COPYRIGHT
LAWS
The first copyright
law was signed by
President George
Washington on
May 31, 1790
• Using someone else's work without obtaining
the copyright owner's permission.
What is copyright infringement?
• Copyright is a set of federal laws that grant
authors (or creators) the exclusive right to
benefit from their creations. Meaning--it
protects them from others using their work.
What is copyright?
Copyright begins…
at the moment an author
puts his idea in
a tangible (anything other than an
idea) form.
• Tells who owns copyright
and date first published
• Location of copyright notice
• An author is protected…
copyright notice or not!
Copyright Notice
• Reproduction (making copies)
• Adaptation (variations or modified)
• Distribution
• Public performance
• Public display
Rights protected by copyright
What can be copyrighted?
• 1. Original
• 2. Creative
• 3. Fixed (meaning it can be an idea in your
head)
• Photos
• Stories/books
• Illustrations/drawings
• Cartoons
• Advertisements
• Art work
• Computer programming
• Sound recordings/music
Copyright can protect:
• Ideas
• Facts
• Works whose copyright has expired which
then enter the public domain. Anything
created before 1923 can now be used because
their copyright has expired.
Copyright does not protect:
Not protected:
Some original, creative works in a fixed form are
not protected under copyright. We can use them
without permission from the author.
•Works created in the public domain
•Expiration – 70 years after author’s death
•Government documents
FAIR USE
Allows for the use of limited amounts of copyrighted works
for important
purposes like
1. News reporting
2. Commentaries
3. Critiques
4. Education
5. Parody (making fun of something ex. Scary Movie)
Courts make their judgments on fair usage by answering a
set of questions, called the four fair use factors:
• 1. What is the character of the use?
• 2. What is the nature of the work to be used?
• 3. How much of the work will you use?
• 4. What is the effect of the use on the potential market value (will it
cause the creator to lose money from sales) of the original work.
•Teachers
Not too often and not too much of the work
•Students
Can include images, sounds and videos in projects
as long as it’s not too much of the work
Teachers and students have special rights when
in an educational setting
PORTION
LIMITATIONS
Photographs or
Illustrations
• No more than five by the same photographer
without permission.
Music
• 10% up to 30 seconds (whichever is less) of a
song or musical presentation.
Video
(for integration into multimedia or video projects)
• 10% up to 3 minutes (whichever is less) of
copyrighted videotapes, DVDs, encyclopedias on
CD-ROM, etc.
Video
(for viewing)
• Must be used in a classroom “dedicated to face-
to-face instruction.”
• Should be instructional, not for entertainment or
reward
Text Material
• Poem – less than 250 words
• Up to 250 words of a poem with > 2500 words
• One chart, picture, diagram, graph, cartoon or
picture per book, newspaper, etc.
• Articles, stories or essays less than 2,500 words
• Two pages from a picture book with less than
2,500 words
Text Material
• Teachers may make multiple copies for classroom
use
• Students may incorporate text into projects
• Only one copy per student
• Don’t create anthologies
• “Consumables” such as workbooks may not be
copied
• Images, sound and video may be downloaded for
student projects and teacher lessons
• Web to Web – NOT OK without permission
• Links to resources can be posted
Internet

