Copyright & Fair Use - Fair Use Fair use is a copyright principle based on the belief that the public is entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials for purposes of commentary and criticism. For example, if you wish to criticize a novelist, you should have the freedom to quote a portion of the novelist’s work without asking permission. Absent this freedom, copyright owners could stifle any negative comments about their work. Unfortunately, if the copyright owner disagrees with your fair use interpretation, the dispute may have to be resolved by a lawsuit or arbitration. If it’s not a fair use, then you are infringing upon the rights of the copyright owner and may be liable for damages. The only guidance for fair use is provided by a set of factors outlined in copyright law. This chapter explains the various rules behind fair use principles.
copyrightchart Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers Teachers in the classroom make the decisions closest to the field of instruction and it is teachers that have been the greatest rights---rights that even their districts do not have. This Copyright Chart was designed to inform teachers of what they may do under the law. Please reproduce it as necessary. Note: In the letter to Congressional Subcommittee Chair Kastenmeier dated 3/19/76 summarizing many of the above agreements, representatives of the Ad Hoc Committee of Educational institutions and Organizations of Copyright Law Revision and the Authors League of America, Inc., and the Association of American Publishers, Inc., state that these guidelines were "not intended to limit the types of copying permitted under the standards of fair use under judicial decision and which are stated in Section 107 of the Copyright Revision Bill. For more detailed information and references to excellents books on copyright.
Copyright video to show students Just a couple of days ago I posted here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning a post under the title " Teach your Students How Wikipedia Works " I was so glad to see your positive reaction to it which proves to me that you liked the content and most important of all and since most of my readers are educators and teachers that you will also pass some of the article juice to your students. I know how important it is to teach this generation of students about the copyrights and plagiarism. These are the 21st century students who are digitally focused and who have a free unlimited access to all kinds of inforamtion online. Given the importance of copyright and plagiarism in today's education, I always make sure to share with you resources to help you learn more about these two topics and the following are some of the free resources I have shared with you before: Below is a great video about the history of copyright from its origins to what it is now.
Copyright Laws for Teachers: Educational CyberPlayGround™ CITE - the Educational CyberPlayGround, Inc. AS YOUR SOURCE. ( ISTC 301/501 Resources ) Definition of Copyright: "The legal right granted to an author, a composer, a playwright, a publisher, or a distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. Music used in the K12 classroom For a project of any kind music needs to be evaluated - because the music might be copyrighted, the words might be copyrighted, and the performance might be copyrighted. Music that Can be Used in Education Without Permission or License and played in the class room if it is: an original composition and you are the composer or have the composer's permissionyou have the permission of the publishersthe music is used in distance education and you comply with all the requirements of the TEACH Act OR in the PUBLIC DOMAIN Music: Free Music THE BIG PICTURE PAGE 1 CopyRight: Book Fair Use Rights PAGE 3 Facts Are Not Copyrightable Facts aren't copyrightable.
Music Education – Copyright Center Quick Links: Licensing Information Performance Rights for NAfME Members Understanding Copyright Law Posting Your Music Performance Online Helpful Links Frequently Asked Questions Teaching Your Students about Copyright Licensing Information Limelight — Through a partnership with RightsFlow, a licensing and royalty service provider, NAfME regular and student members can use RightsFlow’s online mechanical licensing utility, Limelight , to clear cover songs for their physical, digital, ringtone and interactive streaming use. More and more student performances are being recorded for various uses, and teachers must be aware of both licensing responsibilities and solutions. Songfile® — The Harry Fox Agency’s Songfile is an easy and fast way for those who plan to make and distribute 2,500 copies or less of their recordings to obtain the necessary mechanical licenses for cover versions of songs. Performance Rights for NAfME members Music Licensing and Publishing Organizations Helpful Links
"Appropriart!" A Graphic about Copyright by Susie Cagle, co-produced by MDF and GIA | Media Democracy Fund MDF has partnered with Grantmakers in the Arts to produce Appropriart!, a graphic about copyright developed by Susie Cagle. The graphic was originally published in the GIA Reader. Click here (or on any of the images) to download a PDF of the full graphic.
