This document discusses copyright tools and resources for teachers to legally use copyrighted works in their digital classrooms. It provides an overview of fair use criteria and recommends checking the Columbia University fair use checklist. The document warns about risks of taking classwork online and sharing digital copies. It then lists several free online resources for images and media that are copyright safe to use. Finally, it gives tips for teachers to protect their own intellectual property and stay safe regarding copyrights.

1. Copyright Tools
for the Digital Classroom
Terrie Byrne , 2012
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
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2. What’s “Fair”?
(It’s not what you think it is.)
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Four set of criteria to consider:
 Purpose for using the work
 Type of work used or adapted
 Amount of the work used
 Commercial effect of using the work
Columbia University “Fair Use Checklist”
Created y Kenneth D. Crews (Columbia University)
and Dwayne K. Buttler (University of Louisville).
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/fair-use/fair-use-checklist/

3. When to Worry
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 Taking any part of your class online
 Scanned docs, PowerPoint files, Copyrighted images
 Emailing digital copies to students
 Students publicly sharing work online
 YouTube, Wiki’s, Flickr, Voki, Blogs
 Teaching outside the non-profit education sphere
 Working as a consultant or private tutor
 Working for any for-profit entity

4. Where to find copyright free resources
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 Creative Commons website http://creativecommons.org/
 Behold http://www.behold.cc/
 EduPic – Free photographs and graphics for education http://edupic.net/
 FreeFoto – Educational Use
http://www.freefoto.com/browse/99-16-0/Educational-Policy
 Google Advanced Image search http://images.google.com/advanced_image_search
 Image*After http://www.imageafter.com/
 MorgueFile http://www.morguefile.com/
 Photo Pin – Royalty-free Image Search http://photopin.com/
 The Noun Project http://thenounproject.com/mission/
 WorldImages http://worldimages.sjsu.edu/
 Wylio – Free pictures for bloggers http://www.wylio.com/

5. How to Stay Safe
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 Keep as much class material as possible password protected.
 Work with your library to create legal e-reserves
 Never use an image without checking for permission.
 Use audio and video clips from online copyright safe sources.
 Develop a bank of verified “safe” digital works.
 Teach your students how to verify copyright permissions.
 Practice what you preach.

6. Protecting Your Own IP
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Copyright protection does not require any formal registration, but to
protect your Intellectual Property rights, do or more of the following:
Mark your copyright material with:
© Author Name. Date. All Rights Reserved
Set a Creative Commons license for you work
http://creativecommons.org/choose/
Use a tool such as Image Stamper: http://s1.imagestamper.com/
Know your own institution’s IP policies.

7. Further Reading
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hapter 1: Subject Matter and Scope of Copyright. Copyright Law of the United States.
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap1.pdf#Section106
Copyright Law of the United States.” U.S. Copyright Office.
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/
Fair Use Checklist.” Copyright Advisory Office of Columbia University Libraries.
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/fair-use/fair-use-checklist/
Fair Use in Education and Research.” Copyright Advisory Office of Columbia University
Libraries. http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/fair-use/