Copyright and Fair Use

Guidelines and Scenarios for the Teacher

Jenny Leclair
ITEC 7445 Multimedia Tools
Summer 2019
  Wikipedia -Copyright as a form of intellectual
property that grants the creator of an original
creative work an exclusive legal right to
determine whether and under what conditions
this original work may be copied and used by
others.
What is
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
Copyright?
 It is important to understand copyright laws so
that you do not infringe on other’s work.

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-ND

  Fair use is a doctrine in the law of the United
States that permits limited use of copyrighted
material without having to first acquire permission
What is Fair from the copyright holder.

Use?  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
 Under Fair Use teachers can have permission to
use material for teaching

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA-

  Copyright is granted upon creation of a creative work
 Facts and ideas cannot be copyrighted
 Only the copyright owner can reproduce or transmit
publicly
Principles of  There is a limitation as to how long a work remains in
Copyright copyright; last for the life of the creator

(Green and Brown)  Copyright owners can transfer copyright to another

individual.

 Works created by the US government are not

copyrightable.
  Teachers may use video from media sources if it is for
educational purposes and teaching in the classroom.
 Nature of the copyrighted work
 Amount of the copyrighted work used
 Effects on the market value of the copyrighted material
Fair Use
 Digital Resources related to Curriculum and Content
Guidelines  Use creative commons to certify your own work so
others know that it belongs to the rightful owner.
 Use it for research, scholarship, and teaching
  Mrs. Apple would like to show a short 15 minute video
from You Tube about animals in the forest during their
study of living things in their environment. She is
planning to use the smartboard to show the video.
Kindergarten students will view the video from her
Scenario #1 teacher laptop.

Fair Use (Video)  Solution: Yes Mrs. Apple is covered under Fair Use
doctrine to view the You Tube video during the study of
living things in the forest. Under Fair Use, teachers may
use You Tube Videos for teaching purposes but not for
promoting or commercial activities.
 Tips for Teaching with You Tube

 Link or embed You Tube video when possible

 Do not expose the content to further copyright or
You Tube communication

Guidelines  Only use what you need

 Try to source content from teacher tube

This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA

  Mr. Green teaches fourth grade at Lake View
Elementary School he has a workbook consumable
and he would like to make copies of it to create a math
packet to give to his students to practice for their
upcoming test.
Scenario #2
 Solution: YES! Mr. Green can copy from the workbook to
Printed Material make a packet for each student in his class. Under
copyright and Fair Use teachers have permission to
make copies of portions of the copyrighted material or
course pack for educational purposes.
  ”Educational Institutions” Includes K-12 schools,
colleges, and universities, hospitals, museums,
 Curriculum based teaching
 Planned study directed toward making a contribution to
What is the field
Educational  Presentations of research findings at peer conferences,
Use? workshops, or seminars
 Teachers may copy one per student in class, but may
not copy workbooks or test material to replace
textbooks.
  Sally is creating a presentation on the explorers of
America and she would like to use images from google
images to clip into her presentation. She meets with her
teacher to find out if it is permissible to use the image.

Scenario #3
 Solution: YES! Students are permissible to use images
Images from multimedia websites for the purpose of presenting
information. Sally needs to pay close attention to giving
credit to the image creator either under the image or in
the reference page of her presentation.
 Copyright:Using You Tube for Educational Instruction. (2015)
IP Management Practice

Green, T & Brown, A. The Educator’s Guide to Producing New

Media and Open Educational Resources. (2018) Routledge;
New York

References Stanford Unviversity Libraries. Retrieved from

https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/academic-and-
educational-permissions/non-coursepack/

University System of Georgia Copyright: Fair Use Checklist

Retrieved from
https://library.kennesaw.edu/docs/fair_use_checklist.pdf