COPYRIGHT AND RECORDING GUIDELINES

By Alicia Lawyer

ITEC 7445

Summer 2014

RECORDING GUIDELINES FOR EDUCATORS

•Movies, television programs, books, recordings, video games and any other form of media are copyright protected and are held by the products creator.

•For educational purposes, allowances have been granted for the limited use of these various media resources. The use does not require the copyright owner’s permission.

•Guidelines vary for Cable and Broadcast television programs.

RECORDING GUIDELINES FOR CABLE PROGRAMS

Cable in the classroom provides designated programs that may be taped off-air and retained a minimum of one year.

Copyright codes at the end of each program indicate exact educational copyright clearance.

CLEARANCE CODES FOR CABLE PROGRAMS

Copyright clearance codes appear at the end of each program description for precise clearance:

Year – program may be taped and saved for one year.

2yrs – program may be taped and saved for two years.

FREE – program may be taped and saved in perpetuity.

RES – program is restricted to home use. FAIR – Fair Use guidelines apply.

BASIC RULES FOR RECORDING CABLE PROGRAMS

Maybe taped at home or school by anyone.

Media Specialist can record shows if it is believed that there is an interest or need for program.

Must be used for EDUCATION PURPOSES ONLY

Can be used for a minimum of one year

Can be used multiple times

RECORDING GUIDELINES FOR BROADCAST TELEVISION

PROGRAMS

The guidelines for recording broadcast television (ABC, CBS, Fox, etc.) include all public school and most private schools and colleges.

The guidelines to DO NOT apply to for-profit language or trade schools.

There are specific rules for recording broadcast programs.

BASIC RULES FOR RECORDING BROADCAST PROGRAMS

Program should be recorded at school. Teacher should request program to be

recorded. Shows CAN NOT be recorded by media specialist in anticipation of need.

Program recording must be shown in the first TEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS after recording.

Program must be erased after 45 days

BASIC RULES FOR RECORDING BROADCAST PROGRAMS

Program can be shown in classroom or similar place devoted to instruction, but it can be used only ONCE with each class.

Recording can be shown to several classes if appropriate.

SCENARIO #1Mrs. Johnson records a segment of the ABC Evening News at her home. She plans to use the recording as a part of the lesson for the next three days. Afterward she decides to place the recording in her class library to use for future use. Is Mrs. Johnson following proper copyright and fair use guidelines? Why or Why not?

SCENARIO #1 ANSWERNo, proper copyright and fair use guidelines were not followed.

Mrs. Johnson should have done the following:

Request the program be recorded at school.

Only use the program once with her class.

Destroyed the program after 45 days.

SCENARIO #2Mrs. Cheng, the media specialist, at LaBelle Elementary learns that a program about the Civil War will be on a local cable station. She decides to record the program so that 5th grade teachers can use the program when the teach the Civil War. At the end of the program, Mrs. Cheng realizes that the copyright clearance code is YEAR and FAIR. Mrs. Cheng records the program and labels it to be erased one year from the date of recording. Is proper copyright and fair use guidelines being used? Why or Why not?

SCENARIO #2 ANSWER Yes, proper copyright and fair use

guidelines are being followed.

Guidelines for cable programs indicate that media specialist can record programs in anticipation of their use.

The codes indicated that the program could be used at school and Mrs. Cheng labeled the recording to be erased one year from the date of recording.

SCENARIO #3

Mr. Harris learns of a program that is coming on CBS that would benefit his ESOL students. He ask the media specialist to record the program. Mr. Harris uses the program once within three weeks of the recording. He immediately erases the program after his lesson. Did Mr. Harris follow proper copyright and fair use guidelines? Why or Why not?

SCENARIO #3 ANSWER

No, Mr. Harris followed many of the copyright and fair use guidelines for broadcast programs; however, the recording should have been used within the first ten days of being recorded.

REFERENCESCopyright and recording guidelines: cable in the classroom. Retrieved June 23, 2014, from http://www.ciconline.org/Legal/CopyrightRecordingGuidelines