COPYRIGHTS AND WRONGSGUIDELINES FOR EDUCATORS

Jennifer OglesbyMEDT 8464Fall, 2009

Public Domain

“The public domain is an enormous mass of intellectual property which includes songs, books, movies, legislation, etc. that is open and available for the public to use freely.”

Fair Use

“U.S. copyright law contains a provision that allows limited use of copyrighted works without the permission of the owner for certain teaching and research purposes.”

Multimedia Fair Use

Text Up to 10% of a copyrighted

work or 1000 words, whichever is less Poems

Entire poem if less than 250 words 250 words or less if longer poem No more than 5 poems (or

excerpts) of different poets, from an anthology

Only 3 poems (or excerpts) per poet

Motion Media Up to 10% of a copyrighted

work or 3 minutes, whichever is less

Clip cannot be altered in any way

Illustrations of an artist's or photographer's

work When using a collection, no

more than 10% or no more than 15 images, whichever is less

A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety

No more than 5 images

Music Up to 10% of a copyrighted musical

composition, but no more than 30 seconds

Up to 10% of a body of sound recording, but no more than 30 seconds

Any alterations cannot change the basic melody or the fundamental character of the work

Intellectual Property

“Intellectual property refers to unique and unobvious products of the human mind such as ideas, inventions, writings, speeches, names, industrial processes and the like. U.S. laws define four types of intellectual property: patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets.”

Children and Copyright

“2000 - Children’s' Internet Protection Act signed into law. CIPA requires all schools and libraries that receive specific federal funds to have in place an Internet Safety Policy that uses Internet filtering technology to blocks access to obscenity, child pornography, or material harmful to minors.”

What is allowed by Educators?

Faculty members are allowed to make single copies for instruction and research. This includes:

a. a chapter from a book; b. an article from a journal, periodical, or newspaper; c. a short story, essay, or poem; d. a diagram or picture in any of those works.

Faculty members can also make multiple copies for single distribution in class to students. This is true if the faculty creates:

a. only one copy for each student; and b. includes the notice of copyright; and c. uses only limited amounts of poetry, prose, and illustrations; and d. there is no charge to the student beyond the cost of the photocopying.