While copyright & fair use can be confusing to navigate you CAN use copyrighted material in your creative work! This introduction to the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education will explain fair use, reduce copyright confusion and share helpful ideas regarding how to teach your students and staff about copyright & fair use.
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12. The Doctrine of Fair Use
--Section 107
Copyright Act of 1976
13. The Doctrine of Fair Use
Criticism, comment, news
reporting, teaching, scholarship,
research
… but also many forms of
creative work that advance and
spread innovation
--Section 107
Copyright Act of 1976
14. The Doctrine of Fair Use
Fair use of copyrighted materials is Fair use prevents
allowed when the benefits to society copyright law from becoming
outweigh the private costs a form of
to the copyright holder private censorship
--Section 107
Copyright Act of 1976
15. The effective use of copyrighted
materials enhances the teaching
and learning process.
18. Is this Use of Copyrighted Materials
a Fair Use?
•Did the unlicensed use “transform” the material taken from the
copyrighted work by using it for a different purpose than that of the
original, or did it just repeat the work for the same intent and value as the
original?
•Was the material taken appropriate in kind and amount, considering the
nature of the copyrighted work and of the use?
23. The effective use of copyrighted
materials enhances the teaching
and learning process.
24. Does following “rules” for
Educational Guidelines
require students to think
critically about the
Copyrighted materials they are using?
25. Does following “rules” for
Educational Guidelines
require students to think
critically about the
Copyrighted materials they are using?
26. Excerpts from:
http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAO-lZ4_hU An anthropological introduction to YouTube
28. We need to rethink a few
things...
“We’re changing what it would mean to be a
creator just at the time that technology is
enabling anybody to be a creator. So, just when
it matters most, the law steps in and destroys
the opportunity...”
— Prof. Lawrence Lessig
29. Does requiring students to use
ONLY Creative Commons content
require students to think
critically about the
Copyrighted materials they are using?
30. Does requiring students to use
ONLY Creative Commons content
require students to think
critically about the
Copyrighted materials they are using?
34. Context & Situation
•A team of elementary educators
shows the Disney movie The Little
Mermaid to three classes of Grade 3
students on the day before winter
break in the school auditorium.
35. Fair Use Reasoning tells me...
• Claim Fair Use
• Ask permission
• Buy a License
• Use another Copyright Friendly source
37. Practice exercising your
Fair Use Muscles...
•Did the unlicensed use “transform” the material taken from the
copyrighted work by using it for a different purpose than that of the
original, or did it just repeat the work for the same intent and value as the
original?
•Was the material taken appropriate in kind and amount, considering the
nature of the copyrighted work and of the use?
38. Fair Use Reasoning tells me...
• Claim Fair Use
• Ask permission
• Buy a License
• Use another Copyright Friendly source
39. Teach kids to reason
http://copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com
41. Video Case Studies
Elementary School Case Study:
P.S. 124 The Silas B. Dutcher School
Brooklyn, NY
High School Case Study:
Upper Merion Area High School
King of Prussia, PA
College Case Study:
Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY