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Dispelling the Copyright Confusion for Educators

Alisha CornickIntro to Authoring Tools

Fall 2012

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What is Copyright?

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What is Fair Use?

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Media Literacy is taught in the classroom because it promotes analytical and critical thinking skills when accessing and composing media.

In the Classroom...

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Media

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Trends in Copyright Confusion

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1. See No Evil...

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2. Close the door...

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Hyper-comply...

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These trends are harmful to Media

Literacy

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Educational-Use Guidelines

The purpose of the educational-use guidelines is to provide insight to educators and students about how to apply the doctrine of fair use in a school setting.

It is not a LAW.

It is supposed to be helpful; however, it causes confusion between what is and what is not acceptable.

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Consideration of Fair Use

Fair Use can be measured in four ways:

By the purpose and character of the use

By the nature of the copyrighted work

By the amount and substantiality of the portion used

By the effect of the use upon the potential market

In essence the work must be classified as transformative

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Cases that deal with Fair Use & Copyright Infringement

Wright v. Warner Books, Inc.

BMG Music v. Gonzalez

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Wright v. Warner Books, Inc.

Author Richard Wright’s widow, Ellen Wright, sued Biographer Margaret Walker and Warner Books, Inc. for copyright infringement on the basis of Walker using information from his unpublished work.

Walker’s biography about Richard included a few quotes from his unpublished works.

The court ruled that the information was fair use because:

the purpose was to extend knowledge to the public

less than 1% of Wright’s work was used

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BMG Music v. Gonzalez

BMG Music sued Cecilia Gonzalez for copyright infringement because she illegally download songs and burn them to CDs.

Gonzalez stated she was “sampling” music she may purchase in the future.

The court ruled that the defense’s claim was not fair use because:

the number of downloaded songs was an excessive amount

copyright holders loss a profit due to the “sampling”

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Now What?

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The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for

Media Literacy Education

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The Code of Best Practices of Fair Use

Educators can:

make copies of newspaper articles, television shows, and other copyrighted works that can be reused.

produce curriculum materials that have embedded copyrighted materials.

share, sell, and distribute curriculum materials that have embedded copyrighted materials.

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The Code of Best Practices of Fair Use

Learners can:

utilize copyrighted materials when creating new materials.

distribute their work digitally if they meet the transformativeness standard.

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Wrap Up...

Ignorance of copyright and fair use does not make media literacy easy.

Copyrights are meant to promote the spread of knowledge to others while Fair Use is intended to give others a right to use copyrighted materials within reason.

Remember to use the Fair Use measurables to ensure that no work is being infringed.

There are tons of materials that can help educators teach Media Literacy within the guidelines of Fair Use.

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SourcesImages

Acadocom. January 3, 2010. Business associations.[image]. Wikimedia Commons. 7 Oct 2012. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Business-associations-75.png .

Culturally Authentic Pictorial Lexicon. n.d. Television.[photograph]. 6 Oct 2012. <http://capl.washjeff.edu/2/l/4170.jpg>

Ecallow. October 4, 2012. MP3 Icon.[image]. Wikimedia Commons.6 Oct 2012. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MP3_Icon.jpg>

Fotopedia. November 21, 2007. A stack of newspaper.[photograph]. 6 Oct 2012. <http://www.fotopedia.com/items/flickr-2054107736>

Green, Scarlet. April 2, 2012. Takanawadai Elementary school 12.[photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. 7 Oct 2012. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Takanawadai_Elementary_school_12.jpg >

Guirnela, Ailenn. May 2012. Hear no evil, Speak no evil, See no evil.[photography]. 6 Oct 2012.<div xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" about="http://aileenguirnela.com/2012/05/21/hear-no-evil-speak-no-evil-see-no-evil/"><span property="dct:title">don't worry, be snappy</span> (<a rel="cc:attributionURL" property="cc:attributionName" href="http://aileenguirnela.com">Aileen Guirnela</a>) / <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/">CC BY-ND 3.0</a></div>

Hagemann, Judy. December 2008. SupremeCourt.[image]. Pics4Learning. 8 Oct 2012 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>

Kolk, Melinda. October 2004. Thought bubble.[image]. Pics4Learning. 7 Oct 2012 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>

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Lazu, Gerhard. n.d. Suring the Internet.[photograph]. 7 Oct 2012. <http://archive.gerhardlazu.com/04sep05/?pid=8&vid=49>

Nichols, Steven. August 1, 2008. We the People.[photograph]. Flickr. 6 Oct 2012 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenanichols/2722210623/>

OpenClipart. n.d. Computer blue.[image]. Wikimedia Commons. 7 Oct 2012. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Computer-blue.svg&page=1>

Tech4Learning. October 20, 2009. Classroom.[image]. Pics4Learning. 7 Oct 2012 <http://pics.tech4learning.com>

Van Vechten, Carl. n.d. Richard Wright.[photograph]. Wikimedia Commons. 6 Oct 2012. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Wright.jpg>

Wikimedia Commons. n.d. Ktip.[image]. 7 Oct 2012. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Ktip.svg&page=1#filehistory>

Wikimedia Commons. March 10, 2007. Think outside the box.[image]. 6 Oct 2012. <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Think_outside_the_box.svg>

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Sources

Internet

Gaines, Ginger A. (1992). Wright v. Warner Books, Inc.: The Latest Chapter in the Second Circuit’s Continuing Struggle with Fair Use and Unpublished Works. Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal, 3(1), 175-200.

The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education | Center for Social Media. (n.d.). Center for Social Media. Retrieved October 10, 2012, from http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education

BMG Music v. Cecilia Gonzalez, 430 F.3d 888 (7th Cir. 2005)

Books

Hobbs, Renee. (2010). Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning. California: Corwin: A SAGE Company and The National Council of Teachers of English.