Norma ZaremberEDTC 6340
Copyright
The Importance of Copyright
copyright:
The legal right of creative artists or publishers to control the use and reproduction of their original works.
THE AUTHORBy definition an author is someone who contributes copyrightable expression to the work.
copyrightable expression
Original authorship, fixed on a tangible medium of expression.
Who owns the works
Examples of copyrightable expression:
Music Artwork
Software
WebsitePoetry
Examples that do not qualify as Copyright Expression
Logos
Ideas
Works created by Federal Government
Rights of the Copyright Owner
The owner of a copyright has the exclusive right to reproduce work, to distribute copies, to display the work publicly .
Public Domain and Orphan Works
The public domain is the realm of material
ideas
images
sounds
discoveries
texts
facts
ORPHANS WORKS
Orphan works are works under the copyright published before 1923
But they are commercially unavailable and the copyright owner can not be found
Content on the web
Using materials from the Internet
Copyright law governs the use of materials you might find on the Internet, just as it governs the use of books, video or music in the analog world
Copyright protection
Many people assume that everything posted on the Internet is public domain, probably because our law used to protect published works only if they displayed the proper copyright notice upon publication.
Implied and express licenses to use internet materials
Whenever an author posts anything on the Internet, he or she should reasonably expect that it will be read, downloaded, printed out, forwarded, and even used as the basis for other works to some degree. So, just by posting, an author impliedly grants a limited license to use her work in this manner.
Many people assume that everything posted on the Internet is public domain, probably because our law used to protect published works only if they displayed the proper copyright notice upon publication.
Fair Use
The role of fair use
Fair use plays a critical role in the analog world where duplicating technology is cumbersome and authors make money by controlling copies. It balances authors' rights to reasonable compensation with the public's rights to the ideas contained in copyrighted works.
Where fair use may be questioned, implied rights may be broader, but an express right to use is best - it's clear and reassuring. It's possible today to search Creative Commons licensed works by license type
Citing Information
Citing information http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu
www.copyright.com/services/copyright.
http://www.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday/pddfaq#q01