This document provides an overview of copyright basics, including what copyright protects, the difference between copyright, patent, and trademark, an artist's exclusive rights under copyright, and what is and is not required for copyright protection. It discusses how copyright law is intended to promote creative works such as literature, music, art, films, and more. The summary also explains the four factors considered in determining fair use: purpose and character of the use, nature of the copyrighted work, amount used, and commercial effect. Fair use allows for limited copying without permission for purposes such as criticism, commentary, news reporting, teaching, and research.
2. WHAT COPYRIGHT PROTECTS
Promotion of the Arts
Difference Between Copyright, Patent, &
Trademark
Artist’s Exclusive Rights
What is Required to be Protected by Copyright
What is Not Required
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3. PROMOTION OF THE ARTS
Copyright law is intended to promote and advance
art.
Literary works
Music works
Pantomimes
Pictorial, graphics, and sculptural works
Motion pictures
Sound recordings
Architectural works
Computer programs
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4. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COPYRIGHT, PATENT
AND TRADEMARK
All are considered “intellectual property”
Patents
Give inventors exclusive right to duplicate their inventions'
design
Cover devices, formulas, tools, and anything that has utility.
Trademark ™
Is a word, phrase, or logo that identifies a product, a service,
or person or company that offers a product or service to the
public
Copyright applies to any creative work and prevents
others from copying the work.
Copyright last for the artist’s or author’s life plus 70 years
(there are exceptions if copyright is held by company)
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5. WHAT IS REQUIRED TO BE PROTECTED BY
COPYRIGHT
Fixed in a Tangible Medium
The idea behind the work must be able to be read,
seen, heard, or understood by others.
Original
You cannot claim copyright protection to work that was
created by someone else.
Creative
How creative? The Supreme Court says, “…the
requisite level of creativity is extremely low; even a
slight amount will suffice.”
This includes a child’s finger painting, a snowman, sand
castle, graffiti even email if it is original an the least bit
creative.
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6. WHAT IS NOT REQUIRED
After 1978 there are no formalities required.
Copyright springs into existence the instant the
work becomes fixed to a tangible medium.
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7. WHAT COPYRIGHT DOES NOT PROTECT
Material not creative enough
Idea/Expression dichotomy
Expired Copyright – “Public Domain”
Works Copied for Fair Use
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8. MATERIALS NOT CREATIVE ENOUGH TO
PROTECT
There are no lines in the sand
The Copyright Act says,
In no case does copyright protection for an original work
of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process,
system, method of operation, concept, principle, or
discover, regardless of the form in which it is described,
explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.
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9. IDEA/EXPRESSION DICHOTOMY
Copyright law protects the expression of facts and
ideas, not the ideas and facts themselves.
Works not fixed in a tangible medium are just facts.
Ideas are fair game for everyone to express in their
own words.
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10. WORKS WITH EXPIRED COPYRIGHTS –
“PUBLIC DOMAIN”
Works in public domain anyone can copy, make
derivatives, distribute, perform, and display without
permission. There are various ways to get into the
Public Domain
Copyright has expired
Author or artist donates the work
Created by corporation duration is 95 years from the
publication date or 120 years from the date of creation
(whichever is shorter)
Work was created by the federal government
Any work before 1978 whose copyright formalities were
not observed
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11. DURATION OF COPYRIGHTS
Rule of Thumb
Any published works created before 1923
Unpublished works created before 1883
Copyright scholars created this chart
www.copyright.cornell.edu/training/Hirtle_Public_Domain.htm
Where to find
Remember do your own research do not rely on what
others profess as “public domain”
This website is a good starting point to find public
domain resources
http://publishing.wsu.edu/copyright/pd_resources.html
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12. WORK THAT IS COPIED AS FAIR USE-
MUST CONSIDER…..
Four Factors of Fair Use
Juggling the Factors of Fair Use
Purpose and Character of the Use
Nature of the Material Copied
Amount of the Material Copied
Commercial Effect
Guidelines for Navigating the Commercial Effect
Factor
Special Fair Use Cases
Fair Use Slide Rule
Classroom Guidelines
Future of Fair Use
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13. WHAT IS FAIR USE
Fair use is the exception to the rule that no one
may exercise the author’s or artist’s exclusive rights
– for example, copying the work – without
permission.
Was established “…to avoid rigid application of the
copyright statue when, on occasion, it would stifle
the very creativity which that law was designed to
foster.”
Fair use is indispensable in higher education, so its
well worth the time and resources to learn what you
can about the doctrine and use it in good faith.
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14. FOUR FACTORS OF FAIR USE
The purpose and character of the use, including
whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for
nonprofit educational purposes
Is the work for criticism, comment, news reporting,
education, scholarship, or research
The nature of the copyrighted work
The amount and substantiality of the portion used in
relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
The effect upon the potential market for or value of
the copyrighted work
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15. JUGGLING THE FACTORS OF FAIR USE
Not necessary for all four factors to qualify as fair
use
The factors are used for “balancing the equities”
rather than as a “definitive or determinative” test
and
Are to be weighted together, in light of the
objectives of copyright, to promote the progress of
science and the useful arts
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16. PURPOSE AND CHARACTER OF THE USE
Do you intend to make a profit or other commercial
benefit?
