14259370 Copyright Slideshow(2)

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Stephanie Holtery

Teach Crew 9


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History of Copyright Laws

Copyright Laws date back to 555 AD

Saint Columba hand-copied a manuscriptshe borrowed from the monk Finnen.

Finnen claimed ownership of the copy andtook the matter before the judge, the judgeruled in favor of Finnen stating, Le cach

boin a bonin, le cach lebar a lebran, or,With every cow goes its calf, with everybook goes the young of the book.


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The Purpose of Copyright Laws

Printed matter is the result of

someones labor and therefore theirintellectual property. Copyright Lawsprotect these individuals property fromtheft.


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Copyright Length

Work copyrighted by a company is

protected for 95 years after publication. Work copyrighted by an individual is

copyrighted for the authors life plus 70years.


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Copyright Law is Fundamental to

the American Legal System Copyright laws were originally enacted in1909, and were revised in 1976.

The constitution provides for copyright. Topromote the progress of science bysecuring for limited times to authors Theexclusive right to their respective writings.

A main goal of copyright is to stimulateartistic creativity for the general publicgood.


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Copyright Infringers

Claim not to be doing anything wrong but admitto modifying behavior to avoid consequences.

Believe pirating is a form of civil disobedience

against the music/film industries.

Believe the copyright law is unjust.

Willing to break the law and hope that the law

will change as a result of a massive infringement Just want the goods for free.


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Serious Consequences for Pirating

Example: in April 2003 alone:

$98 billion lawsuit filed against 4 college

students by the RIAA. Felony charges against a man for

copyright infringement for making a digitalcopy ofThe Hulk available online beforethe public premiere.


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Copyright Battles

People who are battling against

copyright laws in this digital age believethat copyright protections go too far, thetime a work is copyrighted is too long, andthe royalties that must be paid to the

intellectual property owners are too high.


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Fair Use Guidelines

Fair Use Guidelines help specify whatprinted materials a teacher may photocopy

General Principle behind fair useguidelines: not to impair the value of theowners copyright by diminishing thedemand for that work.


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The Teacher and the Law

Teachers May:

Make a single copy for class preparation

of a copyrighted work. Make a copy for each of their students if it

is a poem shorter than 250 words andprinted on 2 pages or less, or an article orshort story shorter than 2,500 words.


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Teachers may not: Make copies of a work for their classes if

another teacher in their building already has.

Make copies of the same authors work morethan once a semester. Create a copied class anthology (a favorite of

teachers) Make multiple copies of weekly newspapers,

games, exercises, or worksheets fromworkbooks.

Charge more for legally permissible copies thanit cost to copy them.


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Videotapes

Recorded television programs can only be

kept for 45 days after taping. The tape may be shown only twice in the

first 10 days after taping. Once for studentviewing, and once for review if necessary.


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Software and the Internet

Most web pages are protected bycopyright law.

Since the world wide web is global, worksavailable on it are protected by the BerneConvention for the Protection of Literary

and Artistic Works an internationaltreaty.

Software should not be shared or copied.


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What is the Role of HigherEducation in the Current Copyright

Debate? Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) This act extended the copyright law to address issues

raised by digital technology.

Title II Provides service providers (which include colleges and

universities) with a mechanism to limit their liability forcopyright infringement.

Does not require providers to monitor their networks for

copyright infringement. However, its does require actionsto be taken against known offenders. Focuses on the most egregious offenders. There are no repeat infringers in the DMCA college

system.


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FERPA

The RIAA and other intellectual property ownerscan subpoena your information if they havereasonable evidence that you are an infringer.

FERPA is often cited on campuses as thereason for not providing student information tothe public.

Students dont take into account the directoryinformation available to the public.

Currently under FERPA there is not requirementto notify a student of the release of theirdirectory information.


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Where does this leave us?

Copyright infringers are also voters avoting block that is in the millions.

Peer-to-peer users organizing in full forcecould cause change.

We need to focus on affecting particularssuch as cost of royalties and length ofcopyright protection rather than the entireissue of copyright.

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