The document discusses copyright protections for works used in K-12 classrooms. It notes that all original works are automatically copyrighted unless they are in the public domain. Teachers can use works under fair use guidelines or acquire permissions and licenses. The TEACH Act allows performance and display of copyrighted works during class sessions but not for materials assigned outside of class. It provides resources for determining fair use, getting permissions, and finding orphan works that may be used without permission. Penalties for copyright infringement can be up to $150,000.

1. Copyright in K-12 classroom: A- Z

2. Any work is copyrighted. Not all information posted on the internet is public domain What work has Copyright protection?

3. Whenever something is posted on the internet, the user is given an implied license to share, print, read or downloaded.

4. If one intends, he can give his work an express license by attaching a creative commons (www.creativecommons.org) license to the materials posted on the website.

5. The libraries license academic resources for the use of their students.

6. One can also get permission to use a piece of work by obtaining the permission to use it through www.copyright.com. For the use in classroom you may use these resources as a fair use checklist: www.copyright.iupui.edu/checklist.htm; www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml#fairuse

7. Up to $150,000 in penalties. For the ignorance of the law one is liable for damages anyway If one disregards copyright laws the court would be willing to grant the highest penalties.

8. TEACH Act covers works a teacher would show or play during class such as movie or music clips, images of artworks or a poetry reading. TEACH Act does not cover materials the teacher may want students to study, read, listen to or watch on their own time outside of class. The TEACH act

9. May be found at: http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.html

10. Because “orphan works” lack sufficient information to identify their owners or the date, most remain outside the digital environment. It could have been used for nonprofit purposes. Orphan works

11. www.openlibrary.org and www.opencontentalliance.org are sources where orphaned works and public domain may be accessed. Orphan works

12. http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/