Heather Brown ITEC 7445

 Copyright ◦ Laws provided to secure the published and unpublished work of type any artistry.  Fair Use ◦ Allows for the limited use of copyrighted work for a certain objective without the permission of the original author.

 Photographs  Maps/Globes  Illustrations  Charts/Diagrams  Reproductions of Art/Prints  Technical Drawings (Copyrightlaws.com)

 Images of buildings are copyrighted if they were built after December of 1990  For Fair Use: Use images with low resolution or thumbnails  Photographs of 2-D public works are sometimes not protected by the copyright laws  For Fair Use: Change the meaning of the image by using the image in new context or purpose  For Fair Use: Only use the part of the image you need (MIT Libraries)

 An school art teacher wants to distribute flyers to the community with several pictures of famous art work. The flyers will be used to promote an art exhibition for her students. Is this okay?

 The teacher is not following the copyright law guidelines. She is using prints of art reproductions. To support fair use, the teacher could only parts of the image or an image with lower resolution.

 The students in a math class are drawing blueprints of a building and finding the volume, area, and surface area of the building. The teacher wants to show them examples of blueprints. She crops the original images of the blueprints to only use the parts she needs. Is this okay?

 Yes, this is fair use. The teacher is using parts of the image for the examples of the blueprints. For next year, she could create her own blueprint to show to the students.

 A teacher wants to make a PowerPoint presentation to use at open house. In the presentation, she wants to use photographs taken by the yearbook staff and from activities in her classroom. Is this okay?

 Yes, this is acceptable. The pictures were not copyrighted and were property of the school and the teacher. The presentation is being presented at school and is for school purposes.

 Harris, L. E. (2010). Legally using images. Retrieved from sing-images/ on July 3, sing-images/  MIT Libraries. Using images: copyright and fair use. Retrieved from =238777&sid= on July 3, =238777&sid=