COPYRIGHT PRESENTATION

What Educators Should Know

Jessica Iwobi

COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

PENALTY FOR INFRINGEMENT

Infringer pays the dollar amount of damages & profits.

Law provides a range from $200 to $150,000 per work infringed.

Infringer pays all attorney’s fees & court costs.

Court can issue an injunction to stop the infringing acts.

Court can impound the illegal works.

Infringer can go to jail.

FAIR USE…

Having the ability to use another's creation for

your own purpose without getting the permission or

paying a royalty.

Promotes free speech, learning, scholarly research,

and open discussion.

CONDITIONS FOR DECIDING FAIR USE…

Can not be sold,

Copied to make a profit, or

Claimed as your own.

FO UR T ESTS T HAT MUST BE MET TO BE CON SIDERED FAIR USE…

The purpose of the use.

The nature of the work.

The amount of the work used.

The market effect of use.

MULTIMEDIA IN THE CLASSROOM

Students may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their

academic multimedia projects, with proper credits and citations.

Students and teachers must include on the opening screen of their programs

and on any printed materials that their presentations has been prepared under

fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law and are restricted from further use.

Up to 10% of a copyrighted work or 3 minutes, whichever is less. Clip cannot be

altered in any way.

No more than 5 images of an artist’s or photographer’s work.

Up to 10% of a copyrighted musical composition, but no more than 30 seconds.

No more than 2 copies of the original production may be made.

HOW TO USE OTHER’S WORDS

Provide proper citation for works that are used.

MUSICAL SCORE…

Can be used in the classroom- if use is relevant to

the instructional activities of the class & the

audience is the classroom.

Language learning center-language textbook

tapes.

Library reserves- library should own the work

being copied.

Must be shown as part of the

instructional program.

Shown only by students,

instructors, or guest lectures and

only shown to students &

educators.

Must be a legitimate copy with

the copyright notice included.

Films or videos may not be used

for entertainment or recreation.

FILMS IN THE CLASSROOM…

SHOWS FROM TV…

The broadcast must be relevant to the instructional

activities of the class & the audience is the

classroom.

Can only be view to a single class & within 10 days

of the broadcast date.

PERMISSION FOR CLASSROOM USE

Sign up for copyright.com account.

Download Pay-Per-Use Services Instructions

See tips for searching catalog.

Copyright Clearance Center (CCC)

ITEMS ON A WEBSITE

Whenever an author posts anything on the

internet, he or she reasonably expect that it will be

read, downloaded, printed out, forwarded, and even

used as the basis for other works to some degree.

Fair use ends when the multimedia creator loses

control of his product’s use, such as when it is

accessed by others over the internet.

BAD USES OF FAIR USE…

Nature of work is imaginative.

More that a small amount of work is used.

Takes away sales from the original product created

(royalties).

GOOD USES OF FAIR USE…

Nature of work is factual and published.

Small about of work is used.

No money is deducted from the original product

created.