Activity 7: Fair use, copyright, and introduction to using images. Welcome to our free professional development series on class and student blogging! This series consists of a range of activities that take you through the process of class and student blogging. While many of the class blog examples we’ve included are from primary grades, the same principles apply for class blogs regardless of student age (including adult learners). The activities can be completed at your own pace and in any order! The aim of this activity is to introduce you to the use of images and how to use them on class and student blogs. Click on a link below to go to the section you want to work on: Back to Top Introduction to copyright, fair use and using images in blog posts You can’t just use any image you like in a blog post.
Why? I’m sure you’re probably thinking it is okay because as educators, we have a few more flexible rules, called “Fair Use”, to play by. So what does this mean? You need to: Here’s a list of websites you can use for sourcing images: Attribution CC BY Back to Top 1. Legal Copyright Issues Web Site Management Law Suits Schools Education. Keeping it Legal: Questions Arising out of Web Site Management by Jamie McKenzie Copyright Issues Other Issues A Response to Keeping It Legal by Ted Nellen Lawyers Demand End to Holden Site! New York Times Report Legal advice? Disclaimer: The author is not an attorney and this article may not be substituted for formal legal advice from a Board attorney well versed in school law and copyright law. What this article can do is alert you to legal issues which might arise out of Web publishing - issues which perfectly well intended staff members might not anticipate. My experience as a principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent involved me in more legal issues and cases than I would have chosen, if any choice were offered at the time, but that is one curious aspect of suits.
That legal experience taught me a degree of caution which I naturally apply now when exploring new frontiers. Copyright Issues Case#1 - Surfing Photographs Photograph ©1995 Tom Servais, All rights reserved. Slander. A New Tool for Choosing a Creative Commons License. 2012-04-20 Digital Copyright at IU5 - EdTechTeam. This workshop will focus on the use of technology to support teaching and learning. The session will be intended for an audience of Educational Technology Integrators with advanced technology skills. (This is a train-the-trainers event.)
The content will focus on digital copyright issues in education. Specifically, content will focus on constitutional law, fair use doctrine, alternative licenses, and best practices for educators (including use guidelines and search tips). Time permitting, additional related topics will also be covered. Goals Gain knowledge about how copyright and fair use apply to digital learning with a special focus on student multimedia use and production. Agenda Introductions: Who are you / Why are you here? 4 Ways students use Copyrighted material in their work: Illustration, Digital Storytelling, Critical Analysis, Mashup Distinguishing Between Attribution, Plagiarism, & Copyright What is Copyright? Exploring the Purpose of Copyright: Making a Fair Use determination: Copyright Clearance Center | The Copyright Licensing Experts. Copyright Alliance. Center for Social Media. Navegadoresdeipa / Copyright Friendly Media Resources. You are a professional media artist and have just spend you time, talent, and money to produce an incredible work of art.
You make a living from selling your work. You depend on people knowing that YOU made the art so that you can get more clients. Someone takes your art and uses it without your permission. Maybe they even make money off of it. Maybe the public falls in love with the art but it is published under their name, not yours. YOU WOULD NEED LAWS TO PROTECT YOU! Video: Copyright Full restrictions - you CAN use IF follow fair use guidelines - use the fair use guidelines link or see the copyright chart below for details and specific rules copyright-1.pdf Copyright-Friendly: Creative Commons Licenses Media you are allowed to use depending on what you do with it. Attribution CC BY View License Deed | View Legal Code Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA View License Deed | View Legal Code.
Federal Copyright Law for Movies | Copyright Compliance | Public Performance License. The Connected Classroom - Copyright. Of course the best sources of images and video for your projects are the ones you create yourself. Images you find using GOOGLE or YAHOO image searches may be protected under copyright law. This page is designed to help you to find authentic images, and provide some great places to search for images to use in multimedia projects. Even you may not NEED to ask permission to use images found on these sites when publishing on the Web for educational purposes, you should cite or attribute these images to their creators unless otherwise notified! Copyright applies fully and automatically to any work -- a photograph, a song, a web page, an article, pretty much any form of expression -- the moment it is created.
This means that if you want to copy and re-use a creative work you find online, you usually have to ask the author's permission. Copyright Confusion Copyright Resources. Integrated Academics - Copyright & Intellectual Property Education. TeacherCopyright_chart.pdf (application/pdf Object) Copyright laws, the internet and students - 180 Technology Tips #170.
A copyright is literally the right to make copies, and there is a long history to copyright going back to the development of printing presses in Europe. In US Law the concept of protecting artists, authors and/or inventors exclusive right to benefit from their work comes directly from Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution: "The Congress shall have Power ... To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries" The specific details of how the government protects an individual's copyrights are enumerated in Title 17 of the United States Code. As you can image the development of the internet has made enforcing copyright laws in the United States, as well as throughout the world, a bit more challenging.
Here's an example. Rather than trying to explain copyright laws any further we'd simply like to recommend some websites for further study. Copyright. Copyright. Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning. Copyrightconfusion - home. The TEACH Act. The TEACH Act Intro | Section 110(2) | Checklist | TEACH Act Toolkit Introduction Copyright law provides educators with a separate set of rights in addition to fair use, to display (show) and perform (show or play) others' works in the classroom. These rights are in Section 110(1) of the Copyright Act and apply to any work, regardless of the medium.
Until recently, however, when the classroom was remote, the law's generous terms for face-to-face teaching in Section 110(1) shrank dramatically in Section 110(2) -- some would say to the vanishing point! These severe limitations on what could be performed in distance education received lots of attention. The Copyright Office prepared its report and recommended significant changes. The TEACH Act expands the scope of educators' rights to perform and display works and to make the copies integral to such performances and displays for digital distance education, making the rights closer to those we have in face-to-face teaching. 1.
Conditions: 1. A. How to Cite an Online Image. Copyrightfriendly - home.