Unless your copy serves a public interest or is
transformed into a new product, any commercial or
profit-making purpose will weight this factor against fair
use.
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17. NATURE OF THE MATERIAL COPIED
The less creative the material is, the more this
factor favors fair use.
Materials that are “predominantly factual” or
“scientific works” will make this factor lean in favor
of fair use.
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18. AMOUNT OF MATERIAL COPIED
The more you copy and the closer the copy is to the
original, the less likely it will be fair use.
The nature of both the copy and the original makes
a difference is weighing this factor.
Considers the quantitative and qualitative value of
the materials that are copied.
Copying the materials essence or heart of the content
The nature of the material and the amount copied
are interrelated
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19. COMMERCIAL EFFECT
Considers the extent of harm the copies actually
have on the artist’s or author’s market.
Takes into consideration hypothetical harm and potential
market
Most difficult to analyze because many pertinent
factors are unknown.
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20. SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR NAVIGATING
THE COMMERCIAL EFFECT FACTOR
Avoid copies that you intend to distribute widely that
might supplant or substitute for a product that would
normally be purchased
Do not post copies on the World Wide Web with
open access
Avoid making copies for any commercial or profit-
making pursuit
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21. SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR NAVIGATING
THE COMMERCIAL EFFECT FACTOR
In copy or display projects where it appears to be a
struggle qualifying for fair use
Document effort to contact the copyright holder and
request permission
Proceed without permission only if you cannot find the
copyright holder or cannot get any response and you
get the approval of your institution’s legal counsel first.
Avoid any copy project where the intention is to
save the students money on materials they would
normally purchase
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22. SPECIAL FAIR USE CASES
Video Time Shifting
The Supreme Court ruled that making video recorder
copies of entire movies or other programs from cable,
satellite, or TV was a fair use, this is generally for
nonprofit, home use
Parody
The Supreme Court defines parody as:
The use of some elements of a prior author’s composition to
create a new one that , at least in part, comments on the
author’s works… If, on the contrary, the commentary has no
critical bearing on the substance or style of the original
composition, which the alleged infringer merely uses to get
attention or to avoid the drudgery of working up something
fresh, the claim to fairness in borrowing from author’s work
diminished accordingly, and other factors, like the extent of its
commerciality, loom larger.
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23. PARODY CONT.
A parody is a new work subject to it’s own copyright
protection
The parody MUST criticize the original work to
qualify for fair use
A music parody can copy borrow most of the
amount of the original to the extent the parody
requires, and be entirely commercial because the
parody has a different audience than the original
song and thus poses little or no harm to the original
song’s market.
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24. FAIR USE SLIDE RULES –
PURPOSE OF USE
1. __Non profit
2. __Education
3. __Research
4. __Criticism
5. __New & Different
Product
6. __Comparative
advertising
7. __Parody
1. __For profit or
commercial purpose
2. __Entertainment
3. __Saving costs
4. __Other purposes
Favoring Fair Use Against Fair Use
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25. FAIR USE SLIDE RULES –
NATURE OF MATERIAL COPIED
1. __Published
2. __Out of Print
3. __More factual than
creative
1. __Unpublished
2. __Creative or fictional
Favoring Fair Use Against Fair Use
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26. FAIR USE SLIDE RULES –
AMOUNT OF MATERIAL COPIED
1. __Just enough to serve
a fair use purpose
2. __Small amount of total
1. __Heart of the work
2. __More than is needed
to serve purpose
3. __Large amount of total
Favoring Fair Use Against Fair Use
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27. FAIR USE SLIDE RULES –
COMMERCIAL EFFECT
1. __Copy is not a
substitute for the
original product
2. __Copy is not for sale or
widely distributed
3. __Copy is not published
or posted online
4. __Parody – has a
different market
5. __Cannot get
permission
1. __Heart of the work
2. __More than is needed
to serve purpose
3. __Large amount of total
Favoring Fair Use Against Fair Use
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28. FOUR FACTOR BALANCE SHEET
1. Purpose of the Use: For___ Against___
2. Nature of Material Copied For___ Against___
3. Amount of Material Copied For___ Against___
4. Commercial Effect For___ Against___
Total Favoring____ Total Against _____
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29. CLASSROOM GUIDELINES
A single copy may be made of any of the following
by or for a teacher for use in research, teaching, or
preparation to teach a class:
Single Copying for Teachers
A chapter of a book
An article from a periodical or newspaper
A short story, short essay or short poem, whether or not
from a collective work
A chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture
from a book, periodical, or newspaper
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30. CLASSROOM GUIDELINES
Multiple Copies for Classroom Use
Multiple copies may be made by or for the teacher
giving the course for classroom use or discussion
provided that:
The copying meets the tests of brevity and spontaneity
as defined
Meets the cumulative effect test as defined
Each copy includes a notice of copyright.
