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COPYRIGHT? WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Copyrights are issued under civil law to help protect the originality of an author’s creative work. To use another individual’s work without giving them proper acknowledgement or credit can result in being sued by the author for infringement .
Written works, music, dramatics, motion picture, sound recordings, multi-media can be protected by copyrights.
FAIR USE? WHO CAN USE IT?
The term fair use is the exception to the rule of when it comes to copyright. It allows an individual to freely use a portion of another author’s creative works without permission for the purpose of commentary, criticism or parody.
Students, teachers, staff and educational facilities are allowed to copy portions of materials under fair use
CONSIDERATIONS UNDER FAIR USE
Purpose & reasoning for use Nature of the copyrighted
work Amount and substance of the
portion being used Effect of the use on the
potential market/audience
FAIR USE IN ACADEMICS
Multi-media Presentation Copyright Limitations
Portion of copyrighted works can be used with proper credit and citation
Up to 10% or 1000 words (text) which ever is less Up to 10% but not more than 30 seconds of music or lyrics Up to 10% or 3 minutes whichever is less from motion media (animation,
video, film) One photograph or illustration in its entirety. No more than 5 images by
the same artist/photographer. No more than 10% or 15 images in a collection
Up to 10% or 2500 field/cell entries whichever is less from a database or data table
ACADEMICS- COPYRIGHTED TEXT
Can Use: Complete poem if less that 250 words,
except of not more than 250 words from longer poem
A complete article, short essay if less than 2500 words
10% or 1000 words of text whichever is less
TEXT SAMPLES
ENTIRE POEM 250 WORDS OR LESSSHORT STORY 250 WORDS OR LESS
Just Passing ThroughLight travels through lightair through airSometimes we travel
through each otheras if we weren’t there
Prize Rivals.Ann and Viv were rivals since their first day at school; wanting to sit on the same chair had started it. All through their school years and at college they vied to be number one in academic work and sports. Eventually, being competitive was less fun and they were almost like the best of friends. Except twice a year, at the Christmas fair and summer fete they battled it out to win the prize for the best cake. Often, when the results were announced they would say the prize goes jointly to the Jones twins Ann and VIv.
ACADEMICS – COPYRIGHTED MUSIC
Teacher can make copies of excerpt of sheet music provided excerpt is not the whole song, section or movement. No more than 10% of the whole work can be copied & only 1 copy per student.
Student can make a single recording of a performance of copyrighted music for evaluation or rehearsal purposed (teacher/school can keep the copy)
MUSIC SAMPLE
SHEET MUSIC COPY CHILDREN RECORDING
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh441TwfcVc
ACADEMICS- COPYRIGHTED TV SHOWS Recordings can be kept for 45 days, but can
be used to instructional purposes during the first 10 days. After 10 days, the video can only be used to teacher evaluation purposed only. After 45 days recording should be erased or destroyed
If teacher wants to keep as part of their curriculum, then they need to ask permission to do so
CONSIDERING ASKING FOR PERMISSION??
Determine if permission is needed Identify owner Identify Rights Needed Contact the owner & negotiate whether
payment is required Have permission agreement
documented in writing
KEEP IN MIND- POSTING TO WEBSITES Projects and multi-media posted on the
internet can be accessed by others and subject to NOT BEING COVERED BY FAIR USE
Assume everything is protected Read agreements on clip art, freeware or
downloadable material If notified of violation, remove illegal
material and research claim against you If in doubt, seek permission