CREATING COPYRIGHT COURTESY IN THE EDUCATIONAL SETTING Presented by Tamela McGregor Houston Baptist University

What is copyright?  Protection of a someone’s work or Intellectual Property  Literary, musical, dramatic pantomimes  choreographic, pictorial, graphic, and sculptural  motion pictures, audiovisual, sound recordings,  architectural works  Must be in a “fixed” format to be protected  Example Written down, recorded

What is considered copyrighted?  Registered and Unregistered works  Registered © Copyright © (1 st date of creation) (name of owner) Abbreviation: Copr  Unregistered work protected after April 1, 1989  Copyright does NOT protect  Ideas  discoveries  Does NOT apply to facts

Who is responsible for copyright?  The Government  Documented into laws through Constitution  Began with Copyright Act of 1976  Owners/authors of work have right to give permission to others to use their work  Laws created to protect rights of owners/authors

What are some laws that affect educators?  Unregistered works protected on or after April 1, 1989  Unpublished and or unregistered works created before January 1, 1978 protected by government for limited amount of time  Automatic renewal for works registered between January 1, 1964, and December 31,  fair use Limits use of copyrighted works

What is considered fair use?  Original owner/author not affected financially by use  You can copy... Poems: less than 250 words excerpt from longer poems that do not surpass 250 words Article, story or essay: less than 2,500 words, or excerpt from literary piece Cannot use more than 1,000 words or 10% of work (whichever is less) Illustrations: Only 1 per book or periodical (magazine or newspaper) Examples  chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture  Using a digital image for academic study

Be careful with fair use  Do NOT copy more than one...  short poem, article, story, essay  1 work from same author  more than three works from a collection or volume  Teachers especially use caution  Allowed class set of periodical, Magazine articles Throw away day after used  Coursepacks Need permission before inclusion Limit access to students in class

How can copyrighted laws be broken?  Copyright infringement  Lack of knowledge  Printing/copying excess amounts of intellectual property than allowed under fair use law Only 1 copy of an article per student if its for a class  Printing/copying material affects author/owner financially Example Sampling a song without permission from the artist

What happens if I violate the fair use law?  Financial loss  Sued  Expenses for defense attorneys  Time Court Time away from job, work Reputation

Solution  Educate yourself!  See Resources for Students and Educators pages  Permission  Contact owner/author of work before use  Buy it  Digital images should be bought if possible

Resources for Students  copyright/ copyright/  reading/ reading/

Resources for Educators  Academic Coursepacks e_Overview/chapter7/7-a.html e_Overview/chapter7/7-a.html

References  US Copyright Office  Copyright Basics - The Video from Copyright Clearance Center  10 Big Myths About Copyright  University of Texas Copyright Site ol.htm  Fair Use and the Electronic Age  Stanford University: Copyright and Fair Use 