Copyright Laws

What you should

know!

Presented By: Ms. Diana Arcaute

4th Grade Teacher

Las Yescas Elementary

Los Fresnos CISD

What is Copyright?

In simple terms, copyright laws

protect the rights of the

publisher.

Materials that are copyrighted

include: literary

text, plays, movies, music, journa

l articles, musical

performances, classroom

textbooks, teacher resources.

Tip #1 Get Informed!

• It is important you understand

that you are accountable for

copyright violations.

• Penalties include

fines, lawsuits, court

cost, attorney fees.

• Fines up to $150,000 per willful

violation.

• If you are caught violating copy

right laws you can be sued!

Ways to avoid

copyright

infringement!Fair Use of copyrighted materials

What is fair use?

Fair use policy gives you an opportunity

to protect yourself against copyright

lawsuits.

Ask yourself the four fair use questions

before you use any copyrighted

materials.

Use the four factor fair use test!

Fair Use- Ask yourself

these questions!

1 Is the work protected?

2. If the work is protected, has your

campus already licensed rights for you

to use the works?

3. Is the work available freely on the

open Web, and therefore covered by an

implied license?

Materials found online are subject to

copyright!

Fair Use Test

1. What is the character of the use?

2. What is the nature of the work to be

used?

3. How much of the work will you use?

4. What effects would this use have on the

market for the original or for

permissions on the use were

widespread?

Click the link below for more details!

http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/copypo

l2.html#test

The Teach Act

Copyrights for Teachers

• Copyright law provides educators

with a separate set of rights in

addition to fair use, to display

(show) and perform (show or

play) others' works in the classroom. These rights are in

Section 110(1) of the Copyright Act

and apply to any

work, regardless of the medium.

http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teac

hact.html

Teach Act Information

• Use the Teach Act Checklist

• http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact

.html#checklist

• You can also find help at North Carolina

State University Teach ACT Tool Kit

• http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact

.html

Get Permission!Type of Works Contact

Parts of a book/journal Copyright Clearance Center

CCC

Images Academic Image

Cooperative

Artist Rights Society

Music Performances The Harry Fox Agency Inc.

Movies Motion Picture Licensing

Cooperation

News Archive Check archive online with

newspaper company

A need for copyright

reform!Copyright laws are confusing!

Technology is rapidly changing the way

one views copyright laws. People

create websites and post information

on a daily basis in order to share

information. Creators of copyright

materials must be willing to share and

allow people to recreate material in

order to enhance learning.

Knowledge is built on Knowledge!

Why not share it?

Mass Digitalization

Projects nation wide are collaborating

and digitizing mass amounts of media

with one common goal to share

information.

To help in this effort visit-

http://blogs.tdl.org/digitize/

Google- Mass Digitalization for tons of

results!

Creative Commons Promotes

Sharing Ideas!

Allows creators the opportunity to share

their work so others are able to use it

and recreate it.

• Creators are still allowed protection

while allowing others to use their

work.

-Example of a website using a creative

commons license is Copyright Crash

Course.

Copyright Crash Course

By- Georgia K. Harper

Information for this PowerPoint provided

by

Copyright Crash Course

This website is cited under a creative

commons license.

Click the link to visit the license

agreement

• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b

y/3.0/us/

Share your works with a

Common License

• http://creativecommons.org/choose/re

sults-

one?license_code=by&jurisdiction=us&ve

rsion=3.0&lang=en_US

• A useful website!

Resources for Teachers

http://www.opencontental

liance.org

Open Content Alliance

www.archive.org Cornell Library – Over

70,000 books online

http://openlibrary.org/ Free online books

http://web.resourceshelf.c

om/go/resourceblog/categ

ory/384

Free resources

Any Questions?

?