2. Copyright Law of 1976
• Guidelines still used today
• Revised in the 1990s
• Designed to protect a creator's
right to be compensated and to
control how their work is used
• Protection starts when thought
becomes tangible
3. Are You Following the Law?
• The problem is not that the laws have changed, but the
sharing and availability of digital content has changed.
• Failure to get permission or follow Fair Use
• Misconception that citing makes it all ok
• Inappropriate links to classroom webpages
4. What is Fair Use?
Fair Use relates to online publishing and how it
relates to fairness for educational purposes.
There is no simple test.... Ask your self these things......
• Purpose: Is it for educational use?
• Content: Best to use out of print, factual, or published works
• Length: Use part, not all
• Profit: Is the author losing money?
5. What Should You Do?
• Set an example for our students. Be the model that upholds the laws that protects
copyrighted information.
• Change your website and Blackboard links each year on material that you did not
create.
• Cite any works that you borrow.
• Create your own.
• Check your links-Are the pages you are using breaking Copyright Law?
• Know how to ask for permission to use information.
• Put a disclaimer indicating that you have permission or are seeking permission to
use a resource.
7. Digital Materials
• Mix it up, keep it on-going
• Don't link to sites until verified
• Don't use at public performances (not even Open House)
• No posting to YouTube
• Music needs to be legally acquired
• No showing movies from Netflix!
• Caution students of posts
9. Why Do We Care?
Copyright is sometimes vague and an elusive target, but
teachers in Maryville City Schools are expected to make
every effort to understand and follow the law.
We are trying to uphold and model lawful behavior for our
students and families.
11. Guidelines by CONFU for Multimedia
Presentations
Teachers
• Face- to-face instruction
• directed student self-study
• remote instruction/review
• two year window after 1st use
• peer workshops
• tenure reviews/job interviews
Students
• educational use for the intended
course
• portfolios
• job and/or graduate school
interviews
Editor's Notes
1. Written in 70's, revisited in 90's
2 . The copyright in the work of authorship immediately becomes the property of the author who created the work. A qualifying work is the expression, not the idea. In the U.S., registration of domestic works is required in order to sue for infringement. However, an author does not have to register a work, announce that the work is copyright protected, or display the copyright symbol to enjoy copyright protection.
1. Creating digital resources increasing and teachers are encouraged to create own materials
2. It is important that all staff who posted online content or recommend online content for posting understand the importance of only citing works that have permission or fall within the guidelines for fair use or public domain.
3. Citation does not make it ok, it's still illegal to break to standards of fair use and copyright law.
4. Teachers link to sites that are not following copyright laws
1. Purpose - educational or commercial?
2. Nature of content- Is it published/unpublished? Is the original out of print? Is it factual or creative? Published, out of print, and factual works are more likely to be considered fair use.
3. Length- amount in relation to the whole, tried to set length but difficult because what if the work is the only five lines? Is it ok to use it all? The small the percentage, the better and is the part being used the most important part?
4. Profit - effect of potential market value
1. Emphasize after 2 years, you need permission.
2. Some sites may have resources that violate copyright and it's not right to use them.
4. Posting to YouTube makes it public and open to copyright infringement because it is no longer in a closed classroom instructional environment.
5. When using music, purchase music legally or obtain permission.
6. Netflix movies shown in class is copyright infringement due to the 4th stipulation in fair use (does affect the profit of creator).
Showing movies you have bought/rented for home use in a face-to-face student instruction is ok but not for student entertainment.
7. Not only should we say not everything on the internet is real, but convince kids to realize that people post incorrect answers all the time and they need to vet their sources.
Use to teach citizenship and now that the world is more digital, we must teach digital citizenship. It's the same thing just different venues.
Probably not going to be jailed for something you put on Bb and left for three years or for using too much of someone's poem, but we need to do the right thing regardless.
Teachers and school districts have been fined for various copyright infringement when creating digital resources and it is our responsibility to do our best to follow the guidelines. Typically, a company or individual will ask for you to stop before any other steps are taken. If you are ever asked to stop using something or remove a link, do so.
CONFU- 1994- US Dept of Commerce established the COnference on Fair Use to address issues that new tech materials spurred by librarians and educators.
Group could NOT reach consensus, however these are the "accepted" guidelines
