This document provides an overview of copyright, fair use, public domain, and Creative Commons licensing as they relate to content creation and sharing. It discusses why understanding these concepts is important for being responsible digital citizens and role models for learners. Key points covered include: - Copyright automatically protects original creative works from unauthorized use. - Works in the public domain are not subject to copyright and available for public use. - Fair use allows limited copying of copyrighted works for purposes like education under certain conditions like amount used and impact on market. - Creative Commons licenses provide alternatives to traditional copyright that allow others to share and remix content in certain ways while still giving attribution.

1. Creation & Copyright:
Your Rights & Responsibilities
Lyn Hilt * September 18, 2014
Timothy Valentine

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Why?
✤ We are role models for
communities of learners who are
developing information/media
literacy and digital citizenship
skills.!
✤ It’s about respect for creators and
their content.!
✤ It’s about understanding your
rights as a creator.!
✤ It’s about assuming responsibility
for what we create and share.
atelier PRO

3. http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/keep-calm-and-play-kahoot-1.png

4. kahoot.it
Game Pin: 4587
tinyurl.com/copyright918
Resources for you.

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Copyright
A form of legal protection
automatically provided to the
authors of “original works of
authorship,” including literary,
dramatic, musical, and artistic
works
teachingcopyright.org

6. All Rights Reserved
Public Domain
Fair Use

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Public Domain
“the state of belonging or
being available to the public
as a whole, and therefore
not subject to copyright”
Via Google, What is the public domain? !
September 16, 2014 * 11:30 AM

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Fair Use
✤ “Fair use allows people other than
the copyright owner to copy part or,
in some circumstances, all of a
copyrighted work, even where the
copyright holder has not given
permission or objects.” !
teachingcopyright.org
✤ Not implied for all educational uses! !
✤ It’s not fair use just because you
give attribution.!
✤ 4 considerations to determine fair
use…

9. Is it Fair Use?
✤ Purpose /character of use!
✤ Transformative? Commercial or noncommercial? !
✤ Nature of the copyrighted work- factual or creative?!
✤ Amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation
to the copyrighted work as a whole!
✤ Effect of the use on the original’s market value

10. http://www.benedict.com/sites/default/files/images/FairUseTest.gif

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What is Creative
Commons?
✤ A way for creators to alter
copyright licenses to allow
others to share, remix, and use
their work in other creative
endeavors.!
✤ Includes a set of licenses that
work alongside copyright.
creativecommons.org/about
Wikimedia Commons

14. A Helpful Guide from Silvia Tolisano

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Finding Images
✤ Google Image Advanced Search!
✤ Google Search by Image!
✤ Research tools in Google Drive,
Word, Discovery Education!
✤ Image collections of photos
licensed with Creative
Commons (Flickr, Compfight)
Paul Bica

16. Just Cite It.

17. “Here is my appeal to administrators and school boards:
Classroom teachers need guidance and protection in this area.
The most helpful thing that administrators and school boards can
do is to develop a clear policy in this area and promise to protect
and support those who observe it.” –Jason Ohler!
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: !
New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity
Scott Wills