Dear colleague: I read your explanation about �Can do...

Take a look of the Registration process, because aAll teachers o people who want to dowload and share their own English materials must read the rules, for the same reason that you are here in this website I�m here too. What I understood from the first time I uploaded my worksheets, it was the way you get the images for making our English materials nicer and understandable than a wk without a picture or a drawing. So I was working as my other colleagues, getting pictures from my cliparts or images from free usage. When I looked at your wks I was waiting for the excellent presentation and very creative items but I must tell you that the images belong to an editorial that is Richmond, in the visual vocabulary book called �Richmond Picture Dictionary� which in its edition first published in 1997 says: �All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form electronic, mechanical, photocopying or otherwise.....And it belongs to �Grupo Santillana de ediciones, 1997�

I have decided to inform because for me it was the most prudent thing for this page. So check some of these rules:

• ESLprintables.com is designed for ESL teachers who want to share their own resources: worksheets, flash-cards, articles, lesson plans, etc. (U)
• Only registered users can get full access to downloads. After registering you have to send us one of your own printables. U
• The printables included in this website are property of their authors. When you send us a printable you agree that other people can download and use it. U
• You can only send printables created by yourself. You will never send  printables taken from other websites or publications. You will never send printables whose origin you don�t know (worksheets borrowed from other teachers, for example). U
• If you need images to make your worksheet, please use your own drawings or take them from public domain cliparts. W

It is in our benefit. I hope you understand my posts.

message for Akanah.

Isita,

 1. I didn�t post in first place because you accused me of doing anything illegal. I did it because you posted: �this worksheet belongs to a picture dictionary!!!!!!!!!� Which is wrong as I only used the pictures (edited, by the way). In the description I say: �edited from the CAN DO PICTURE DICTIONARY�. So, the edition is mine, the pics are from the dictionary and I tell so to everybody.

2. According to the AUI, and based on the law �Ley Org�nica 15/2003, de 25 de noviembre�, it is NOT illegal to share files, any types (texts, pics, music, photos�) if this sharing is with non-profit purposes.

 This point is very important as non of us in this site could create any kind of WS in case they contained famous people photos or Disney pics (for instance). I haven�t seen any copyright mark on  any worksheet.

 It took time for me to edit the pics and I did it because my kids know the interactive book and these WSS are a great way for them to study vocabulary. You don�t like �em? Don�t use �em. That easy. But stop accusing me of stealing.

So, Isita, let�s stay cool and keep on working and sharing WS, because that�s why we are here for J

Silke,

 As I have told, people use Disney pics (for instance) and they NEVER tell where they took the pics from, neither in the description (as I did) nor in the WS itself. I�m not upset because Isita accused me of doing something illegal (which I didn�t), I�m upset coz she told the whole WS wasn�t mine.