4. Constitution: Article 1, Section 8
Copyright Law of 1976
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
“Best Practices” redefined by
• Educators
• Research libraries
• Open Source software designers
• Documentary film makers
TEACH Act
5. Defined
Owner’s exclusive rights to:
Reproduce, copy, distribute, publicly perform/
display, create derivatives
70 years from author’s death
Original works
Print: articles, books, newspapers, sheet music
Non Print: software, movies, photos, artwork, music
Web: Blogs, podcasts, web pages
Exceptions
Public domain
Fair Use
Non-copyrightable works- facts, ideas, processes
Christine Fruin “Copyright and Fair Use.” ufdc.ufl.edu/trc/copyright
6. Christine Fruin “Copyright and Fair Use.” ufdc.ufl.edu/trc/copyright
Exemption from exclusive owner rights for:
• Education
• Parody
• Criticism
• News reporting
• Research
7. Exclusive
Rights Fair Use
Spontaneous
Transformative
Educational
Repetitive
Reproduction
Commercial
Exclusive
Rights Fair Use
Orphan
work
No viable
market
Ready
market
Exclusive
Rights Fair Use
Not
supplemental
Essential to
course
Small Quantity
“Heart of the
Matter”
Large quantity
Exclusive
Rights Fair Use
Factual
Technical
Artistic or
creative
Purpose and
Character of Use
Amount of
Work Used
Nature of
the Work
Effect on the
Market
No one factor determines fair use – consider the four together
Christine Fruin “Copyright and Fair Use.” ufdc.ufl.edu/trc/copyright
14. Employing
copyrighted
material in media
literacy lessons
Limitations
• Must be relevant to the topic
• Amount only what is necessary
• When possible, provide proper
attribution
• Provide reasonable protection
against third-party access
and downloads.
Lessons
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Education
15. Employing
copyright material
in preparing
curriculum
materials
Limitations
• Meet professional standards for
curriculum development
• Materials include:
• objectives
• instructional practices
• assignments
• assessment criteria
• Amount only what is necessary
• When possible, provide proper
attribution
Materials
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Education
16. Sharing media
literacy curriculum
materials
Limitations
• Meet educational objectives
• Amount only what is necessary
• Seek permission for promotion
materials (not fair use)
• License agreements trump fair use
• When possible, provide proper
attribution
Sharing
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Education
17. Limitations
• Should not substitute creative
effort
• Students should developmentally
be able to demonstrate how
use repurposes or transforms
original
• When possible, provide proper
attribution
• Encourage students to make their
own assessment of fair use
Student use of
copyrighted
materials in their
own academic &
creative work
Student Use
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Education
18. Limitations
• Closed access more likely to
suggest fair use
• Public sharing:
• model real-world permissions
• distinguish between public
domain, licensed, and
copyrighted material
• privacy of subjects
• discuss ethical & social issues
Developing
audiences for
student work
Audiences
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Education
19. Sources
§ Copyright Logo: http://www.cwu.edu/~guidryr/piratecopyright.html
§ Student-Computers :
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/results.aspx?qu=student+computer&ex=1#ai:MP900422593|
§ Grimm’s Catalog Imges http://ufdc.ufl.edu/grimm/all
§ Newspapers:
§ http://ufdc.ufl.edu/fdnl1/results/?t=key+west%20druggist,,,&f=ZZ,+TI,+AU,+TO
§ http://ufdc.ufl.edu/fdnl1/results/?t=1975,,,&f=ZZ,+TI,+AU,+TO
§ Aerial Images and Maps
§ http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00071757/00015/citation
§ http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00016928/00001/citation?search=2000
§ Digital Library of the Caribbean
§ Translation of the Penal code in force in Cuba and Porto Rico http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00074437/00001/1j?n=dloc
§ 10 years of Soviet Antarctic exploration http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00047959/00001