Copyright & Online Content

• Mail or CESA 10 van service

• Local libraries

• Other community resources

Ethical Use

United States

Wisconsin

Copyright

• Reproduction

• Adaptation

• Distribution

• Public performance

• Public display

• Digital transmission

Rights of the Copyright Holder

• Facts & Ideas

• Works not set in a tangible form

• U.S. Government materials

What Can’t be Protected

• Check onlinepermissions

• Request permission

• Use public domain or royalty-free

How to Protect Yourself

• Fair Use Guidelines (semi-official)

• Fair Use (law)

• TEACH Act (law)

Educational Exemptions

Fair Use Guidelines

Print

Audiovisual

Music

Multimedia, Software, Web, TV

Four Tests of Fair Use

Purpose & character (transformative)

Nature of copyrighted work

Amount in relation to work

Effect of use on the market for that work

General Rules

Each factor must be evaluated and decided upon separately

A decision is made by the individual based upon the sum of the 4 factors & it is documented

If a decision can’t be made, obtain permission from the copyright holder

These actions establish a Good Faith Effort

TEACH Act (2002)

Law that helps schools deliver instruction in the digital, online environment

Clarifies what can be done, expands some previous guidelines

Requires specific actions by the institution, technology directors and instructors

Must be an accredited, non-profit educational institution

And…

Must be for mediated instruction only

Must be made by or under the direction of the instructor

Must be directly related to the teaching content (curriculum)

Must be technologically protected from general public (e.g. password protected website or CMS)

Amounts

Entire performances of nondramaticliterary and musical works

Reasonable portions of dramatic literary, musical, or audiovisual works

Displays of other works in amounts similar to typical displays in face-to-face teaching

TEACH Doesn’t Cover

Products designed and marketed as mediated instructional materials for online use

Textbooks

Illegal copies

Circumventing copyright protection on media when creating digital files

TEACH Act vs Fair Use

TEACH has benefits but also restrictions

Fair Use can be used in the digital environment as well as face to face instruction

Choose the one that works best for you

Ensure that your institution is in compliance with TEACH Act

What Would You Do?

A history teacher would like to assign an essay from a collection for his online course. The essay is 28 pages long. Can it be scanned and uploaded to a secure Web server that the students can access by using a password?

Source: Copyright Catechism: Practical Answers to Everyday School Dilemmas by Carol Simpson. Worthington, OH: Linworth Books, 2005.

Remember…

Always attribute any work that you use

Clearly identify that it is copyrighted, who owns it, and from where it came

If you obtained permission to include it, say so

...Be Safe Out There!

Online Content

Wisconsin resources

EBSCOhost

NoveList & NoveList K-8

ECB VideoLink & Soundzabound

Encyclopedia Britannica

Newspapers

Nonfiction Book Collection

IDE@S

Wisconsin Historical Society

Wisc-Online

National + FREE – Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

Library of Congress

National Science Digital Library

MERLOT - Multimedia Educational

Resource for Learning & Online Teaching

Thinkfinity

Kahn Academy

CLRN - California Learning Resource Network

MIT OCW for High School

Creative Commons

Resources

Simpson, Carol. Copyright Catechism: Practical Answers to Everyday School Dilemmas by Carol Simpson. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Books, 2005.

Simpson, Carol. Copyright for schools: a practical guide (4th ed.) . Worthington, Ohio: LinworthBooks, c2005.

Simpson, Carol. Copyright for administrators. Worthington, Ohio: Linworth Books, c2008

iclipart for Schools at http://schools.iclipart.com/