Copyright Fair Use

Lesson

What is copyright? Copyright protects the right to copy an

original work Covers:

Music Art Stories Pictures Internet images and information Anything that is original

Fair Use

Fair use allows you to use copyrighted material for

educational purposes as long as you follow the fair

use rules.

Fair use rules:

The following slides will explain the fair use rules…

1. Nature of the use:Commercial

If a company is using copyrighted material it is breaking copyright unless they get permission.

Non-profit educational useThere are fair use rules

for educational use.

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2. The nature of the work

Is the work mainly fact or original?If it is mainly facts you

can use the facts

without permission

2. The nature of the work

Did someone create it?Is it original?

If it is original then you

need to get

permission to copy it.

3. Amount of work used …

Use a small amount of the work not the whole thing.

How much is a small amount?

Motion MediaVideoDVD

10% or 3 minutes

How much is a small amount?

Text:

10% or

1,000 words

How much is a small amount?

MusicLyricsRecordingMusic video

10% or 30 seconds

How much is a small amount?

Poetry250 words3 poems by the same poet

How much is a small amount?

Photos5 pictures from 1 author

Illustrations5 clipart pictures from 1 author

4. Effect on the market

Any time you copy in place of buying the item you are breaking copyright. Music

Copying CD’s Downloading music

off the internet Books Pictures Illustration

Making a Citation

When following the fair use rules you need to give credit to the person who created the picture, wrote the words or the music.

View the Making Citations tutorial to learn how to make citations using the web site www.citationmachine.com

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