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"To protect ourselves, all educators should know some basic information about copyright law. First, facts cannot be protected by copyright, but the expression of those facts may be. For example, most of the information in an almanac or encyclopedia is factual and therefore not protected by copyright. The author's choice of words to express those facts, may, indeed, be copyrighted."

"It's a requirement of all Creative Commons Licenses that you attribute the original author.  This means you can't just use a creative commons image without acknowledging the person who originally created it."

It is important to know that even the most innocent of actions can lead to bigger problems down the road. Using Google Images or copying a photo from most websites is much like plagiarism. Hopefully, by educating each other, we can avoid mistakes like this one and promote fair use of photos and other media on the web.