I felt the question was essentially addressing Irish copyright laws.

I decided to initially search for the relevant Irish statute that stated the copyright law (as the question is relevant to Irish copyright law), and then find examples of photographs the teacher could use in her class. I decided to find printed and online sources to show the range of options available. I broke the question down by first finding the relevant piece of legislation. To find this I checked government statues by logging on to oireachteas.ie (the govt website), accessed the bills and legislation section, and then clicked into the statutory instruments link, to irishstatutebook.ie . Here I searched for copyright law which brought up the most recent statute regarding copyright law; the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000. In the act I checked for the parts relevant to education and then length of time that copyright lasts for. I then verified this up by finding a print version of the act by searching the UCD OPAC, keyword searching for copyright act Ireland, and there are numerous printed copies of the same act in the UCD catalogue. I used the information to find a relevant picture the teacher could use for her class. I searched for a print source on UCDs OPAC, using an advanced search Jonathan swift swift Irish biography and a timeframe (1700-1940), finding a book with an image of Swift by Sybil Goulding, published in 1924. I verified this by using wikimedia commons, a site that lists public domain images and states if there is a copyright infringement from using an image. The image I used is clearly marked a public domain image, stating its copyright has expired. Whilst the class may freely copy by hand a picture of Swift, they cannot freely photocopy pictures without a licence. Irish copyright law states that copyright in an artistic or literary work expires 70 years after the death of the author, irrespective of the date on which the work was made available to the public. The teacher can photocopy from a book that the author has been dead for over 70 years. They can also use images from selected online sites that provide public domain images, where the copyright has expired. However they must make sure the website lists public domain images, and is not infringing on copyright. My bibliography is as follows: Copyright and Related Rights Act. (2000). Retrieved from http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0028/index.html Date accessed 07/11/2012 Goulding, S. (1924) Swift En France. Paris: Champion Photograph of Jonathan Swift. Retreived from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jonathan_swift.jpg Date Accessed 08/11/2012 I have included findings from printed and online sources. The best source for searching for information for this task was irishstatutebook.ie. It is very easy to search and navigate through. Being an online resource there are links to certain sections so you can easily find the part that is relevant to you. The aspect of the search I found most interesting was searching through government records. I found this really interesting as I was not aware of how much information was available online. I would advise the client to log onto irishstatutebook.ie. It has lots on information on Irish statues, and is very easy to use. I would also advise the client to be wary when using online resources such as Wikimedia commons to find a public domain photograph because it is sometimes unclear if the source needs to be credited when using it.