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Educational Fair Use &
Creative Commons
Chris Taylor

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Fair Use
Law of 1976
Copyright
Use” within the law
“Fair
of Temple University’s
Focus
Guidelines

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Guidelines by the Media Education
Lab at Temple
copyright policies for educational use
The
are usually overstated in regards to
infringement
code or guidelines do not address all
The
the parameters of fair use
literacy education- “the
Media
transformative uses of copyright material
in media literacy education that can
flourish only with a robust understanding
of fair use” (pg. 4).

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Definition of Fair Use (Temple pg. 5)
gives limited property rights to
“Society
creators to encourage them to produce
culture; at the same time, we give other
creators the chance to use that same
copyrighted material, without permission
or payment, in some circumstances.”
Right of the User (Instructors)
Copyright laws are not specific about
Fair Use therefore it is flexible for the
user (pg. 6)

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Four Considerations that Judges
make concerning Fair Use (Temple pg. 6)
of the use
Nature
Nature of the work used
Extent of the use
Economic effect

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Two Key Questions in the Eyes of
the Law (Temple pg. 6)
the unlicensed use “transform” the
“Did
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?”

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What does this mean for educators?
 Copyrighted material should be available
for their activities and those of their learners
 Educators “are aware of the increased
vigilance with which copyright owners are
enforcing their rights” (pg. 4).
 “Those who want to claim the benefits of
fair use have a rare opportunity to be open
and public about asserting the
appropriateness of their practices and the
justifications for them” (pg. 5).

8. The Principles described by the
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Media Lab at Temple University (pg.
10-13)
Educators may use material from the full range of
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copyrighted sources and make them available to learners
 Educators may integrate copyrighted materials into
curriculum materials
 Share effective examples of teaching about media and
meaning with one another including lessons and resource
materials
 Educators should be free to enable learners to incorporate,
modify, and re-present existing media objects in their own
classroom work
 Educators design assignments so that students have the
opportunity to distribute their work

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Creative Commons
Founded in 2001
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Works along side copyright laws but allows people to
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modify their copyright to best suit their needs
The body of work that is available to the public for free
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and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing
Some rights reserved
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 Allows one to keep their copyright while allowing certain
uses of their work
Great opportunity for educators to create content and
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publish it while maintaining some control of its use
This organization allows the distribution of content for
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free

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Six Types of Licenses that
Educators may obtain
Type Characteristics
Attribution Allows others to distribute, remix, tweak, and
build upon your work, even commercially, as
long as they credit you for the original creation
Attribution Share Alike Allows others to distribute, remix, tweak, and
build upon your work, even commercially, as
long as they credit you and license their new
creations under the identical terms
Attribution No Derivatives Allows for redistribution, commercial and
non-commercial, as long as it is passed along
unchanged and in whole, with credit to you

11. Six Licenses Continued
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Types Characteristics
Attribution Non-Commercial Allows others to remix, tweak, and build
upon your work non-commercially
Must acknowledge you and be non-
commercial
They don’t have to license their derivative
works on the same terms
Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike Allows others to remix, tweak, and build
upon your work non-commercially and it
must credit you
The new creation must have the identical
terms
Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives Most restrictive of the licenses allowing
redistribution
“Free advertising” license
Allows others to download your works and
share them with others as long as they
mention you and link back to you
They can’t change the works in any way or
use them commercially

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Examples of Creative Commons
The Alamo by: Kevin Trotman
Gettysburg by: Pat Henson
Our Friend, Albert by: photo-gator

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Resources
 Educational Fair Use
 Center for Social Media: School of Communication
American University. The Code of Best Practices in
Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. Media
Education Lab: Temple University.
Centerforsocialmedia.org/medialiteracy
 Creative Commons
 Creative Commons. http://creativecommons.org/
 FlickR. http://www.flickr.com