1. Digital Images and Copyright
What you can and cannot do….
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2. Question???
Does a work need a copyright symbol to be protected by copyright laws? NO
Any work created in any tangible form of expression—printed text, a photo or film, a piece of music, a Web page—is automatically copyrighted, and remains protected for many years after the creator’s death (70).

3. Fair Use in the Classroom:
Section 107 of the 1976 Copyright Act
“The fair use of a copy-righted work, including such use as reproduction…for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching…scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”

4. Four Factors of Fair Use
Purpose of the work: The work must be used for legitimate scholarship and/or nonprofit, educational purposes.
Nature of the Work: Creative works are afforded greater copyright protection than factual works

5. Four Factors of Fair Use
Amount Used: Only a small percentage of the entire work my be copied for educational uses.
Effect on the Market: Potential commercial sales must not be affected.

6. Conference on Fair Use (1994)
No more than five images by any one artist and no more than 10% from a published collective work.
Never approved by the Federal Government

7. Creative Commons
Recognizes and protects the rights of creators while simultaneously allowing certain uses of copyrighted material.
Using the following search engine aides in copyright issues:

8. Works in the Public Domain
When copyright protections are expired
Sunny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act (1998) states copyright shall extend to the life of its author PLUS 70 years.
Public Domain:
US National Archives
Library of Congress

9. Good Rule of Thumb
Use materials they created themselves.

10. Permission and Attribution
Proper attrition of others’ work should always be made whether copyrighted or in the public domain.