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Presentation for dfw-aslta

Copyright and Using Online

Resources in the Classroom

• Rafia Mirza

• Digital Humanities Librarian

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• Copyrighted Materials • Materials found on the Open Web

• Copyright

• Public Domain

• Fair Use

• Linking

• Best Practices

• Creative Commons

• Example: Video Search

• Licensed Materials

• Materials licensed by the library and found through Library

Resources (catalog, databases, etc.)

• Materials you personally license (Netflix, etc.)

Disclaimer: IANAL(I am not a lawyer)

The following content is advice based on local expertise and widely

adopted best practice. Neither this presentation nor any advice provided

by UTA Libraries’ Services staff constitute legal advice.

“Copyright is a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished

works. ” - via copyright.gov

Copyright Registration for Motion Pictures, Including Video Recordings

“Copyright exists from the moment the work is created.

You will have to register, however, if you wish to bring a lawsuit for infringement of a U.S. work.”

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Copyright• All Rights are Reserved

o This means you must ask for permission for any use not covered by Fair Use

o Without the copyright holder's permission, the work cannot be

• Used

• Adapted

• Copied

• Published

• Modified

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Public Domaino The public domain consists of works that were:

o Created/published before 1923

o Works by the United States Government are considered public domain

o NIDCD policy : “Unless otherwise stated, the information on this site is not

copyrighted and is in the public domain.

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Public Domaino You do not need to request permission or pay a license fee

to use these works; and, for the most part, you can use

these works in any way you wish because they are not

covered by copyright law.

o Derivative works – No restriction in the public domain

• Translation

• Dramatization

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Fair Use

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Fair Use

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o The four factors that determine whether

reproduction is fair use are purpose, nature,

amount, and market.

• Purpose: Educational and non-profit

• Nature: Published, factual, nonfiction material

• Amount: Small portion of a work

• Market: Little or no effect on sales

Fair Use

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o Formats: Rules of thumb

• Text: 10% or 1,000 words

• Film/Animation: 10% or 30 seconds

• Image/Illustration: complete work, but no more than 5 from same artist/photographer

• Data Table: 10% or 2,500 fields or cell entries

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Moral Consideration

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o BEST PRACTICE: Do not forget attribution.

oEven when you use a work

legally, it is best practice

to provide information

about the source

• Creator of the work

• Location of the original

• Avoid plagiarism!

oAlso, be sure you are not

breaking a site’s terms of

service.

Linking

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Open Access

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Open-access (OA) literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.

OA removes price barriers (subscriptions, licensing fees, pay-per-view fees) and permission barriers (most copyright and licensing restrictions). - Peter Suber

Creative Commons

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Creative Commons

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Best Practices

• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for

Media Literacy Education

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Example: Video Search

• YouTube Search on ASL

• YouTube and copyright

• Creative Commons

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Licensed Materials• License agreement

o A contract between two or more parties stipulating

permission to use materials for a specific period and cost.

• Library licensed resources

o You can use electronic materials your library has licensed in

your classes, such as: Articles, Ebooks, Audiovisual

materials.

• Non-Library licensed resources

o Example: Netflix

• Netflix Turns a Blind Eye to Illegal Use by School Libraries

• May one stream a Netflix Video for in-class use?

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http://libguides.uta.edu/copyright

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Presenter

• Rafia Mirza

• Digital Humanities Librarian

• rafia@uta.edu

This work is licensed under a

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.