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From our sister LRC, the Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning:

“Authentic resources are essential for language teaching and when they are open – by carrying a Creative Commons or other open license, as opposed to a copyright – they present even more opportunities. On a practical level, if anything you do with copyrighted material ever leaves the walls of your classroom, you could potentially get in legal trouble. But in addition to that, if you ever share the lessons you create using authentic resources with colleagues, your use of openly licensed materials will allow them to make their own modifications and copies of your work.”

Read on for advice on finding open authentic resources: http://blog.coerll.utexas.edu/searching-for-open-authentic-resources-online/