Copyright/Fair Use LawMaryville City Schools

Copyright Law of 1976

• Guidelines still used today

• Revised in the 1990s

• Designed to protect a creator's right to be compensated and to control how their work is used

• Protection starts when thought becomes tangible

Are You Following the Law?

• The problem is not that the laws have changed, but the sharing and availability of digital content has changed.

• Failure to get permission or follow Fair Use

• Misconception that citing makes it all ok

• Inappropriate links to classroom webpages

What is Fair Use?Fair Use relates to online publishing and how it

relates to fairness for educational purposes.There is no simple test.... Ask your self these things......

• Purpose: Is it for educational use?

• Content: Best to use out of print, factual, or published works

• Length: Use part, not all

• Profit: Is the author losing money?

What Should You Do?

• Set an example for our students. Be the model that upholds the laws that protects copyrighted information.

• Change your website and Blackboard links each year on material that you did not create.

• Cite any works that you borrow.

• Create your own.

• Check your links-Are the pages you are using breaking Copyright Law?

• Know how to ask for permission to use information.

• Put a disclaimer indicating that you have permission or are seeking permission to use a resource.

Always credit your sources!

When in doubt-ASK permission.

Digital Materials

• Mix it up, keep it on-going

• Don't link to sites until verified

• Don't use at public performances (not even Open House)

• No posting to YouTube

• Music needs to be legally acquired

• No showing movies from Netflix!

• Caution students of posts

CitizenshipIt's about doing the right thing.

It's about modeling for our students.

It's about our integrity.

Why Do We Care?

Copyright is sometimes vague and an elusive target, but teachers in Maryville City Schools are expected to make every effort to understand and follow the law.

We are trying to uphold and model lawful behavior for our students and families.

Resources: Multimedia Copyright

•www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280b.shtml

• http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/ccmcguid/html

• http://fairuse.stanford.edu

Guidelines by CONFU for Multimedia Presentations

Teachers• Face- to-face instruction

• directed student self-study

• remote instruction/review

• two year window after 1st use

• peer workshops

• tenure reviews/job interviews

Students• educational use for the

intended course

• portfolios

• job and/or graduate school interviews