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/