Copyright Law and Fair Use Guidelines Amanda Biuso Kyle Findley Laura Koehne Hunter Smothers

Table of Contents Copyright Laws Owner’s Rights Fair Use Guidelines Guidelines for Students Multimedia Permission Request Form

Copyright Laws “The legal right granted to an author, composer, a playwright, a publisher, or a distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work”~Dictionary.com~Dictionary.com “Copyright laws are designed to protect a creator’s right to be compensated and to control how his or her work is used” ~ Education World

Owner’s Rights The owner of the work has the sole right to reproduce, distribute, perform, display, transmit, or transform that work Must have permission to use, copy, or reproduce any material from the owner

Fair Use Guidelines “The Fair Use doctrine was created to allow the use of copyrighted works for criticism and commentary, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and classroom instruction” ~Education World

Guidelines for Students Must use information for educational purposes Copies are limited to 2; 1 for the classroom and 1 to be put in reserve or a portfolio Material can only be saved for up to two years

Multimedia Up to 10% for multimedia Must let audience know that the material was created using the Fair Use Guidelines Proper credit must be given to the author, either at the beginning of end of the presentation

Portion Limit Examples Single chapters from books Poems up to 250 words Short stories or articles Single graphs or charts Up to 3 minutes of motion media For complete description of portion limits see NC Public SchoolsNC Public Schools

Permission Request Form If the material is going to be taken out of educational context or going to exceed the limit requirements, the user must receive permission from the original owner Informs the owner of the intent of the material and by whom and for what it will be used

Parts of Request Form Include name and address Name of school they attend and location of school Topic of report and where the information was found Description of information to be used For an example see: Landmark for SchoolsLandmark for Schools

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