Copyright Presentation

  • 1.
  • 2.
    The first copyright lawwas signed by President George Washington on May 31, 1790
  • 3.
    • Using someoneelse's work without obtaining the copyright owner's permission. What is copyright infringement?
  • 4.
    • Copyright isa set of federal laws that grant authors (or creators) the exclusive right to benefit from their creations. Meaning--it protects them from others using their work. What is copyright?
  • 5.
    Copyright begins… at themoment an author puts his idea in a tangible (anything other than an idea) form.
  • 6.
    • Tells whoowns copyright and date first published • Location of copyright notice • An author is protected… copyright notice or not! Copyright Notice
  • 7.
    • Reproduction (makingcopies) • Adaptation (variations or modified) • Distribution • Public performance • Public display Rights protected by copyright
  • 8.
    What can becopyrighted? • 1. Original • 2. Creative • 3. Fixed (meaning it can be an idea in your head)
  • 9.
    • Photos • Stories/books •Illustrations/drawings • Cartoons • Advertisements • Art work • Computer programming • Sound recordings/music Copyright can protect:
  • 10.
    • Ideas • Facts •Works whose copyright has expired which then enter the public domain. Anything created before 1923 can now be used because their copyright has expired. Copyright does not protect:
  • 11.
    Not protected: Some original,creative works in a fixed form are not protected under copyright. We can use them without permission from the author. •Works created in the public domain •Expiration – 70 years after author’s death •Government documents
  • 12.
    FAIR USE Allows forthe use of limited amounts of copyrighted works for important purposes like 1. News reporting 2. Commentaries 3. Critiques 4. Education 5. Parody (making fun of something ex. Scary Movie)
  • 13.
    Courts make theirjudgments on fair usage by answering a set of questions, called the four fair use factors: • 1. What is the character of the use? • 2. What is the nature of the work to be used? • 3. How much of the work will you use? • 4. What is the effect of the use on the potential market value (will it cause the creator to lose money from sales) of the original work.
  • 14.
    •Teachers Not too oftenand not too much of the work •Students Can include images, sounds and videos in projects as long as it’s not too much of the work Teachers and students have special rights when in an educational setting
  • 15.
  • 16.
    Photographs or Illustrations • Nomore than five by the same photographer without permission.
  • 17.
    Music • 10% upto 30 seconds (whichever is less) of a song or musical presentation.
  • 18.
    Video (for integration intomultimedia or video projects) • 10% up to 3 minutes (whichever is less) of copyrighted videotapes, DVDs, encyclopedias on CD-ROM, etc.
  • 19.
    Video (for viewing) • Mustbe used in a classroom “dedicated to face- to-face instruction.” • Should be instructional, not for entertainment or reward
  • 20.
    Text Material • Poem– less than 250 words • Up to 250 words of a poem with > 2500 words • One chart, picture, diagram, graph, cartoon or picture per book, newspaper, etc. • Articles, stories or essays less than 2,500 words • Two pages from a picture book with less than 2,500 words
  • 21.
    Text Material • Teachersmay make multiple copies for classroom use • Students may incorporate text into projects • Only one copy per student • Don’t create anthologies • “Consumables” such as workbooks may not be copied
  • 22.
    • Images, soundand video may be downloaded for student projects and teacher lessons • Web to Web – NOT OK without permission • Links to resources can be posted Internet

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Inside the front cover of books and on Web sites, you will usually find a copyright notice. This notice tells you who owns the copyright and the date the work was first published. You cannot assume that if a copyright notice does not appear that it is not protected by copyright. An author is protected…copyright notice or not.
  • #5 Inside the front cover of books and on Web sites, you will usually find a copyright notice. This notice tells you who owns the copyright and the date the work was first published. You cannot assume that if a copyright notice does not appear that it is not protected by copyright. An author is protected…copyright notice or not.
  • #7 Inside the front cover of books and on Web sites, you will usually find a copyright notice. This notice tells you who owns the copyright and the date the work was first published. You cannot assume that if a copyright notice does not appear that it is not protected by copyright. An author is protected…copyright notice or not.
  • #8 Inside the front cover of books and on Web sites, you will usually find a copyright notice. This notice tells you who owns the copyright and the date the work was first published. You cannot assume that if a copyright notice does not appear that it is not protected by copyright. An author is protected…copyright notice or not.
  • #9 For a work to be able to have a copyright, it must meet these three requirements. Original – cannot already have been copyrighted or something you didn’t create Creative – has to involve at least some creative effort Fixed form – has to be in physical form, not just an idea in your head
  • #10 Inside the front cover of books and on Web sites, you will usually find a copyright notice. This notice tells you who owns the copyright and the date the work was first published. You cannot assume that if a copyright notice does not appear that it is not protected by copyright. An author is protected…copyright notice or not.
  • #11 Inside the front cover of books and on Web sites, you will usually find a copyright notice. This notice tells you who owns the copyright and the date the work was first published. You cannot assume that if a copyright notice does not appear that it is not protected by copyright. An author is protected…copyright notice or not.
  • #12 The general and incorrect notion is that anything that is on the Internet is Public Domain and may be taken without permission from the owner/creator. THIS IS FALSE. Some sites contain information, pictures, etc. that are ALL Public Domain. Even though we don’t have to ask permission, we still must provide information about the source.
  • #13 Fair Use is a special exception to the copyright laws for students, teachers, news reports and others.
  • #14 Inside the front cover of books and on Web sites, you will usually find a copyright notice. This notice tells you who owns the copyright and the date the work was first published. You cannot assume that if a copyright notice does not appear that it is not protected by copyright. An author is protected…copyright notice or not.
  • #16 Teachers and students are allowed, under Fair Use, to use copyrighted works without permission, but we must adhere to portion limitations.