Does "Fair Use" Allow Nonprofits To Reproduce News Articles on Their Websites? — Groundwire West Coast firm transfers clients to experts in Plone hosting UPDATE Mar. 12th, 2013: The board at Groundwire asked us to share this official press release (PDF) to help explain what has happened. INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 1, 2013 - Six Feet Up has acquired 110 Plone hosting clients from a partner in Seattle. Groundwire.org, an agency that helps non-profit organizations with their web strategy and development needs, has decided to exit the hosting business. “This is a significant expansion of Plone hosting clients that we serve.” said Six Feet Up CTO, Calvin Hendryx-Parker. Six Feet Up operates two data centers for Python-based web applications, like Plone, and specializes in developing and hosting sophisticated web applications. In July 2012 the company acquired 35 Plone hosting clients from another web agency, NPower Northwest. Plone is an open source enterprise web content management system. To learn more about Six Feet Up visit About Six Feet Up, Inc.
A Must Have Poster on Copyright Guidelines for Teachers Our students' excessive dependence on digital content is going wild and this obligates us from an ethical point of view ( at least ) to be ourselves aware of the copyright issues related to the use, dissemination, and redistribution of such content and also to teach our kids and students about the guidelines they have to respect when using electronic materials. The "Whatever online is Free" mentality should change and students need to constantly be reminded of the ethical codes and copyright rules they have to abide by to use the online content in an ethically sound manner. Given the importance of this topic in education, Educational Technology and Mobile Learning has devoted an entire section just for posts about copyright resources. I have also covered in a recent post the 10 must have resources you need to teach about copyright and fair use. Today, I am sharing with you a great poster on copyright and fair use guidelines for teachers. Click HERE to zoom in/out the poster
Copyright: Reaching Out to Teachers and Students « Teaching with the Library of Congress This is a guest post from David Christopher, Chief, Information and Records Division, U.S. Copyright Office. When I was young — and I’m not that old — the term “copyright” and its curious symbol, ©, seemed a quaint holdover from a bygone era. It was for me a fuzzy legal term that book publishers thought highly enough of to place on the verso of the title page of every book I ever picked up, but it certainly had no real impact on me or my life. Boy, have things changed. The Internet, coupled with smart phones, tablets and all of the other wonderful gadgets we use to create, share and enjoy creative works, gives each of us the power to engage in infringing activities, whether knowingly or not, literally on a global scale. Given the increased relevance of copyright in the digital age, the U.S. The goal of this effort is to implement a series of new education projects tailored to a variety of audiences including librarians, teachers, artists, copyright practitioners, and the general public.
Using Technology If experts can't agree on acceptable fair use guidelines for works created using new technologies, what can educators do? Fortunately, some resources are available! Included: Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia. Is Fair Use a License to Steal? "There was an effort to develop some additional guidelines several years ago," according to Nancy Willard, a former copyright attorney and project director at the University of Oregon Center for Advanced Technology in Education, "but the participants were unable to agree to a common set of guidelines. "In 1994," Willard told Education World, "the U.S. See the CONFU Background Information and Guidelines to learn more about the CONFU process and its problems. If even the experts can't agree on acceptable fair use guidelines for works created using new technologies, what can educators do? face-to-face student instruction. educational uses in the course for which they were created. No more than two copies of a project may be made.
Find free images online! " HeyJude Images are an important part of the creative side of any educators’s work. We need to make use of quality image sources that are good, free, and easy to search through. The trick is to know what sources to recommend to students. It’s not just about copyright – its about being practical, and showing students the wonderful world of possibilities beyond Google images or taking anything they find that is not actually in the public domain – a vital point as more students and teachers move into online environments of blogs, wikis and more. Including images with postings enriches the experience for the reader and can also help to illustrate or support the writer’s viewpoint. Flickr is my top favourite which also has an advanced search option. Flickr Creative Commons compiles images that Flickr users who chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through content under each type of license. FlickrCC Attribution Helper – outstanding! by Beverly & Pack
Confu Confu: The conference on fair use In late April, 1997, Bruce Lehman, Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, publicly stated that the Proposed Guidelines negotiated by CONFU participants had failed to achieve consensus support. In May, 1997, at its third "final" meeting in Washington, D.C., CONFU participants concurred. Since the Multimedia Guidelines had a life of their own apart from CONFU (see Confu: Background), their proponents indicated that they were alive and well and ready for use, but the future for the other two (Images and Distance Learning) is uncertain. What happened and what does it mean for fair use in the electronic environment? CONFU Background Information and Guidelines | The Final Report of the PTO Does this mean that no one should use the Guidelines? One thing seems clear: there is very wide and deep disagreement about the scope of fair use. Negotiation Litigation Legislation The End Run Negotiation Litigation Legislation The end run The questions