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Copyright What does it mean for your classroom?
Copyright definition • The exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or artistic work) . • Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, 2010 (Copyright, 2010)
Simple terms • You cannot take anyone else’s work (written words, music, movie …) without their permission.
What is copyrighted? • All work is copyrighted from the moment it is written down or recorded. • Copyright lasts during the life of the author plus 70 years. (Levine, 2009)
Fair Use: • This is an exception to the copyright law • It allows for use of material without permission for: • Criticism • Parody • News reporting • Research • Scholarship • Teaching (Levine, 2009)
4 Properties of Fair Use: • 1. Purpose and Character – commercial or non-profit • 2. Nature of work – Fact based work is less likely to need permission • 3. Amount – the small the amount the more likely it is fair use • 4. Effect on market – the more restricted the use, the greater the fair use. (Levine, 2009) (Purdue University, 2009)
How do I know if I can use a source? • Be sure that your source is following all fair use rules • You may want to use a guide such as the one found at http://librarycopyright.net/fairuse/howitworks.php • Tool leads you through the process of deciding if the source is fair use
Example of Fair Use Form: (Brewer & ALA Office for Information Technology Policy, 2008)
So what can I use? • Work in the public domain • Government papers or images • materials that were produced before 1923 since their copyright has expired • Materials that have been released with a Creative Commons License
Creative Commons? • Site that “provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof.” • http://creativecommons.org/about/ (Creative commons, n.d.)
Examples • Teachers can take poems from books as long as the poems is short, are only used for a short amount of time, have a purpose in the class, and do not affect the market • Using online technology is addressed in the following video.
Reference • Brewer, Michael & ALA Office for Information Technology Policy. (2008). Fair use evaluator. Retrieved from http://librarycopyright.net/fairuse/ • Copyright. (2010). In Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. Retrieved April 8, 2010, from http://www.merriam- webster.com/dictionary/copyright • Creative Commons. (n.d.). About. Retrieved from http://creativecommons.org/about/ • Levine, Melissa. (2009). Using copyrighted materials, Retrieved from http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright/using- copyrighted-material#a1 • Purdue University. (2009). Fair use. Retrieved from http://www.lib.purdue.edu/uco/CopyrightBasics/fai r_use.html • RobbGrieco, Michael. (2009). User rights, section 107 music video. Retrieved from http://www.mediaeducationlab.com/2-user-rights- section-107-music-video • Steuer, Eric. (writer). (2007, June, 29). Wanna work together. Podcast retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3rksT1q4eg&f eature=related