FAIR USE allows people to use images and written works without compensating the original writer/creator, as long as they act in good faith and do not profit from reproducing the work. Education, parody, criticism, news reporting, etc are all examples of fair use. The idea of FAIR USE has guided the use of reproductions of works for years. In most cases, the lack of commercial gain is necessary for a claim of fair use. If you are a non-profit website designed for educational purposes, you are in the perfect position to claim FAIR USE of images which are already in the PUBLIC DOMAIN.
Artists generally are pleased with limited publication of their work as the purpose of an art work is communication with as many viewers as possible.
It is my understanding that I can publish images for my students with ALEC where access is controlled by their passwords. How do I do that? I'm not interested in having the whole of the web accessing my classroom lessons.
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Unfortunately, except for a password-protected teaching environment such as ALEC where the TEACH Act would apply, fair use doesn't apply to the kinds of spaces we are learning about in this class...blogs & wikis. But - as you state, there are images and writings that are in the public domain which are acceptable to use - as well as items that are licensed under Creative Commons and allow "share and share alike" uses.
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