What is Copyright Law?

The rights an author is granted by law

immediately upon creation of a work.

History of Copyright Law originated in 1790's

recent modifications

Author's Rights reproduce

distribute

prepare derivative works

perform or display publicly

Violation of Copyright Law Attorney and court fees for yourself, as

well as, the plaintiff

Liability damages ranging from $30,000

- $150,000

Prison sentence

Educators and Copyright Law Educators are required to following

copyright law, as set forth in Title 17 of

the United States Code.

Fair Use, a limitation to copyright law

Fair Use Consider the following factors:

the purpose and character of the use

the nature of the copyrighted work.

the amount and substantiality of the

portion used in relation to the

copyrighted work as a whole

the effect of the use upon the potential

market for or value of the copyrighted

work

For additional information visit

http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/c

opyright.cfm.

Teach Act Technology, Education and Copyright

Harmonization Act of 2002 (TEACH)

For additional information visit

http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/c

opyright/teach.html.

Obtaining Copyright Permission Before using a work that is copyrighted,

does not constitute as fair use, and/or is

protected under the TEACH Act,

permission must be granted.

For additional information view the

following document: How to Obtain

Copyright Permission located at

library.ncc.edu/docs/HOWTOOBTAI

NCOPYRIGHTPERMISSION.doc.

Copyright Crash

Course Heather Dawn Luna

EDTC 6340.65

Caution No secrets

Adherence to law

Liability

Creative Commons For additional information, visit

http://creativecommons.org/ .

References

Harper k. George, Copyright Crash Course,

University of Texas Libraries, 2001, 2007,

http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/useofweb.html

Jassin, Llyod J (1998-2011). Fair Use in a Nut

Shell. Retrieved from

http://www.copylaw.com/new_articles/fairuse.

html.

Starr, Linda (2010). Copyrights and Copying

Wrongs. Retrieved from

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr28

0a.shtml.

Steven, Daniel (2001). Understanding Copyright.

Retrieved from

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/56

0/10/.