Copyright+Issues

=Copyright Quiz-- = located on Essentials Resource CD under Copyright folder>Activity_Resources>copyrightquiz>index (6 questions)

=Copyright Primer--Fair Use Copyright Quiz = located on Essentials Resource CD under Copyright folder>Activity_Resources> copyright_primer>copyright_primer (25 questions)

PowerPoint Slideshow on Understanding Copyright (made for students)
====Classroom Guide to Copyright Law and "Fair Use"====

Student Resource
Using Copyrighted Materials

This summary on copyright and fair use attempts to answer questions raised when using copyrighted elements in student and teacher multimedia projects.

**1. Using images, sounds, and video in unit portfolios that will be uploaded to a Web site:**

Citing sources is required, but just citing the source is not enough. [Citing includes: Copyright ownership information underneath the image/video (e.g., © 2001 copyright holder name) and, //with the information available,// a full bibliographic description at the end (including author, title, publisher, and place and date of publication/web address)]. Teachers need to check the Web site where they obtained the material to see if there are restrictions on using any of the materials. Unless there are specific directions that the images (or other items) //__can__// be used without permission, the teacher needs to email the Web master to ask for permission (who will usually forward the message to the copyright holder, if applicable). See the sample permission-request letter that can be used by Master Teachers and Participants in this training in the //Resources, Copyright Resources// folder on the Curriculum Resource CD and modify it for your own use.

Actual student work or pictures of students need parent permission. See the list of Web sites with example permission-request letters in the //Resources, Copyright Resources// folder on the Curriculum Resource CD.

The //copyright_permissions// folder within the Portfolio folder, is for any permission authorizations received via email or mail (text file or scanned file). If the copyright owner states on his/her Web site that use is allowed without permission, use the materials within their guidelines and cite the source.

The following are not copyrighted and may be freely used:
 * Logical, comprehensive compilations (such as the telephone book)
 * Unoriginal reprints of public domain works
 * Materials or reprints of materials in the public domain (all prior to 1923; most between 1923-1963; additional information at [|www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm])
 * Most U.S. government materials (some items created by contractors for the government might be copyrighted)
 * Facts
 * Ideas, processes, methods, and systems described in copyrighted materials


 * 2. Using images, sounds, video in student samples or actual student projects that will only be seen in the classroom: **

Citing sources is still required (copyright information and full bibliographic description, as in #1). The fair use provision of copyright law generally applies when using copyrighted work for in-class use (see the four factors test in the //Copyright Chaos// presentation). Teachers/ students don't need to get permission to use the copyrighted work, but they should follow the fair use and multimedia guidelines listed in //Copyright Chaos//. If they are going to use more than the recommended percentages/quantities, or if the work may end up with a larger audience (such as on the Web), then they should e-mail a request for permission. Even though asking permission is not required under fair use, checking usage restrictions and e-mailing requests to get permission to use copyrighted work are always good practice for both teachers and their students.

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