Educational Fair Use and Copyright By: Leslie Noel Picture by: PugnoM

Fair Use... is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under certain circumstances is the most important element of the copyright laws in regards to user's rights upholds the first amendment is situational Video by: centerforsocialmedia.org/medialiteracy

is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under certain circumstances

is the most important element of the copyright laws in regards to user's rights

upholds the first amendment

is situational

Code of Best Practices The code was created to help educators using media literacy. It identifies five principles in media literacy education where fair use can be applied. The five principles were designed to guide your reasoning about copyright laws and fair use in education.

The code was created to help educators using media literacy. It identifies five principles in media literacy education where fair use can be applied.

The five principles were designed to guide your reasoning about copyright laws and fair use in education.

Five Principles Employing Copyrighted Material in Media Literacy Lessons Educators utilizing media literacy have the right to access materials from the full range of copyrighted sources and make them available to their students in an educational setting.

Employing Copyrighted Material in Media Literacy Lessons Educators utilizing media literacy have the right to access materials from the full range of copyrighted sources and make them available to their students in an educational setting.

Five Principles 2. Employing Copyrighted Material in Preparing Curriculum Materials Educators utilizing media literacy have the right to include copyrighted material into their curriculum.

2. Employing Copyrighted Material in Preparing Curriculum Materials Educators utilizing media literacy have the right to include copyrighted material into their curriculum.

Five Principles 3. Sharing Media Literacy Curriculum Materials Educators utilizing media literacy should be able to share effective materials with each other.

3. Sharing Media Literacy Curriculum Materials Educators utilizing media literacy should be able to share effective materials with each other.

Five Principles 4. Student Use of Copyrighted Materials in Their Own Academic and Creative Work Educators utilizing media literacy should encourage students to use existing media material in their classwork.

4. Student Use of Copyrighted Materials in Their Own Academic and Creative Work Educators utilizing media literacy should encourage students to use existing media material in their classwork.

Five Principles 5. Developing Audiences for Student Work Educators utilizing media literacy should collaborate with their students to determine how widespread their work should be distributed.

5. Developing Audiences for Student Work Educators utilizing media literacy should collaborate with their students to determine how widespread their work should be distributed.

Five Principles The five principles: can be applied to all forms of media can be applied to institutional settings and non-school based programs concern the unlicensed fair use of copyrighted materials for education, not the way those materials were acquired are subject to the "rules of proportionality"

The five principles:

can be applied to all forms of media

can be applied to institutional settings and non-school based programs

concern the unlicensed fair use of copyrighted materials for education, not the way those materials were acquired

are subject to the "rules of proportionality"

Additional Information For more information on “free use,” review “Yes, You Can!" Other professional codes for: Documentary Filmmakers Film Scholars Online Video Creators

For more information on “free use,” review “Yes, You Can!"

Other professional codes for:

Documentary Filmmakers

Film Scholars

Online Video Creators

Creative Commons non-profit organization provides free licenses to people for their creative works (photos, music, videos, drawings,stories, etc.) licenses allows an individuals works to be shared, edited, and expanded upon by the rest of the world licenses covers everything that copyright laws cover individuals can put conditions on how the public can use their creative works six main licenses are available with four possible conditions to choose from

non-profit organization

provides free licenses to people for their creative works (photos, music, videos, drawings,stories, etc.)

licenses allows an individuals works to be shared, edited, and expanded upon by the rest of the world

licenses covers everything that copyright laws cover

individuals can put conditions on how the public can use their creative works

six main licenses are available with four possible conditions to choose from

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Four License Conditions 1. Attribution- others may copy, distribute, display, and perform your work, or a derivative of your work, as long as they give due credit 2. Share Alike- others may distribute derivatives of your works under an identical license 3. Noncommercial- others may copy, distribute, display, and perform your work, or a derivative of your work, for noncommercial use only 4. No Derivative Works- others may copy, distribute, display, and perform only exact copies of your work

1. Attribution- others may copy, distribute, display, and perform your work, or a derivative of your work, as long as they give due credit

2. Share Alike- others may distribute derivatives of your works under an identical license

3. Noncommercial- others may copy, distribute, display, and perform your work, or a derivative of your work, for noncommercial use only

4. No Derivative Works- others may copy, distribute, display, and perform only exact copies of your work

Six Main Licenses 1. Attribution- most accommodating license 2. Attribution Share Alike 3. Attribution No Derivatives 4. Attribution Non-Commercial 5. Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike 6. Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives- most restrictive license

1. Attribution- most accommodating license

2. Attribution Share Alike

3. Attribution No Derivatives

4. Attribution Non-Commercial

5. Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

6. Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives- most restrictive license