In my experience with copyright law I have always been taught to be "Original". As an art student our professors instilled this into our way of thinking. I have always been taught that its ok to reference material but never take freely. However I didn't know that there is so much black tape in case you would want to go beyond the boundaries of fair use. The internet is the information highway and although we may have access to loads of information we need to also realize that not all of this information is ours for the taking. Some sights have their images blocked so that you can't copy and paste and make you aware that you can't use their information. However some sights don't have those blocks and still have the same copyright restrictions and don't allow you the use of their media. The good thing is that the government has stepped in and allowed educators and libraries to have access to such information as long as its for educational purposes. The leniency in this matter has allowed for educators to do so much more to enhance the curriculum of our students. This gives us an advantage so that we can give these learners other means of information for their study and still be able to use such a powerful tool like the internet. So with this being said I believe its just always best to do a little research and find out if we are going beyond our rights and cover all our bases so that we do not break any copyright laws.