This PowerPoint list guidelines from online resources on how to use multimedia with respect to copyright protection.

1. Jasmine DanielsJasmine Daniels
Guidelines for Legally Using Multimedia

2. What is Copyright?
• Copyright is a legal right created by the
law of a country to secure ownership of
work to the original creator.
• Copyright provides protection of ideas,
creative works and publications to the
original creator—Copyright prevents the
theft of work, but can also encourage the
flow of creativity on the basis of the
author's creativity.
• The common logo for copyright is a “C”
center in a circle; this logo indicates that a
work or product cannot be redistributed by
another unless the creator deemed it
suitable.

3. Guidelines: Using Digital Media from the Internet
• When using digital media, its important to always place a link to the source of the media
that is being used whether it is a video found on the Internet, an article, image or an
online textbook; the source must always be cited.
• Copyright only protects the originality of media and prevents it from being redistributed
illegally, but it does not always protect it from being used; however, law states that any
form of media being used must have an educational purpose in the classroom and not
used for merely entertainment.
• Only 10% of digital media can be used such as a the passage of article, information from
a website, a line of a poem, etc...The use of of any media must be educational in the
classroom and must follow the copyright guidelines and give credit to the original creator.
• Sources: http://fairuse.stanford.edu; http://ashleyridge.schoolfusion.us;
https://www.ocps.net

4. Guidelines: Using Text
• When using text, the educator may distribute one copy of “a chapter from a
book; an article from a periodical or newspaper; a short story, short essay,
or short poem; a chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a
book, periodical, or newspaper” (http://fairuse.stanford.edu).
• Despite having permission by copyrights to distribute one copy of any text-
written work, there is a limitation to the amount of copies that can be given.
Each student can only receive one copy of the re-distributed material
(http://fairuse.stanford.edu).
• Another limitation to using copyright material is the amount of words in a
text. A poem must be less than or at least 250 words to be legally copied
and only 250 words can be copied from a long poem—in addition, an
author's work (poem, article, story, essay, etc...) can only be copied once
and only 3 “collective works” can be used in the classroom
(http://fairuse.stanford.edu).
• Other copyrighted works such as book chapters, articles, short stories, etc...
only 10% or 1,000 words can be legally used (http://www.dpi.state.nc.us).

5. Guidelines: Using Artwork
• When using the artwork of an individual, its best to remember to
give credit to the original owner. Giving credit to the original
expresses that you know the terms of fair use and copyright; you
may have altered the artwork slightly, but it must still be linked to
the original work.
• The fair use of artwork is similar to the guidelines of using
photographs; only 5 images or less of an artist's work may be used,
which is 10% or 15% of images from a “published collective work”.
Copyright must be ensured and credit to the artist must be made
such as a citation or link to the webpage where the image was found.
• Source: https://www.ocps.net

6. Guidelines: Using Music, Speech, or Sound clips
• When reproducing music, the rules of fair use are similar to those used
for reproducing text material. If an educator wishes to reproduce a
piece of music than they, by copyright law, can only copy 10% of the
work and, like copies of text material, only one copy of the section or
movement per student.
• In relation to class activities, students may only make a “single
recording of a performance of copyrighted music for evaluation or
rehearsal purposes”.
• These guidelines apply to the use of sound clips as well; only 10% or
30 seconds of a recording may be used.
• Source: (http://fairuse.stanford.edu).

7. Guidelines: Using Videos or video clips
• When using videos in the classroom environment, the purpose of the video must be
related to the class subject being discussed or reviewed, and the educator must be
present in the classroom. The video must not be used as a form of “entertainment,
reward, incentive, or fundraising”; the videos must be obtained by legal means and
be projected within a library or classroom setting to a single class.
• Before playing the video to the students, it must be previewed by the teacher for
effectiveness in relation to the class subject and for appropriate content. Videos
“rented, privately owned or off-air taped” must be approved by the school
administrator and returned to the department from which is it was rented, stowed
away safely or removed completely from the database the video is off-air taped.
Source: http://ashleyridge.schoolfusion.us
• Video clips can only view 3 minutes or 10% of copyrighted content; video clips
must not be altered in any shape or form.
Source: https://www.ocps.net

8. Guidelines: Using Photographs
• Photographs to are copyright protected by law; however, these forms
of multimedia can be used entirely. The photo does not need to be
cropped to ensure little or to legally use it for class-related purposes.
• Even photographs can be used in its entirety, there is still a
limitation placed on its use. When using photographs of an artist,
you can only use 5 images of their work.
• If creating a collection of the artist's photographs only 15 images or
10% of their work can be incorporated into a collection.
Source: https://www.ocps.net

9. Utilizing Media in the Classroom
• The guidelines of using artwork and photographs can be used as a sort of
reference in a presentation I assigned to my students; use of artwork can be
implemented when grouping students together to complete a project that
requires visual aid; a book report is another way to utilize the guidelines of
using artwork when the image of a scene or visualization of a character is
required.
• Guidelines of using a text are utilized when analyzing the contents of a book or
writing a research paper of a specific topic, information in exact words taken
from a text must be quoted and cited.
• Videos will be utilized in the classroom with relation to the topic being
taught/discussed, questions related to the videos can be implemented to ensure
educational purpose and use of videos. The use of video clips will share a
similar purpose to those of videos.
• The use of music can be implemented in the activities of the classroom by
requiring students to analyze a certain line or write an analysis of the overall
theme of a piece of music or a song written by the musical artist.

10. Resources
• http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/academic-and-
educational-permissions/non-
coursepack/#rules_for_reproducing_text_materials_for_u
se_in_class
• http://ashleyridge.schoolfusion.us/modules/groups/homep
agefiles/cms/498486/File/Guidelines%20for%20Using
%20Videos%20in%20the%20Classroom.docx
• https://www.ocps.net/lc/east/htc/mediacenter/Documents/
FairUse.pdf