EDT 3470 Education

Technology

Copyright, Fair Use, &

Public Domain

Your contact in the library:

Brad Dennis, Associate Professor, Education Librarian

Education Library, 2800 Sangren Hall

Reference Desk: 269-387-5225Voice Mail: 269-387-1581

E-Mail: brad.dennis@wmich.edu

What is copyright? Definition: Protection given to any

"original works of authorship” or creative work from being copied or distributed without permission. All creative works are immediately given copyright to the creator when the original work is created. Copyright applies both to traditional media (books, images, etc.) and to digital media (electronic journals, Web sites, etc.).

The Copyright Law of the United States is contained in Title 17 of the United States Code (17 U.S.C.).

Question:

Copying elements of someone’s website without permission is a violation of copyright.

A. True B. False

Copyright protects the following eight categories of

works 1. literary works 2. musical works 3. dramatic works 4. pantomimes and choreographic works 5. pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works 6. motion pictures and other audiovisual

works 7. sound recordings 8. architectural works

Question:

Punishment for violation of copyright can be:

A. A crime including jail time or fines and fees.

B. A civil suit in which the defendant is sued and has to pay the plaintiff money

C. Both

What is Public Domain?Definition:  A public domain work is a creative work that

no longer has copyright restrictions because the creator willingly relinquished their copyright or because the creator is dead AND no one owns the copyright.

Works are in the public domain if:

(1) the term of copyright for the work has expired

(2) the author failed to satisfy statutory formalities to protect the copyright or

(3) it is a work of the U.S. Government.

Question:

Using images or video taken by NASA without permission is a violation of copyright.

A. True B. False

What is Creative Commons?

Definition: Creative works that are copyrighted but the creator has put provisions on their use. A creative commons license might stipulate, for example, that a work can be used as long as it isn’t modified in any way.

The CC licenses all grant the "baseline rights", such as the right to distribute the copyrighted work worldwide for non-commercial purposes, and without modification.

What is Fair Use?Fair use provisions of the US Copyright Law (

Title 17, section 107) allow for limited distribution of published works without the author's permission with proper citation, for a scholarly or educational project.

Definition: Legal right to use copyrighted works as long as the work is used for non-profit educational, research, or personal use. Guidelines were developed by a group of educational users and copyright owners that interpreted the Copyright Act.

Students may: Incorporate portions of lawfully

acquired copyrighted works when producing their own educational multimedia projects for a specific course

Perform and display their own projects in the course for which they were created

Retain projects in their own portfolios as examples of their academic work for later personal uses such as job and school interviews.

Question:

You can keep your multimedia project in I-Webfolio and use it as an example of your work during a job interview without violating copyright.

A. True B. False

Circular 21 of the U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers. Chart by Hall Davidson

Illustrations and Photographs:

A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety.

No more than 5 images by an artist or photographer.

Not more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a single published collected work.

Music, Lyrics, and Music Video

Motion Media Up to 10% or 3 minutes, whichever is less, of a single copyrighted motion media work.

Up to 10% of a single musical work No more than 30 seconds of music

and lyrics from a single musical work

Attribution & Acknowledgement

Credit the sources and display the copyright notice © and copyright ownership information for all incorporated works including those prepared under fair use. This must appear on the screen with the image used.

Copyright ownership information includes: © (the copyright notice) year of first publication name of the copyright holder Example: © 2014 Company/Person’s

Name

Question:

If it does not have a copyright notice, it is not copyrighted.

A. True B. False

Getting Permission Ask the rights owner for permission. If the owner

says no, it means no. If you can't reach the owner, treat it as no.

If permission is obtained to use a work, then the agreed-upon use is acceptable. There are several avenues for getting permission to use copyrighted works. Following are links to two options:

Copyright Clearance Centerhttp://www.copyright.com/

United States Copyright Officehttp://www.copyright.gov/records/ (For records from 1978-present)

Circular 22, "How to Investigate the Copyright Status of a Work," from the United States Copyright Office offers guidance for obtaining permission.

Select Libraries and CollectionsThen select Images and Slides

www.wmich.edu/library

Where can I find multi-media at WMU?

Where can I find multi-media at WMU?

Select Images and Slides

Images and Videos Page

Note tabFor Images& Videos

ArtStor – High quality professional images

ArtStor – Search Page

ArtStor Results

CAMIO – Art museum images

CAMIO – Results list

WMU Image Catalog

Question: A photographer created a photographic

image of the Las Vegas Strip. Another company scanned the image and used six buildings (only 15%) from the original to create a poster and then sold the poster commercially.

A. Fair Use B. Violation of copyright Tiffany Design vs. Reno-Tahoe Specialty,

inc., 1999

Images and Videos Page

Note tabFor Images& Videos

Films on Demand

Individual Title With Embedded Link

Question:

If I personally purchased the video I can use it in class with my students.

A. True B. False

Audio Sources Freeplay Music

Free music that can be downloaded.

Free Sound Effects ArchiveThe largest collection of sound effects on the Internet (according to them) including nearly 2,000 sound effects

Internet ArchiveOver two hundred thousand free audio and MP3 library digital recordings

Sound Effects Archive

Other Image Sources Public Domain / Copyright Free Media

This page provides links to some of the better copyright-free and public domain resources. It is intended for educators and librarians who wish to locate quality, copyright-friendly materials for educational, noncommercial, and nonprofit projects.

Google Image SearchOffers simple and advanced search options. Supports Boolean and phrase searching. Can limit by size, file type, color or Web domain, and filter for adult material in different levels of strictness. Can search within results.

PicsearchIt automatically excludes adult materials. Can limit by color and picture size. It supports Boolean and phrase search

Other Video Sources http://www.open-video.org/

The purpose of the Open Video Project is to collect and make available a repository of digitized video content for the digital video, multimedia retrieval, digital library, and other research communities.

http://www.youtube.com

YouTube is a place for people to engage in new ways with video by sharing, commenting on, and viewing videos. YouTube originally started as a personal video sharing service, and has grown into an entertainment destination with people watching more than 70 million videos on the site daily.

http://video.yahoo.comMuch like YouTube, it is a place where people share videos with one another.

More Information Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teach

ers. Chart by Hall Davidson

Can I Use That Picture Chart by Curtis Newbold, The Visual Communication Guy

When U.S. Works Pass Into The Public Domain. Chart by Lolly Gasaway       

Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 U.S. Copyright Office

Reproduction of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians, Circular 21. U.S. Copyright Office

Question:

What is the easiest way to avoid copyright violations using images, sound, or video.

A. Use items that are in the public domain

B. Use my own images or recordings

C. Both

*Today’s lecture was:

A. Interesting and relevant

B. Just interesting

C. Just relevant

D. Uninteresting and irrelevant