BUILDING ON OTHERS’ CREATIVE EXPRESSION

Presented by

Maribel Gracia

Copyright Questions

• What is the copyright’s role in the flow of teaching and research?

• Who owns what you just created?

• What rights do I have as a copyright owner?

• How do I manage my Copyrights?

• What are creative common licenses?

BUILDING ON OTHERS’ CREATIVE EXPRESSION

• The Public Domain and Orphan Works

• Content On The Web

• Fair Use

• TEACH Act

• Getting Permission

The Public Domain and OrphanWorks

• Mass Digitization

- develop better tools

- develop best practices

Content On The Web• Copyright Law

- governs the use of materials

- inadequate to deal with

realities of electronic communication

• Copyright Protection

- people assume that everything is posted

on internet

- Implied and express licenses

- Liability for posting infringing works

Fair UseWhat is fair use?

Basics of individual liability for infringement

- Penalties

- Good Faith Fair Use Defense

(special provision of the law)

Three Fair Use Questions

• Is the work protected?

• Has your campus already licensed rights for you to use the work?

• Is the work available freely on the open Web, and therefore covered by an implied license?

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Quick Guides to Fair Use• Coursepacks, reserves, course

management systems

• Images Archives

• Creative Users

• Research Copies

Four Fair Use Factors• What is the character use?

• What is the nature of the work to be use?

• How much of the work will you use?

• What effect would this have on the market for the original or for permissions if the use were widespread?

TEACH ACT• Expands codes of educators rights

-transmitting non-dramatic or musical work

- transmitting reasonable and limited

portions of performances

- transmitting displays of any work

• Authorizes to digitize works for use in digital education

• Use Teach Act Checklist

Getting Permission• Processes and Who Pays?

• Getting permission is a difficult task.

Keeping In Mind

You have rights as a copyright owner………