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31. DEFINITIONS
Brevity
(i) Poetry: (a) A complete poem if less than 250 words and if printed on not more
than two pages or, (b) from a longer poem, an excerpt of not more than 250 words.
(ii) Prose: (a) Either a complete article, story or essay of less than 2,500 words, or
(b) an excerpt from any prose work of not more than 1,000 words or 10% of the
work, whichever is less, but in any event a minimum of 500 words.
[Each of the numerical limits stated in "i" and "ii" above may be expanded to permit
the completion of an unfinished line of a poem or of an unfinished prose
paragraph.]
(iii) Illustration: One chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon or picture per book or
per periodical issue.
(iv) "Special" works: Certain works in poetry, prose or in "poetic prose" which often
combine language with illustrations and which are intended sometimes for children
and at other times for a more general audience fall short of 2,500 words in their
entirety. Paragraph "ii" above notwithstanding, such "special works" may not be
reproduced in their entirety; however, an excerpt comprising not more than two of
the published pages of such special work and containing not more than 10% of the
words found in the text thereof, may be reproduced.
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32. DEFINITIONS – CONT.
Spontaneity
(i) The copying is at the instance and inspiration of
the individual teacher, and
(ii) The inspiration and decision to use the work and
the moment of its use for maximum teaching
effectiveness are so close in time that it would be
unreasonable to expect a timely reply to a request
for permission.
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33. DEFINITIONS – CONT.
Cumulative Effect
(i) The copying of the material is for only one course in the school in which the copies are made.
(ii) Not more than one short poem, article, story, essay or two excerpts may be copied from the same author, nor
more than three from the same collective work or periodical volume during one class term.
(iii) There shall not be more than nine instances of such multiple copying for one course during one class term.
[The limitations stated in "ii" and "iii" above shall not apply to current news periodicals and newspapers and
current news sections of other periodicals.]
III. Prohibitions as to I and II Above
Notwithstanding any of the above, the following shall be prohibited:
(A) Copying shall not be used to create or to replace or substitute for anthologies, compilations or collective
works. Such replacement or substitution may occur whether copies of various works or excerpts therefrom are
accumulated or reproduced and used separately.
(B) There shall be no copying of or from works intended to be "consumable" in the course of study or teaching.
These include workbooks, exercises, standardized tests and test booklets and answer sheets and like
consumable material.
(C) Copying shall not:
substitute for the purchase of books, publishers’ reprints or periodicals;
be directed by higher authority;
be repeated with respect to the same item by the same teacher from term to term.
No charge shall be made to the student beyond the actual cost of the photocopying.
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34. GETTING PERMISSION
General guidelines for determining when to obtain
permission
Course packs or copies of textbooks, journal articles, or
other materials that will be uses as the sole course
material for any class in which a textbook is available
and traditionally used.
Any copies that are sold or used in commercial venture
with no educational, research, or commentary purpose
Any copies widely distributed or posted online that
create a substitute for the original product that was
copied.
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35. WHERE TO GET PERMISSION
The source and method of getting permission vary according
to the nature of the materials you wish to copy.
Print Media
Copyright Clearance Center
222 Rosewood Dr.
Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: (978) 750-8400
Web: www.copyright.com
E-mail: info@copyright.com
You will need to establish an account and provide the
following reference information about the materials you want
to copy:
Title
Author
Book's date or edition
Portion of the book you want to copy
Standard number or ISSN, ISBN or LCCN
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36. WHERE TO GET PERMISSION - IMAGES
Images and Photos
You will need to go directly to the image’s artist, or
creator, or photographer.
All photos you see on the web were chosen from either
subscription collections or collections where the
photographer could be traced and permission obtained
directly.
Look for free sources if you can not obtain permission or
use a online photo collection.
Clipart.com
Corbis.com
Image.altavista.com
GettyImages.com
Fotosearch.com
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37. WHERE TO GET PERMISSION - MUSIC
Music is the most licensed and regulated.
Most effective way to get permission
Contact all licensing agencies
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
(212) 621-6000
info@ascap.com
www.ascap.com
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
(800) 925-8451
www.BMI.com
genlic@BMI.com
Society of European Stage Authors and Composers (SESAC)
(800) 826-9996
(212) 586-3450
license@sesac.com
Harry Fox Agency
www.harryfox.com
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38. WHERE TO GET PERMISSION - AUDIOVISUAL
Limited portions of audiovisual works may be performed
for education under fair use.
Entire portions may only be shown for education or
entertainment if you have permission.
Permission granting agency:
Motion Picture Licensing Corporation (MPLC)
info@mplc.com
www.mplc.com
(800) 462-8855
(310) 822-8855
If you have trouble getting permission through the
agencies, you can try the publisher directly, but you will
need much time, patience, and luck.
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Hinweis der Redaktion
Use it in a way that’s fair to the publishers and fair to the campus community