Can I use it?An educator’s guide to using

copyrighted information

>>> The exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or artistic work)

Copyright

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What is protected by copyright?

Advertisements Blank information form Catalogs/directoriesCollages/montagesCompilations of informationDiaries/journals/lettersDigitized imagesFictionInstructions – fixed formInterviews

Jokes - fixed form

Leaflets/pamphletsLectures/speechesLetters/e-mailLithographs/serigraphsMusic scores/song lyricsNewslettersNewspapers/magazinesNonfictionPaintingsPhotographs

Plays/screenplaysPoetry

PrintsReference booksSculptureSong lyricsSpeechesTechnical writingTextbooksWeb graphics/pages

Source: http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm

Can I use copyrighted work?

Yes, educators may use copyrighted works, through a FAIR WORKS exemption. To determine whether a copyrighted work meets the fair works exemption, we must consider the following 4 factors:

>>> The purpose and character of the use>>> The nature of the work>>> The amount and/or extend of the work used>>> The effect on the saleability of the original work

Sources: http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml

Helpful informationClicking on the links below will take you to 2

Web sites with charts detailing what is acceptable for use of copyrighted information with our students and what use is considered illegal without obtaining the required permission:

>>> http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm

>>> http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml

Image sources:>>> Iron Man: img505.imageshack.us

>>> Ronald McDonald: celebrities.ninesmsn.com.au>>> Washington Post: static.guim.co.uk

>>> Monet: thetearoom.us>>> Watership Down: amyletinsky.files.wordpress.com