COPYRIGHT IN EDUCATIONFAIR USE & LAWS

COPYRIGHT

designed to protect original material licensed or created by the owner

Rights include: adaptation, distribution, public performance, public display, and digital transmission

LAWS Net Theft Visual Artist Rights Act Digital Millennium Copyright Act Copyright Term Extension Act Digital Performance Right Act Technology, Education and Copyright

Harmonization Act

Many teachers do not see the legal or moral issue with using copyrighted music and films in the classroom. Fair Use has become a blanket MYTH that educators use for allowing certain materials into the classroom.

THE MYTH...

Copyrighted material can be used, shown or duplicated for any purpose since a school is about education and they are protected.

Educational Fair Use

FAIR USE FOR EDUCATION

Exemption section 106 intends to protect copyrights with the allowance of legitimate use for educational or research purposes.

Fair Use Factors

1. Purpose is for non-commercial or nonprofit educational use2. The nature of copyrighted work3. Amount/portion used in relation to the copyrighted work4. potential market value of the copyrighted work

Misconceptions

1. Schools have the right to use material as the wish2. Using copyrighted material is OK if it is teaching purposes3. Spreading the “word” by making copies of copyrighted material4. It is for the “students” and that is OK.

SOFTWARE USAGE

District Software is for the use on district computers only. Unauthorized copies of software or fonts obtained by faculty or students will not be

tolerated. • Copyright protects against to copying of software, music and DVD disks

•Misuse of software must be reported to school administration immediately

•Appropriate licensing for software should be recorded in the District Technology office

•Routine audits of software will be conducted by the Technology office.

COPYRIGHT AND MEDIA

Fair use for media does NOT include:

•Rainy day video•Reward incentive movie showings

•Copies of digital media (movies or CD’s)

•Audio streaming in a classroom

•Highlight videos

COPYRIGHT AND MEDIA

5 Guidelines for Media Fair Use:

•Is it a face to face teaching lesson?•Is the media a legally acquired copy?•Is the viewing limited to students and instructors?

•Is the viewing in a classroom or similar setting?

•Is this a “non-profit” event?