copyright and fair use in a digital age
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COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE IN A
DIGITAL AGE
By: Catherine Ernst
For use in High School or Higher Education
The Basics
Copyright law-
Specific laws stating what materials are protected by copyright
Allows for fair use
Only applies to tangible materials
What is Fair Use?
Allows for exceptions to copyright
Ex: Teachers may use copyrighted
materials BUT cannot share it freely with others.
Fair Use 4 Factors determine fair use
1. What is the character of use?
2. What is the nature of the work to be used?
3. How much of the work will you use?
4. What effect would the use have on the market for the original work?
Three Key Steps to Fair Use Limit TIME
Limit AMOUNT
Limit ACCESS
Who's the Owner?
If you cannot locate the owner…Search on the internet
Finding the owner is important because…You must give credit where credit is DUEYou must follow copyright law
Permission Granted! Do I need permission to use that material?
YES!
What do I do?
Ask the media specialist Write a letter to the owner of the material.
Intellectual Property
This is a gray area for most schools.
Intellectual property includes…
Anything that a person has created using the mind (WIPO)
EX: patents, inventions, artistic works, literary works, etc
Intellectual Property
IF you create course content for the web
A school/university may copyright materials
You may or may not be able to keep materials
Find out your university/institutions rules on this
Internet Sources
Read Terms of Use on web pages
Cite information if you use it
All internet sources sound be considered copyrighted
Remember…
You must ALWAYS cite sources
Create a citation page and cite in text
Do NOT pass of others’ work as your own
Get proper permission
Plagiarism
Copying works created by other people
Copyright infringement
Plagiarism carries severe consequences
Consequences for Students Zero credit on assignments
Expulsion from school
Expulsion from college
Legal action
Quick Quiz
Could this considered copyrighted material?
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Batson, T. (2008). Web 2.0, secondary orality, and the gutenberg parenthesis. Campus Technology, 1-2. Retrieved from http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/03/web-20-secondary-orality-and-the-gutenberg-parenthesis.aspx
What is intellectual property?. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
Plagiarism faqs. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_plagiarism_faq.html
Gunter, G. (2012). Retrieved from https://webcourses.ucf.edu/webct/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct?JSESSIONIDVISTA=jzTrPqQplyB7nk1Bn1CpDdHnG2p5xVJ9VdJSGZyJMjwvJvWGrtmd!-1342044840!nodef.cc.ucf.edu!80!-1!2014172487!nodeg.cc.ucf.edu!80!-1&appforward=/webct/urw/tp12994997983141.lc12719061571141/startFrameSet.dowebct?forward=studentCourseView.dowebct&lcid=12719061571141