COPYRIGHT in Public Schools

© 2007 Amy Hopkins

When you create a unique work, you have created…

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

That is - something you created with your mind that has

commercial value, including written, artistic, and musical

works.

CopyrightType of law that exists to

protect intellectual property. Means the “right to copy” – and is an exclusive right.

Excludes everyone except the person who owns the intellectual

property.

Bare Minimum Requirements for Copyright

Original Creative

Fixed form

Copyright begins… at the moment an author

puts his idea in a tangible form.

Tells who owns copyright and date first published

Location of copyright notice An author is protected…copyright notice or not!

Copyright Notice

Based just on the information just discussed,

which of the following pieces of intellectual property could be protected by

copyright?

QUIZ TIME

A speech you give off the top of your

headNOT

PROTECTED

PROTECTED

WRONG

TRY AGAIN!!!

EXACTLY RIGHT

A speech you give “off the top of your head” is not in a tangible, fixed

form.

A computer program you created for your boss, Bill Gates

NOT PROTECTED

PROTECTED

WRONG

TRY AGAIN!!!

EXACTLY RIGHT

A computer program is a creative work and

would be able to have a copyright.

Reproduce itPrepare derivative works of it

Distribute copies of it Perform or display it publicly

Rights of the Copyright Owner

Of course…As the owner, you may authorize

others to have these and other rights:Sell

Perform in publicPrepare derivative works

QUIZ TIME AGAIN

Based on the previous discussion, which of

these actions would be legal?

Allow a friend to use your

drawing of a ladybug on

their websiteILLEGAL

LEGAL

WRONG!

TRY AGAIN!!!

EXACTLY RIGHT!

You are the author and you have the right to let

others use it.

Asking Walgreen's to make copies of

your family portraits taken

by a photo studio

ILLEGAL

LEGAL

© 2006 Cyndi Bender

WRONG

TRY AGAIN!!!

EXACTLY RIGHT

You are not the copyright holder and may not make copies without permission.

Copyright law is very complex!

It’s made so even more by the fact that there are many

exceptions and conditions.

And why, as educators, should we

care about COPYRIGHT?

FAIR USE

Using a portion of a copyright work “as is” for purposes of:

News reportingResearchEducation

Teachers Not too often and not too much of the

work Students

Can include images, sounds and videos in projects as long as it’s not too much of

the work

Teachers and students have special rights when in an

educational setting

PORTION LIMITATIONS

Photographs or Illustrations

No more than five by the same photographer without permission.

Music10% up to 30 seconds (whichever is

less) of a song or musical presentation.

Video (for integration into multimedia or video projects)

10% up to 3 minutes (whichever is less) of copyrighted videotapes,

DVDs, encyclopedias on CD-ROM, etc.

Video (for viewing)

Must be used in a classroom “dedicated to face-to-face instruction.”

Should be instructional, not for entertainment or reward

Text Material

Poem – less than 250 words Up to 250 words of a poem with > 2500

words One chart, picture, diagram, graph, cartoon or picture per book, newspaper,

etc.Articles, stories or essays less than 2,500

wordsTwo pages from a picture book with less

than 2,500 words

Text Material

Teachers may make multiple copies for classroom use

Students may incorporate text into projects

Only one copy per studentDon’t create anthologies

“Consumables” such as workbooks may not be copied

Images, sound and video may be downloaded for student projects and

teacher lessonsWeb to Web – NOT OK without

permissionLinks to resources can be posted

Internet

PUBLIC DOMAINSome original, creative works in a fixed

form are not protected under copyright. We can use them without

permission from the author.

Works created in the public domainExpiration – 70 years after author’s

deathGovernment documents

KIDS AND COPYRIGHT

CD burningPlagiarism – don’t cut/paste

ParaphrasingTeach limitations at an early age

CITING SOURCES

Source of information must be givenWorks Cited

Middle School uses MLA Citation Maker

OSLIS

Interesting Facts about Copyright

The first copyright law was signed by

President George

Washington on May 31,

1790

A teacher was the first to request

copyright

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