COPYRIGHTGeneral information for the educa-

tors of Soonchunhyang

OBJECTIVES To provide information regarding:

CopyrightFair UseCreative Commons

To understand their role in education To gain knowledge in order to better

protect ourselves from the possibility of unintentionally infringing copyright laws

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT? Copyright protects the ideas created in

a physical form such as art, film, music, writing, etc.

Copyright protection automatically takes place as soon as a work is created.

Published and unpublished work alike are all covered under the copyright law.

Ownership and copyright are not the same.

FAIR USE Fair use allows teachers to use copyrighted materi-

als provided it’s for educational purposes. These could include news reporting, criticism, com-

ment, research and teaching. According to A Teacher’s Guide to Fair Use and

Copyright, there are four standards used to assess fair use. (Newsome) Purpose of use Nature of work Extend of the material used The effect on marketability

STANDARDS DEFINED Purpose of use

Copying and using only selected parts of copyrighted works for specific educational purposes

Copies are made spontaneously and are for temporary use Nature of work

Copying specific paragraphs from a particular work falls under Fair Use, whereas copying a full chapter or more may not.

Extent of the material used Duplicating excerpts that are short in relation to the entire

copyrighted work or segments that do not reflect the "essence" of the work is usually considered fair use.

The effect on marketability If there will be no reduction in sales because of copying or

distribution(Newsome)

FAIR USE CHART The following is a fair use chart shows a

more detailed look at specific examples in which fair use may or may not apply.

This chart was taken from and can be downloaded at

http://www.irvingisd.net/one2one/Cloning/fair_use_copyright_chart.pdf

CREATIVE COMMONS “Creative Commons is a nonprofit corpora-

tion dedicated to making it easier for peo-ple to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copy-right”

They provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the free-dom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. (Creative Commons)

Creative Commons serves as an excellent resource not just for teachers, but for stu-dents as well.

SUMMARY As we move into the 21st century, technology

allows information and work to easily be found, modified, searched for, and transferred at the ease of our fingertips. The field of edu-cation provides a number of challenges facing the proper use of materials and works. It’s es-pecially important to be as familiar as possible with copyright laws to avoid potential in-fringement. As technology advances in the fu-ture there will continue to be new sources of information and works. Along side with the forward movement of technology we also need to be aware of the copyright laws that are of-ten forgotten.

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Copyright Alliance Education Foundation

http://www.copyrightfoundation.org/ Fair Use PDF

http://www.irvingisd.net/one2one/Cloning/fair_use_copyright_chart.pdf

Digital Slide with Copyright info http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/

Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/01/six-resources-for-learning-about-fair.html

REFERENCES

Creative Commons (2010) Retrieved October 10th from http://creativecommons.org/

Newsome, Cathy (1997) A Teachers Guide to Fair Use and Copyright Retrieved October 11th, 2010 from http://home.earthlink.net/~c-new/research.htm#Teachers and Fair Use