CITE THE ‘RIGHT:

It’s the law.Caroline BurdettJaclyn Denmon

Know What’s ©Right

Copyright protects (gives legal ownership to) any author’s original work, published or unpublished

Animations Artwork Books CDs; DVDs Photographs Poetry; Prose Recorded music or songs Web pages

http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/whowns.htm

Know What’s ©Wrong

Copyright Infringement: Using the author’s original work without

permission Copying a work for profit or financial gain Knowing better, but copying it anyway

Possible Penalties: Compensate (pay back) the author for his loss $250 to $150,000 for PER COPY of the

infringement

http://www.copyright.com/ccc/viewPage.do?pageCode=cr10-n#infringment

Know What’s ©Fair Use

You’re in the ©lear to use a small portion of a work if it’s for:

Parody Scholarly criticism Education Research

Be ©autious…there is not a specific number for how many words or lines you can safely use

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery/text/reading/

Know What’s ©Fair Use

©onsider the Four Factors of Fair Use: The purpose and character of your use

The nature of the copyrighted work

The amount and substantiality of the portion taken

The effect of the use upon the potential market

http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-b.html#5

©opyright in the ©lassroom

Guidelines for using others’ Multimedia works: Use only small portions Fair Use will expire after two years Do not make or distribute unnecessary copies

Fair Use for students and teachers: Class assignments Curriculum materials One-on-one or remote instruction Student (or professional) portfolios

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/copypol2.htm#mm

Can use without permission: Person dead for over 70 years (if published after 1978) Work is over 95 years old It is out of copyright

You can not use a direct score for profit, only your own rendition of it.

If it is still under copyright you can get permission by contacting: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc), or SESAC

©onditions for using a Musical Score

**Important:

Not copyrighted components of musical works:•Musical works, including any

These are NOT copyright protected:

•Accompanying words   •Titles •Names •Short phrases

•Slogans •Familiar symbols•Designs •Lettering or coloring

Using Film in the ©lassroom

Uses that would most likely go under “Fair Use rule”: It recognizes that society can often benefit from the

unauthorized use of copyrighted materials in areas such as:

Scholarship Education Informed public

To determine whether it’s fair use: The purpose and character of the use The nature of the copyrighted work The amount used, and The effect of the use on the present or future market

value of the work

http://www.aime.org

What if you want to tape something off the TV to use in the ©lassroom…?

General rule: get owner’s permission, BUT… Otherwise:

Programs broadcast to general public (no cable) They recommended having the school tape it. The tape may be shown only during the first ten

consecutive school days after it is made The tape may not be altered in any way. After ten days, classroom use period expires (the tape

may be used only for evaluation then) 45 days later tape must be destroyed

How can you get permission to use items in your ©lassroom?

If you know who the owner is:

Contact them directly Consider all previous rules Age of work Year published Age of creator

If you do not know who the owner is: If published after 1978

Search online databases If published before 1978

Go in person to the U.S. copyright office (free) Send request to the U.S. copyright office to find out ($150 an hour)

©onsiderations When Posting on a Website

Cite the owner/creator No profit will be made Educational purpose Factual more likely than creative work Not too much of someone else’s work just a portion Use own words

Most things posted online are copyrighted

Otherwise… Get permission!