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What Copyright Means

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Copyright right to copy

This protects how ideas are presented

This does not protect ideas

You can not copyright facts

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Anything I use for schoolwork is Fair Use

Plagiarism is not a real crime, so I can not get in trouble

It is okay to use if I do not charge for it

The internet is public domain, so I can use anything I find

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For educational purposes you can use a portion of others copyrighted work with out their permission.

Copyright laws are intended to protect the author or creator’s rights.

Fair Use laws allow for copying of someone else's work with out their permission.

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What is the Penalty for Infringement?

Infringer pays the actual dollar amount of damages and profits. The law provides a range from $200 to $150,000 for each work infringed.The infringer can go to jail.

To avoid infringement….Check the terms of use for the image

Cite every image you usePurchase the image if the option is available

Use a different image

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Not for commercial useDo not infringe on main

copyright ideaDoes not affect the market

for the original work

You Can Use Copyrighted Images If…..

Fair Use Myths

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MYTH: FAIR USE IS TOO UNCLEAR AND COMPLICATED FOR ME.  

TRUTH: The fair use provision of the Copyright Act is written broadly—not narrowly—because it is designed to apply to a wide range of creative works and the people who use them.

MYTH: IF I’M NOT MAKING ANY MONEY OFF IT, IT’S FAIR USE.

TRUTH: "Noncommercial use" can be a plus in fair use analysis, but its scope is hard to define. Some public uses may be unfair, even if no money is exchanged.

MYTH: FAIR USE COULD GET ME SUED. 

TRUTH: That’s very, very unlikely. We don’t know of any lawsuit actually brought by an American media company against an educator over the use of media in the educational process. The copyright owner typically will send a "cease and desist" letter.

Why Creative Commons?

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Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical

infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.

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Attribution: You must credit the creator, the title ,and the license the work is under.

Noncommercial (NC)Any use of the work must be for noncommercial purposes only. That means file sharing, educational use and film festivals are all ok, but advertising and for-profit uses are not.

No Derivative Works (ND)Only verbatim copies of the work may be used. In other words, you can’t change the work in any way. You need to get extra permission if you want to crop a photo or edit down text.

Share Alike: Any new work produced using this material must be made available under the same terms. So if you do remix a work you have to release your new work under the same license.

If I print, copy, and distribute material from the Internet I am not violating the copyright law.

If an article online doesn't have the copyright symbol, then it is

not consider copyrighted material.

The copyright law protects an online web page document.

If the owner of the copyrighted item doesn't protect their copyright works, they lose it.

E-mail messages that are posted online aren't considered copyrighted material.

It is legal to use a small portion of copyrighted material

for education purposes.

It is illegal to scan images out of a book or magazine to one's web site.

According to the copyright law, an individual has to obtain permission from the owner of the "original works" if he or she is interested in copying, altering, and/or distributing information collected from the Internet.

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This was true until the revision of the 1989 copyright law, which states that it is not necessary to indicate a copyright symbol and/or statement on "original works" in order for it to be protected by copyright law.

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Copyright protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. An on-line web page is considered a tangible form.

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Copyright is never lost, unless it is given away. However, if a piece of material was created prior to the revision of the 1989 copyright law and the "owner" of the copyrighted works did not renew the copyright, that particular piece of work is now in the public domain.

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Copyright protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible form of expression. Email is consider original work.

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It is legal to use a small portion or copyrighted material for educational purposes such as teaching materials, media projects and/or research documents and non-educational purposes. Including material used for a discussion piece or comment section. (Fair Use).

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You can't freely scan images from a book or magazine. You can however scan your own photograph or images you have created to your web site.

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Resources

• http://www.lib.purdue.edu

• www.copyright.gov

• www.rightsforartists.com

• fairuse.stanford.edu

• www.copyright.com

• http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education

• http://literacy.kent.edu/Oasis/Workshops/copyquiz.html

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