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Mass digitizationPublic domainOrphan worksMaterials on InternetCopyright protectionImplied vs Express licensesFair useTEACH ACT 2002

Mass Digitization

It is an organization where they are developing tools to help find information in the public domain.

This organizations works to get the “reasonable searches for copyright owners of different types of work (Harper, 2007).”

Anyone can use it.Located at Public Domain

Orphan Works

Not enough information on owner and date of work.

Materials in Internet

The use of materials on the internet and copyright laws is unclear.

Assumption that its public domain.

Copyright Protection Anything that is put onto

the internet or computer has copyright protection automatically.

The author of a work implies specific usage of the work. For example, limited time frame.

Detailed description of what the author allows the reader to have from their work.

Creative Commons license allows others to use or build onto the authors work.

Complicate explanation!

It does “balance authors rights to reasonable compensation with the public’s right to the ideas contained in copyrighted works (Harper, 2007).”

• What is infringement? The use of an authors work and duplicating their work

without the consent or permission of the author.

• The law or court can give a $150,000 fine if anyone were to use copyrighted work and would also be penalized if they did not know that they broke the law.

TEACH ACT 2002

Law passed in 2002 It gave educators “separate set of rights in addition to fair use, to display and

perform others’ work in the classroom (Harper, 2007).”

In addition the educators were now allowed to the same in distance education.

It is imperative that everyone get permission if

needed from various sources such as the librarian and/or organizations such as the CCC.

Harper, George. (2007) The Copyright Crash Course. In University of Texas Libraries. Retrieved September 1, 2011, from http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/.

Microsoft Clipart, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

Public Domain, (2011). http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter8/

TEACH Act – Intellectual Property Protection for Educators, TEACH Act – Intellectual Property Protection for Educatorshttp://www.suite101.com/content/teach-act--intellectual-property-protection-for-educators-a228036

Wordle, www.wordle.net