COPYRIGHT LAW JULIA COHEN Funny-pictures.picphotos.net COPYRIGHT LAW The College of Education and Behavioral Studies School of Education Houston Baptist University Course Syllabus EDUC 5306: Educational Applications of Technology Spring 2015 Dr. Katie Alaniz JULIA COHEN

Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U. S Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works. EDUCATORS Must abide by all copyright laws Must respect all copyright laws Only excused if the material falls under Fair Use (using the material solely for educational purposes only) Adhere to the copyright laws with Integrity PUNISHMENTS Fined up to $100,000 Possibly no legal support from your school district

DON’T BELIEVE THE MYTHS! Techtoon.org DON’T BELIEVE THE MYTHS! Almost all things are copyrighted the moment they are written, and no copyright notice is required. Copyright is still violated whether you charged money or not. Postings to the net are not granted to the public domain, and don't grant you any permission to do further copying. Fair use is a complex doctrine meant to allow certain valuable social purposes. Copyright law is mostly civil law where the special rights of criminal defendants you hear so much about don't apply. *Watch out, however, as new laws are moving copyright violation into the criminal realm. *Don't rationalize that you are helping the copyright holder; often it's not that hard to ask permission. Posting E-mail is technically a violation, but revealing facts from E-mail you got isn't, and for almost all typical E-mail, nobody could wring any damages from you for posting it. The law doesn't do much to protect works with no commercial value.

Fno.org Students must follow whatever the district or school policies are on cheating and plagiarism.

Get EDUCATED on what you can and cannot do when it comes to Digiteen12—2.flatclassroomproject.org PUNISHMENTS Fined up to $100,000 Possibly no legal support from your school district Get EDUCATED on what you can and cannot do when it comes to using other people’s ideas and material.

REFERENCES Funny-pictures.picphotos.net www.copyright.gov www.Danscartoons.com www.Digiteen12—2.flatclassroomproject.org http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/ www.Fno.org www.Funny-pictures.picphotos.net www.Julieannshahin2.blogspot.com www.Techtoon.org http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html https://wiki.uiowa.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=42017025