Intellectual PropertyAccording to the U.S. Department of State, "intellectual property embodies unique work reflecting someone's creativity. The three main areas of intellectual property are: trademarks, patents, and copyrights." www.state.gov/e/eb/tpp/ipe/what/index.htm
. As educators, we need to protect intellectual property. We can do this by teaching our students about copyrights and modeling ethical and appropriate use of print, electronic, and verbal media. |
Fair Use
Information from the guideline for educators www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280b.shtml
Under most circumstances, it is considered fair use to copy:
It is NOT fair use to:
Under most circumstances, it is considered fair use to copy:
- a single chapter from a book
- an excerpt from a work that combines language and illustrations; not to exceed 10% or two pages of the work (whichever is less)
- a poem of 250 words or less or up to 250 works of a longer poem
- an article, short story, or essay of 2,500 words or less, or excerpts of up to 1,000 words or 10% of a longer work, whichever is less;
- a single chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper.
It is NOT fair use to:
- make multiple copies of different works as a substitute for the purchase of books or periodicals
- copy the same works for more than one semester, class, or course
- use copyrighted work for commercial purposes
- use copyrighted work without attributing the author.
Television and video fair use
Educators may record a radio or television broadcast for instructional use if:
- the program is begin broadcast without charge
- the program is recorded only in response to a specific request
- the program is record in its entirety
- the program is not altered
- the recording is kept by the educational institution for no longer than 45 days after the date of recording
- the recording is used only once with each class during the first 10 consecutive school days of the 45 retention days
- tapes/dvds bought or rented for home use only can be used for face-to-face student instructions, but not for student entertainment
Copyright and Fair use with technology
***Remember that the internet is NOT public domain. Everything on the internet is not free to use without permission. ***
A good way to know a multimedia resource is protected by copyright or is considered public domain is to relate it to a print resource. If it was in a book, newspaper, journal, etc...could you legally use it?
You should avoid:
***Always get permission to post anything online.
A good way to know a multimedia resource is protected by copyright or is considered public domain is to relate it to a print resource. If it was in a book, newspaper, journal, etc...could you legally use it?
You should avoid:
- copying and posting links that contain descriptions of the link sites (posting links that contain only a URL is usually okay)
- downloading graphics, (bullets, logos, fonts, photographs, and illustrations)
- *This is the one that is broken most often for student reports, powerpoints, etc...
- *This is the one that is broken most often for student reports, powerpoints, etc...
- framing information from another site
- copying the site's html code
***Always get permission to post anything online.
Additional links for more information on copyrights
www.pbssocal.org/education/teachers/copyright/
legal.uncc.edu/legal-topics/copyright-law-links-and-resources/copyright-law-educational-setting
www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/copyrightlaw.html
www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1062/checklist.pdf
- This site includes handouts, videos, and a copyright scenario checklist for educators.
legal.uncc.edu/legal-topics/copyright-law-links-and-resources/copyright-law-educational-setting
www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/copyrightlaw.html
www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1062/checklist.pdf
- This site also includes a checklist for fair use.