, and many variations on the theme therein. Bottom line, if you are going to use someone else's materiel outside of your house [private study] you better be damned careful. Copyright infringement is one of the fastest growing civil actions in common law jurisdictions.  

Now excuse me while i go download   some more music ....