Do you know what you are doing? Copyright & fair use Do you know what you are doing?

Copyright – what is it? Copyright provides protection to creative works from exploitation preserving value for the creator It provides for protection of created works regardless of medium. It does not protect ideas. (Yes you can write a space opera, you just can't write Star Wars) International treaties (Berne convention) provide the law basis of most copyright law. It was further amended by the digital millennium copyright act in the United States.

Fair use "In its most general sense, a fair use is any copying of copyrighted material done for a limited and “transformative” purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work. Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner." Generally, this is for a purpose where profit is not the main goal You cannot create derivative works. No you can't have Wookiee in your space opera but you could have big fooot.

Fair use pt. 2 Teachers are covered by fair use for examples in classroom use so long as the commercial value of the original work is nit compromised. Reporters are also often covered by this clause. So are parody writers. You are not covered if you use an entire work. For example, you cannot just play a movie for entertainment purposes in a classroom. Also video use should be short and relevant to the lesson being taught.

Fair use pt. 3 – releases & license To use a work without fear of being sued get a release from the copyright holder. This is a short statement explaining what you intend to do with the work and giving you permission to do so. This is also called a limited license. So rights holders make you purchase a license to use their work especially movie and multimedia rights holders. You must have a license if you plan to show a whole movie, use a whole score, or any work in its entirety.

Licensing continued When making a fair use claim, a teacher must site where the work originated and the rights holder. Claiming fair use. Even when a release is obtained credit for the original work must be given. Teachers need to make sure their students follow the guidelines.

Taping for classroom use Only programs broadcast to the general public may be taped. This includes all programs broadcast to homes and schools. The guidelines do not apply to programs available only from cable television services such as Showtime, HBO, The Disney Channel, C-Span and ESPN. A classroom teacher who wants a particular program taped should ask the school to tape it. The tape may be shown only during the first ten consecutive school days after it is made, and only in a classroom or similar place devoted to instruction. A tape may be shown to several classes if appropriate. A limited number of copies may be made from each off-air recording. Each copy is subject to all the provisions governing the original recording. The tape may not be altered in any way. For example, tapes may not be edited to create an anthology or compilation. After the ten-day classroom use period expires, the tape may be used only for evaluation — that is, to determine whether it should be bought or licensed for permanent inclusion in the teaching curriculum. Not later than 45 calendar days after the tape was made, it must be destroyed.

Website usage It is easy to break the rules using copyright material on the web. Copy and pasting is easy but wrong. If you need to reference a webpage link to it. Do not copy images or deep link (calling up the image from a remote server. This is a crime, theft of service) Again, credit sources even when it is fair use.

Breaking the rules When you violate someone's copyright they are entitled to compensation. This varies in the amount that can be awarded but in the recording industry violations are 100,000.00 per song violated in the maximum. While fines are civil penalties there can also be criminal prosecution for violations as well.

Resources Us copyright office @ www.copyright.gov Copyright clearing house @ www.copyright.com These two sites help to manage copyright resource in the us. Copyright.com acts as a central clearing house for rights management.

Reference websites for presentation http://fairuse.stanford.edu/ http://www.ncpublicschools.org/copyright1.html