Copyright and Fair Use lesson

1. COPYRIGHT LAWS
& FAIR USE
Huh?
? Talk to your shoulder
partner for a minute,
telling them anything
you know about
copyright and/or fair
use laws.

2. WHAT DO WE MEAN . . .
. . . WHEN WE
TALK ABOUT
SOMEONE’S
CREATIVE WORK?
Tell your shoulder partner.
Then we’ll share.

3. EXAMPLES OF CREATIVE WORK
Writing of any
kind

4. HAVE YOU EVER?
• USED SOMEONE ELSE’S CREATIVE WORK
THAT YOU FOUND ONLINE?
• VIDEO?
•MUSIC?
•WRITING?
• IDEAS?
Umm . . .
Like all of
those.

5. WHAT SHOULD YOU THINK
ABOUT . . .
• . . .BEFORE YOU USE MATERIALS
YOU FIND ONLINE?
• THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD
FEEL IT IS WAS YOUR
CREATION?

6. RESPECT CREATIVE WORK
https://www.commonsensemedia.org
/videos/copyright-and-fair-use-animation
Copyright and Fair Use Animation. (2014, January 1).
Copyright and Fair Use Animation Video. Retrieved
September 3, 2014, from
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/copyrig
ht-and-fair-use-animation

7. WHAT ARE THE WAYS . . .
. . . THAT YOU CAN BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE’S CREATIVE
WORK? (BASED ON THE VIDEO)
• CHECK WHO OWNS IT
• GET PERMISSION FROM THE CREATOR
• GIVE CREDIT TO THE CREATOR
• BUY IT (IF NECESSARY)
• USE IT RESPONSIBLY

8. STILL NOT SURE HOW/WHEN YOU
CAN USE SOMEONE ELSE’S CREATIVE
WORKS?
THERE ARE SOME GENERAL RULES YOU CAN
FOLLOW -

10. FAIR USE
THE ABILITY TO USE A SMALL AMOUNT OF
SOMEONE’S CREATIVE WORK WITHOUT
PERMISSION, BUT ONLY IN CERTAIN WAYS

11. 4 POINTS OF FAIR USE
1. YOU CAN ONLY USE A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE WORK
For example:
Using a little bit of a song
in a mash-up (putting a whole
bunch of songs together),
not the whole song

12. 4 POINTS OF FAIR USE
2. YOU CANNOT MAKE MONEY OFF OF USING THE
WORK
For example:
Using a clip from a song
in a student public
service announcement
about recycling
(nonprofit use)

13. 4 POINTS OF FAIR USE
3. YOU MUST REWORK IT, AND USE IT IN A
TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY
For example:
Remixing clips
from different
movies to tell a
whole new
story

14. 4 POINTS OF FAIR USE
4. MUST ADD NEW MEANING TO THE WORK
TO MAKE IT ORIGINAL
For example:
Using a copyrighted
photo image as the
basis for a painting

15. TELL YOUR PARTNER WHAT YOU CAN
REMEMBER ABOUT FAIR USE LAWS.
small
1. You can only use a _______
portion of someone else’s work.
mone
2. You can’t make ______ off the
work.
y
work
3. You must re-_____ it and use it
in a totally different way.
meanin
g
4. You must add new _________
to the original work

16. I DID JUST FIND OUT!
• YOU CAN GENERALLY USE THE PICTURES
ON GOOGLE IMAGES FOR SCHOOL
PROJECTS!
NEWS
FLAS
H!
• BUT WHAT IF YOU CREATE A VIDEO WITH
SOMEONE’S MUSIC OR PICTURES AND
TRY TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT?

17. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KIND OF
PROTECTIONS ON CREATIVE WORKS

18. COPYRIGHT
• A LAW THAT PROTECTS A CREATOR’S
OWNERSHIP OF/CONTROL OVER THE WORK HE
OR SHE CREATES
• REQUIRES PEOPLE TO GET PERMISSION
BEFORE THEY USE THE WORK IN ANY
WAY

19. CREATIVE COMMONS -
CC
•A KIND OF COPYRIGHT THAT MAKES IT EASY
FOR PEOPLE TO COPY, SHARE, AND BUILD
ON SOMEONE’S CREATIVE WORK – AS
LONG AS THEY GIVE CREDIT TO THE
CREATOR

20. PUBLIC DOMAIN
• CREATIVE WORK THAT’S NOT PROTECTED
BY COPYRIGHT AND IS FREE FOR ANYONE
TO USE

21. TALK WITH YOUR SHOULDER PARTNER
ABOUT COPYRIGHT, CREATIVE COMMONS,
AND PUBLIC DOMAIN.
What does each mean?
*If something is
copyrighted, permission
you must get
______________ to use.
credit
*With creative commons,
you can use if you give
________.
public
*Anyone can use works that

22. ADD A NEW BOX TO YOUR PADLET WALL
–
CALL IT COPYRIGHT & FAIR USE
WRITE THIS AND FILL IN THE BLANKS!
*IF SOMETHING IS COPYRIGHTED, YOU MUST GET ___________
TO USE IT.
*GUIDELINES FOR USING SOMEONE’S WORK ARE CALLED
__________ USE LAWS.
*WITH CREATIVE COMMONS, YOU CAN USE THE WORK IF
YOU GET ___________.
*IF SOMETHING IN IN THE PUBLIC _______, YOU CAN USE IT!
I’ve got
this!

23. TEACHERS:
• FOR MORE RESOURCES TO USE WITH THIS LESSON,
GO TO:
• HTTPS://WWW.COMMONSENSEMEDIA.ORG/EDUCA
TORS/LESSON/COPYRIGHTS-AND-WRONGS

24. SOURCES:
• ALL PICTURES USED IN THIS PRESENTATION OBTAINED FROM FLICKR.COM –
CREATIVE COMMONS
• HTTPS://WWW.FLICKR.COM/CREATIVECOMMONS/
• LESSON PLAN FROM:
• COPYRIGHTS AND WRONGS. (N.D.). REVIEWS & AGE RATINGS. RETRIEVED
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, FROM
HTTPS://WWW.COMMONSENSEMEDIA.ORG/EDUCATORS/LESSON/COPYRIGHTS-AND-
WRONGS