This document provides an overview of key copyright concepts including fair use, the public domain, obtaining permission, and digital content on the web. It discusses how copyright automatically protects original works without requiring publication or notice. Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted works for purposes like teaching and incorporates works into new creations. The TEACH Act expanded fair use for digital distance learning. Obtaining permission is needed when use exceeds fair use. The document outlines factors considered for fair use and penalties for infringement. It provides resources for understanding copyright concepts.

1. Copyright Presented by: Victoria Lopez

2. CopyrightBuilding on others’ creative Expression

3. Fair UseCopyright Crash CourseThe public domain and orphan worksContent on the webTEACH ActGetting PermissionBuilding on others’ Creative ExpressionsItem 1Item 2Item 3Item 4Item 5

4. The Public Domain and Orphan Works Analog

5. Digitization

6. Mass DigitizationContent on the WebThe saving grace: Implied and Express licenses to use Internet materials An author impliedly grants a limited license to use her work in this mannerLiability for posting infringing worksLiablity

7. LawsuitsThe role of fair use Copyright protectionCopyright law governs the use of materials you might find on the Internet, just as it governs the use of books, video or music in the analog world.

8. Neither publication nor a notice of any kind is required to protect works today.

9. Copyright protection is automatic.Fair UsePenalty for infringementThe court can award up to $150,000 for each separate act of willful infringement. Digitizing and using other’s works creativelyStudents, faculty and staff may:incoporate others’ works into their own original creations