This document provides an overview of copyright and fair use. It discusses how copyright grants creators exclusive rights over their work but that fair use allows limited use without permission in situations like education. It outlines the factors considered for fair use and examples of what would and would not require permission. Specific topics covered include public domain works, copyright protection, getting permission, and Creative Commons licenses.

3. Fair Use
Of Copyrighted Materials
0 Copyright law grants the 0 Copyrighted material
sole right to can be used without
publish, reproduce, sell, permission only in a few
display, perform and situations.
prepare derivative
works of their original
works.

4. Schools can use any As long as the material is
copyrighted material used for “the good of the
since they are a school students”
Using copyright material
is ok if you don’t make a
profit
Anything on the Internet
is in the public domain

5. To promote
creativity, innovation and
the spread of knowledge
Article 1 Section 8
U.S. Constitution
Copyright
It’s important that we know copyright and that we teach it to our students &
teachers…………………………….

6. Copyright is the legal right granted to an author, a
composer, a playwright, a publisher, or a
distributor to exclusive
publication, prodruction, sale, or distribution of a
literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work.

7. Public Domain
How it Works In Public Domain
0 Creative material that 0 Expiration of copyright
are not protected by 0 Failure to renew
intellectual property copyright
laws such as 0 Dedication-The owner
copyright, trademark or deliberately places it in
patent laws the public domain.
No copyright protection available for the following type of
work: Facts, Ideas/Theories, Short Phrases, U.S.
Government Works

8. What is protected?
0 Works that are original
0 Works that are written
or recorded in a fixed
form: Research
Projects, Writings you
produce,

9. Fair Use
0 The Character or
purpose of your use
0 The nature of the
material being used
0 The effect your use will
have on the market
value for the original
material
0 The amount of the work
that will be used

10. Fair Use
Factors to Consider……
0 Material Factual 0 Fictional
0 Material Published 0 Unpublished
0 Market Value Difficult to 0 Renders purchasing
Obtain pointless
0 Market Value Users will
seek full work 0 Easily-licensed
0 Amount used Excerpt 0 Entirely
0 Amount used  Relevant to 0 Heart of the Work
lesson

11. In Education
0 Section II0 of copyright 0 When working on a
law allows public research you must either
education to display or be fair or you must have
perform copyrighted permission. Also, be sure
material as long as it
occurs during face-to- to always cite materials
face teaching, the you do use
material has been appropriately.
lawfully obtained, and
there is no profit being
made

12. Permission
Frequency of your
Get Permission Wait for Response
use
Author, Publisher If No, Use “Fair
How it will be
or other Use” or Choose
used
Beneficiary New Work
Send
Portion of
Letter, Form, or
Material Being
Copyright
Used
Clearance

13. Creative Commons
Licenses….
• Grants users permission to use a
work in specific ways
• Allows for community creation &
adaptation
• Creative Common License take
precedence over copyright

14. Creative Commons

15. Plan to show a video as a reward to students…
Use an DLP to enlarge a character for display
purpose…..
Use software CD on more than one computer….
Find clipart online & add it to a PowerPoint….
Copy pages for all of your students
Request written permission to use someone
else’s work……

16. Think About…………

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