Copyright Basics for Teachers Elissa Lawrence, Traci Hawkins, Michelle Hagen, and Sandy Block

Copyright Law Legally Protects: Original works (not ideas within those works) Forms of images, text,or audiovisual recordings Print, CDs, DVDs, Movie media, or Internet content Original works whether they have an explicit copyright statement or not

Permission to copy is granted if: It is acquired from owner of the work The usage falls under Fair Use The material is in Public Domain The material has a Creative Commons License The usage falls under TEACH Act

Copyright Quick Guide Learn more about copyright protections, fundamental principles, and who maybe a copyright owner by clicking here.

A Fair(y) Use Tale a short film by Eric Faden Watch a very entertaining yet informative film using works by Disney about the definition of copyright law, what things can be copyrighted, copyright duration, public domain, and fair use by clicking here.

Fair Use (Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act – see this site) Allows public to use a part of copyrighted material freely without permission of author/creator For purposes of teaching,research, news reporting, or reviewing the work But not all non-profit or educational uses allow for Fair Use Depends on four factors

What are the Four Factors Designed to determine Fair Use by analyzing, weighing, and balancing the variety of use of a copyrighted work. Purpose (intent of use) Nature (characteristic of work) Amount (of work being used) Effect (on market of work) Click on “here” to read about the meanings each of these four areas.

Fair Use Guidelines Examples of guidelines for various teaching situations. These are an attempt to help one understand what might fall under fair use. Click here to read the guidelines

Summaries of real fair use cases Examples of cases involving either text, artwork, audiovisuals, internet, software, music, or parody in fair use. These are real situations to view what copyrighted use has fallen under fair use and what has not . Click here to read the summaries.

How Fair Use Impacts Teachers When is videotaping educational TV shows for the classroom legal? To help one understand what might fall under fair use. Click here Disagreements of fair use. Click here Checklist for one to use to help in deciding if your use of copyrighted material might fall under fair use. Click here for more information on PDF Checklist

First scenario Test Yourself Mrs. Smith a sixth grade teacher created a PowerPoint presentation for her class to teach them in a creative way about fiction and nonfiction books. In this presentation she used 30 seconds of original soundtrack to start off the presentation and limited amounts of sound tracks in different parts of presentation. Is she allowed to add music like this to her original works? YES or NO

Answer to First Scenario YES Mrs. Smith usage of music fell under fair use. She had limited amount of each song and she was using it for educational purposes. She did not change any part of the form. NO

Second scenario Test Yourself Mr. Johnson teaches on online class for a local college and he copies and paste thumbnail photo images that he acquired for Google to use as links to information on his teaching site. Is he infringing on copyrighted material? YES or NO

Answer to Second Scenario YES NO He is not infringing because his use falls under fair use. He is not using the full size images only thumbnail and he is using them for teaching purposes.