Copyright protects original creative works and grants exclusive rights to authors and creators. It began in the 16th century with Johannes Gutenberg's printing press. The document then provides examples of fair use and restrictions on using copyrighted works for educational purposes, noting that fact-based and less than 10% of creative works can be used if for education. Teachers should consult distributed charts if unsure about copyright.

1. Copyright By Caitlin Moloney

4. T or F: A student finds a photo online dramatizing a pre-Columbian Viking landing in America. Since the school symbol is the Viking, he posts this photo on the school's web page. It links back to the original website. This is fair use.

5. T or F: The owner of the local Blockbuster Video store supports the school by donating one movie rental-free to the school every Friday. The movie is shown in the multi-purpose room to reward students with perfect attendance that week. It does improve attendance. This falls under fair use.

7. False! Internet pages are automatically copyrighted. By posting it on a website without permission, the student is breaking copyright laws. If he had used the picture in a project or anything not posted on a website, it would have been okay.

8. False! This does not fall under fair use because it was used for entertainment or a reward. Only videos being shown strictly for educational purposes are fair use.

12. Are you using less than 10% of the whole work?

13. If yes, then as long as you are using it for educational purposes you are most likely okay.

16. http://www.koce.org/classroom/copyright.htm

17. http://thecopyrightsite.org/index.html