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Copyright & Fair Usefor web publishing & multimedia

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Our goals today Just enough Copyright

How to use other people’s stuff

Questions / Discussion

We’re UNDER-cautious

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We’re OVER-cautious

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COPYRIGHT

Why?

COPYRIGHT: why?

“Encourage creation and proliferation of new ideas via a period of limited exclusivity.”

COPYRIGHT: why?

Allow creators to make a living

COPYRIGHT: why?

Society needs more creations!

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COPYRIGHT: why?

A limited monopoly.

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COPYRIGHT: why?

Copyright law has been augmented.

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COPYRIGHT

What?

COPYRIGHT: what?

Almost everything is copyrighted.

COPYRIGHT: what?

“Fixedformat”

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COPYRIGHT: what?

Creators have exclusive rights: Copies Derivatives Etc…

COPYRIGHT: what?

Photographs

Illustrations

Poetry

Videos

Software code

Video games

Choreography

Sheet music

Recorded music

COPYRIGHT: what?

Assume it’s copyrighted.

COPYRIGHT: contentious

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COPYRIGHT:

misconceptions

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COPYRIGHT: misconceptions

MYTH:

If accessible on the internet, use however you please.

COPYRIGHT: misconceptions

MYTH:

Only copyrighted if has copyright symbol.

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COPYRIGHT: misconceptions

MYTH:

Giving credit is always enough.

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USINGcopyrighted stuff

USING copyrighted stuff

Common uses: Presentations Blogs Videos & Films Podcasts Teaching materials

USING copyrighted stuff

Using what’s “O.K.”

Asserting “Fair Use”

• Permission• Public Domain• “Kind” Licenses

Being bold, but reasonable.

1. Get Permission Using what’s “O.K.”

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2. Public Domain

!= “available in public”

Using what’s “O.K.”

2. Public Domain

Includes:

Most works by U.S. Gov.

Using what’s “O.K.”

2. Public Domain

Includes:

Using what’s “O.K.”

2. Public Domain

Includes:

Never copyrighted.

Using what’s “O.K.”

words, phrases, facts, data, ideas, principles, concepts

2. Public Domain

Includes:

Gifted to P.D.

Using what’s “O.K.”

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2. Public Domain

Examples:English languageShakespeareBeethoven*

Using what’s “O.K.”

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2. Public Domain

No big magic list.

Using what’s “O.K.”

2. Public Domain

It takes research.

Using what’s “O.K.”

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2. Public Domain

There are better options.

Using what’s “O.K.”

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3. Kindly-Licensed Using what’s “O.K.”

3. Kindly-Licensed

Flickr.com/creativecommons

Using what’s “O.K.”

Using what’s “O.K.”

Asserting “Fair Use”

Fair Use is…

…asserting legal right to use copyrighted materials, without permission, in a transformative way, in a reasonable quantity, without excessive harm to the copyright holder.

Asserting “Fair Use”

Fair Use is…

…asserting legal right to use copyrighted materials, without permission, in a transformative way, in a reasonable quantity, without excessive harm to the copyright holder.

Asserting “Fair Use”

Built into copyright law.

Fair Use is…

…asserting legal right to use copyrighted materials, without permission, in a transformative way, in a reasonable quantity, without excessive harm to the copyright holder.

Asserting “Fair Use”

No permission, licenses needed.

Fair Use is…

…asserting legal right to use copyrighted materials, without permission, in a transformative way, in a reasonable quantity, without excessive harm to the copyright holder.

Asserting “Fair Use”

Important limitations.

Fair Use is…

…asserting legal right to use copyrighted materials, without permission, in a transformative way, in a reasonable quantity, without excessive harm to the copyright holder.

Asserting “Fair Use”

When benefit to society outweighs costs to creators.

Fair Use Asserting “Fair Use”

Enables: News Parody Documentaries Scholarship Social criticism

Fair Use is… Asserting “Fair Use”

Protection from monopoly on ideas.

Fair Use is…

…a balancing act.

rights of owners vs.

creation of culture.

Asserting “Fair Use”

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Fair Use is…

…not black & white.

Asserting “Fair Use”

You need to consider ALL the factors.

When is it FAIR USE?

Four Factor Test:1. Purpose2. Nature3. Amount4. Effect on value

Asserting “Fair Use”

From Section 107 of U.S. Copyright Act.

When is it FAIR USE?

1. The Purpose / Character of use

Is it “transformative” ?

Criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, parody, or research.

Asserting “Fair Use”

When is it FAIR USE?Transformative examples

Asserting “Fair Use”

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Parody

When is it FAIR USE?

Transformative examples

Asserting “Fair Use”

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Commentary / Parody

When is it FAIR USE?

Transformative examples

Asserting “Fair Use”

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Commentary / News*

*Need not be good journalism

When is it FAIR USE?

Transformative examples

Asserting “Fair Use”

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“Small amount”

When is it FAIR USE?

Transformative examples

Asserting “Fair Use”

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“Small amount” /Informational

When is it FAIR USE?

2. The Nature of use

Unpublished?

Available for education market?

Courts favor the arts over nonfiction; art, music, poetry, feature films…

Asserting “Fair Use”

When is it FAIR USE?

3. The Amount

How much of the original?

Proportional?

Enough to make your point?

Lesser quality = less than full amount.

Asserting “Fair Use”

When is it FAIR USE?

4. The Effect on Market

Is the creator losing money?

Could you have recently bought or licensed it?

Asserting “Fair Use”

When is it FAIR USE?

Transformative Small amount

Asserting “Fair Use”

When is it FAIR USE? Transformative Small amount

Asserting “Fair Use”

ALSO… Drawn from multiple sources

When is it FAIR USE? Transformative Small amount

Asserting “Fair Use”

ALSO… Drawn from multiple sources For teaching

When is it FAIR USE? Transformative Small amount

Asserting “Fair Use”

ALSO… Drawn from multiple sources For teaching Non-profit use*

When is it FAIR USE? Transformative Small amount

Asserting “Fair Use”

ALSO… Drawn from multiple sources For teaching Non-profit use* Restricted access

When is it FAIR USE? Transformative Small amount

Asserting “Fair Use”

ALSO… Drawn from multiple sources For teaching Non-profit use* Restricted access Attribution whenever possible

When is it FAIR USE? Transformative Small amount

Asserting “Fair Use”

ALSO… Drawn from multiple sources For teaching Non-profit use* Restricted access Attribution whenever possible Show a good-faith effort

NOT Fair Use? Asserting “Fair Use”

Satire (not parody) Non-transformative For-profit

NOT Fair Use? Asserting “Fair Use”

Small amount Educational Noncommercial

Lost $

Carnegie Hall

NOT Fair Use? Asserting “Fair Use”

Lost $ Commercial Used heart of

work

Beating of Reginald Denny

NOT Fair Use? Asserting “Fair Use”

Lost $ Used heart of

work

Fair Use is EVOLVING. Asserting “Fair Use”

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Not all TOP-DOWN. Asserting “Fair Use”

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Practices influence law. Asserting “Fair Use”

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Best Practices. Asserting “Fair Use”

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Fair Use “Bill of Rights”.Asserting “Fair Use”

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COPYRIGHT also evolving.Asserting “Fair Use”

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©©©

©

An ongoing battle. Asserting “Fair Use”

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“Intellectual property” vs “digital copies”

To re-cap

Most stuff is copyrighted.

To re-cap

Many ways to use copyrighted stuff:• Public domain• Get permission• Licensed materials• Fair use

To re-cap

FAIR USEboldly asserting our right to use bits of copyrighted stuff in transformative ways – but no clear lines.