The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
A five-part series When it comes to copyright law and the application of fair use exceptions, ignorance is definitely not bliss! Learn how to educate yourselves and your students and avoid making a costly mistake! You really did plan to find time over the summer to familiarize yourself with the latest information on copyright law. You absolutely intended to look up the fair use guidelines for using technology resources. So now you have a student who wants to include audio of a Beatles song in a multimedia presentation about the 1960s, another who wants to include the poem "Casey at the Bat" in a report on the World Series, and a third who wants to post photographs of Biden and Obama to the class Web site. What's an educator to do? Click Part 1: Copyrights and Copying Wrongs below to begin. Who Said That? Article by Linda Starr Education World® Copyright © Education World
Summary of current copyright law as it pertains to email, web sites, mineral clubs, club newsletters.
Photographs, text and video are all copyrighted the moment they are created. No action is required by the creator of photographs, text or video in order to protect their works. All creative works are protected instantly. Using any images or articles from johnbetts-fineminerals.com or allminerals.com is forbidden without written permission. As an author I have had many instances where my photographs and articles have been reprinted without my permission. Misconception #1: An article or photograph does not have a "C in a circle" symbol, therefore it is not copyrighted. Fact: According to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) "The laws of almost all countries provide that copyright protection starts as soon as the work is created." Misconception #2: An article was less than 250 words, therefore we can use it freely. Fact: An article, column, paragraph or sentence are all equally protected by copyright law regardless of length. Fact: This is another misunderstanding. Conclusion
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Pinterest continues to address copyright issues and adds Flickr attribution
Due to a great deal of whiny criticism about copyright issues, Pinterest has introduced a new attribution system with the help of sites like Flickr, Vimeo and YouTube. Over the past few months, as interest in Pinterest has grown and grown and GROWN, many issues have been raised about whether users really have a right to pin anything they please. Some individuals and businesses raised valid points about their work being taken and used without attribution, whereas others were just jumping on the "Pinterest is bad" bandwagon and made us want to set the internet on fire. In response to some of these concerns the popular pinning platform updated its terms of service, gave everyone a way to block 'pinning' on their website and has today launched a new way of attributing those who originally created content. The Pinterest blog post states: "Attribution appears below the pin's description and provides a permanent link to the work, its author, and where they host their content. [Via Pinterest]
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Is the Pinterest Problem Really a Problem?
Just as guest blogger Beth Hayden and I were going to press with the Pinterest post on Monday, the s**t hit the fan. This blogger and that blogger have been raising legitimate concerns about Pinterest’s Terms of Service and copyright infringement. There is enough worry out there that I felt it necessary to follow up. Note: This is not intended to scare anyone away from using Pinterest. I just want to make sure you hear the concerns about using Pinterest along with the rosy side we gave you earlier. Read the Terms of Service (TOS) We’re all guilty of agreeing to stuff without reading it, but you need to understand what you’re getting yourself into before signing on to Pinterest or any other site. I recall not too long ago that arti sts were up in arms about Facebook’s TOS – giving Facebook “ownership” of the images. Pinterest’s terms seem a little more egregious as they include the word sell. Protect Your Images While Still Allowing Them to Be Seen and Shared 1. I don’t mean thumbnails only.
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Exhibitions, special presentations, lesson plans and other materials gathered from throughout the Library of Congress for selected curricular themes. Abraham LincolnExplore the life of the sixteenth president of the U.S. through photographs, his correspondence, speeches and expert commentary from the Library of Congress. AdvertisingThe rise of consumer culture traced through branding and product information. Asian Pacific AmericansOfficial documents, newspapers, photos, poems, maps, images, and Webcasts chronicle the experiences and accomplishments of Asian Americans in the United States. BaseballCulture, change and history, including Jackie Robinson's groundbreaking role, through baseball cards, songs, and historical documents. Civics and GovernmentThe evolution and functioning of the U.S. Civil RightsThe African-American struggle for full citizenship from abolition, Reconstruction and the Jim Crow laws, continuing to Brown v. Top
Collection Connections - Literature and Poetry - Themed Resources
Historical context and ideas for integrating individual digital collections of primary sources into instruction. American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 (Summary and Teaching Resources) The life histories, in combination with fictional novels, can engage students in the study of themes such as loss of innocence, consequences of failure, or corruption and its consequences. American Women: A Gateway to Library of Congress Resources for the Study of Women's History and Culture in the United States (Summary Only) Search this collection using the terms "author", "poet" or "literature". American Notes: Travels in America, 1750-1920 (Summary Only) This collection presents over 250 books documenting the travel in America. The American Variety Stage: Vaudeville and Popular Entertainment, 1870-1920 (Summary and Teaching Resources) This collection contains 257 unpublished playscripts. The Zora Neale Hurston Plays (Summary Only) Top
