Michelle Olivacce’

Copyright permission is the process of getting consent from a copyright owner to use the owner’s creative material; permission is often called “licensing”; this means you have a license to use the work.

 is important in distribution of creative works ◦ Books ◦ Journal articles ◦ Electronic publications ◦ Movies ◦ Artworks

 Copyrights enable publications to require others to credit references to the authors open access means access to works in the open -- on the Web.

 Fair use is a legal principle providing particular limitations on rights  The purpose for use, includes whether use is commercial or nonprofit educational purposes  The amount or portion used of the copyrighted work as a whole

 Copies of publications given to students, or to colleagues may be a fair use (and may not, fair use is not clear-cut).  fair use is any copying of copy written material done for a limited purpose, for example, comment or criticize the work.  This can be done without permission.  If your use qualifies as a fair use, then it would not be considered an illegal infringement.

 Applies to use, without permission, of parts of copy- written works in multimedia projects created by educators or students with proper credit/citation  Educators include faculty, teachers, instructors and others who engage in scholarly, research and instructional activities for educational institutions.  The copyrighted works used under these guidelines are lawfully acquired if obtained by the institution or individual through lawful means such as purchase, gift or license agreement but not pirated copies.

 May use 10% of copy-written work or 3 minutes  Clips cannot be altered  May use 5 images of an artist's or photographer's work  Up to 10% of copy-written musical composition, no more than 30 seconds

 Infringer pays the actual amount of damages and profits.  The range from $200 to $150,000 for each work infringed.  Infringer pays all attorneys fees and court costs.  The Court can restrict or stop the infringing acts.  The Court can confiscate the illegal works.  The infringer can go to jail.

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