CopyrightnotCopywrong:StayingLegalandEthicalinOnlineLearning

ChristineSalmon,PhD,TheUniversityofTexasatDallasTexasDistanceLearningAssociation2010Conference

GeneralGuidelinesderivedfromtheDMCAandtheTEACHAct

FairUseFourFactors:

1. Purpose2. Nature3. Amount4. Effect

Distance/onlineeducation‐Mediatedinstructionalactivities:–Integralpartofclass–Undersupervision/controlofinstructor–Inamanneranalogoustoperformance/displayinlive,F2Fclassroom(digital)*ClassroomCopying:Multiplecopiesallowed(nomorethanperstudent)providedthatcopying:

A.ContainscopyrightnoticeB.Meetstestofbrevity(limitsonamount)andspontaneity(timerequirements)C.Meetstestofcumulativeeffect(limitsoninstances)

From:StanfordUniversityCopyrightandFairUseOverviewhttp://fairuse.stanford.edu/index.htmlReproducingprintedmaterialsforuseinclass:•Abookchapter•Anarticlefromperiodicalornewspaper•Ashortstory,shortessay,shortpoem•Agraph,diagram,chart,cartoon,drawing,picturefromabook,newspaper,periodicalBUT•Copyrightnoticemustbeattached(eachitem)•CopyingmustNOTreplacetextbook,workbook•Mustnotchargemorethanactualcostofcopying•Mustnotexceedonecopyperstudent•Cannotcopytexts,workbooks,standardizedtests,etccreatedforeducationaluse(consumables)ANDRestrictions:BrevityTest•CompletepoemIF<250words•Excerptofnomorethan250(iflongerpoem)•Completearticle,essay,storyIF<2500words

•Excerptfromproseofnomorethan1000wordsor10%ofentirework,whicheverisless•One(1)graph,diagram,chart,cartoon,drawing,pictureperbook,newspaper,periodicalANDSpontaneityTest•Ideaforcopyingderivesfromteacher,notadministration•Ideaandcopyingmustoccurcloseintime–soclosethatnotimeforpermissionrequestandgrantingANDCumulativeEffectsTestPerclasstermrestrictions–allofabove,plus•Perauthor–Onestory,shortpoem,article,essay–Twoexcepts•Percollectivework,periodicalvolume–Nomorethanthreestories,shortpoems,articles,essays(orcombination)•Onlynine(9)instancespercourseTelevisionRecordingnetworkshows:•Keepcopyfor45daysBUTuseforinstructiononlyfirst10days•Playedoncebyindividualteacherforinstruction•After10days,useonlyforteacherevaluation(shouldweuseitincurriculum?Yes–MUSTobtainpermission)•After45days,recordingMUSTbeerasedAND•Recordedonlyatrequestofinstructor•Usedonlybyinstructor•Nostandingrequests;noanticipatedrequests•Copiesonlyforindividualinstructor•NOcompilation•MustincludecopyrightnoticeDigitalImages•CandigitizeananalogimageIFdigitalimagenotavailableatfairprice•Candisplayforlectures,scholarlypresentations•Institutioncancompiledigitizedimagesonsecurenetworkforstudentsenrolledinclassforreviewordirectedstudy.–Mustincludestatementprohibiting:downloading,copying,retention,printing,sharing,modification•CANNOTreproduceorpublishimagesinpublications(incl.scholarlypublications)

MultimediaStudents,instructorspreparingMMworks:•MM=combinationofmusic,text,graphics,illustrations,photographs,images,video•ForF2Finstruction,directedself‐study,remoteinstruction•Onlysystematiclearningactivitiesatno‐profiteducationalinstitutions•CanuseMMpresentationupto2yrsafter1stusePortionrestrictions(cumulativeeffecttest):•10%or1000words(whicheverisless)•Nomorethan3poemsbysingleauthor•Nomorethan5poemsbydifferentpoetsinananthology•Upto10%or3minutesofmotionmedia•One(1)photo/illustrationbysingleartist•Nomorethan10%or15images(whicheverisless)fromcollectiveworkStanfordfairUse‐http://fairuse.stanford.edu/index.html