Future Ready Schools Copyright or Wrong? John Brim Instructional Technology Division North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
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Copyright
or Wrong?
John BrimInstructional Technology Division
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
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Why Care?
Law, curriculum, ethics
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Federal Law
United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8
The Congress shall have Power…To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Federal Law Title 17, U.S. Code
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Curriculum – NC SCOS
Computer skills
Information skills
Language Arts
21st Century Skills
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Ethics
What are we teaching?
Modeling behavior
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Scenario – Online Pictures
You find several pictures on a Web site, download them, and use them in your PowerPoint for your conference presentation.
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Copyright Review
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Scope of Copyright - Six Fundamental Rights
• Reproduction• Adaptation• Publication• Performance
• Display• Digital
transmission
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Fair Use
• Sets limitations on rights of copyright holders
• Guidelines not absolute
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Fair Use Conditions
1. Non-profit educational institutions or homebound instruction
2. Face-to-face instruction – students and teachers
3. Support of curricular objectives
4. Legally obtained
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Teachers
Educators may use their own multimedia presentations to teach in-service classes, for presentations at faculty meetings, workshops, and conferences.
Becker, Gary H. Copyright: A Guide to Information and Resources. 3rd Ed. Lake Mary, 2003. 58-59.
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Fair Use Factors/Test
1. Purpose and character of use
2. Nature of copyrighted work
3. Amount copied
4. Cumulative effect of use
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Scenario – Online Pictures
You find several pictures on a Web site, download them, and use them in your PowerPoint for your conference presentation.
Is this a copyright violation?
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Internet
Assume everything is copyrighted
Use existing guidelines for appropriate media format
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Multimedia Citation
•Copyright statement
•Credit the sources
•Display copyright notice ©
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Pictures
Used in its entirety
No more than 5 images per artist
No more than 10% or 5 images
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Scenario – Photocopying
You make a copy of an article for everyone in your workshop session.
Is this a copyright violation?
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Photocopying
You can make a single copy of:– book chapter– magazine or newspaper
article– picture from a book,
magazine, or newspaper
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Conditions
• May not exceed one per participant
• Spontaneous
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Conditions
• For scholarly research
• Use in teaching or preparation
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Photocopying
Multiple copies for the classroom of:– poem of less than 250 words– complete article, story, or
essay less than 2,500 words
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Photocopying
Multiple copies of:– an excerpt from larger work
up to 1,000 words or 10% whichever is less
– one graphic or picture per book or issue
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Photocopying
Multiple copies of:– combinations of prose,
poetry, and illustrations up to 10% of total
– must bear copyright notice
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Scenario – The Presentation
You are presenting at a conference using PowerPoint. You include quotes, photographs,
music, and videos.
Is this a copyright violation?
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Text
Up to 10% or 1000 words, whichever is less
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Issue - Pictures
Up to 5 or 10% of images from single artist
Up to 15 images from a collection
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Issue - Music
10% but no more than 30 seconds
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Video
10% of motion media or 3 minutes, whichever is less
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Scenario – The Publication
You publish guidelines and distribute them statewide.
You used copyrighted text passages and graphics.
Is this a copyright violation?
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Probably
Publication is a fundamental right
Ask for and get permission
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Scenario - Web sites
You create a Web site and add a popular cartoon character for humor
Is this a copyright violation?
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Probably
Posting on the Internet is publication
Cartoon characters are highly creative works
Ask for and get permission
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Citationswww.ncwiseowl.org/reference/citations.htmhttp://citationmachine.net/
Copyright handout
John [email protected]
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