Copyright law

Why bother?

No one is safe...

What’s Fair Game?

Public Domain

Fair Use

Implied License

Creative Commons License

Permission

Internet works

What’s in the Public Domain?

Public Domain Protected

Published on or before December 31, 1922

For 95 years, published between January 1, 1923 and December 31, 1978, inclusive, with the proper notice

Published between 1923 and December 31, 1963, copyright not renewed

written after 1978. for the lifetime of the author plus 70

years

Created before December 31, 1978 but never published, for the life of the author plus 70

years

Fair use?

Transformative and appropriate

Create something new

Use as little as possible

Implied license?

It’s only a sin if you get caught!

Creative Commons License

Get permission!

Ideas and processes?

TEACH Act

ResourcesCenter for Social Media. (n.d.). Retrieved June 5, 2013, from

http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use Harper, G. K. (2007). Building on other's creative expression. Retrieved June 5, 2013,

from Copyright Crash Course website: http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/useofweb.html Harper, G. K. (2007). Building on other's creative expression. Retrieved June 5, 2013, from Copyright Crash Course website: http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.htmlHarper, G. K. (2007). Building on other's creative expression. Retrieved June 5, 2013,

from Copyright Crash Course website:http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/copypol2.htmlHarper, G. K. (2007). Building on other's creative expression. Retrieved June 5, 2013,

from Copyright Crash Course website:http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/permissn.htmlRIAA vs. the people:five years later. (2008, September 30). Retrieved June 13, 2013, from https://www.eff.org/wp/riaa-v-people-five-years-later#footnote2_qt3zgebMusic firms target 12-year-old. (2003, September 10). Retrieved June 13, 2013, from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3096340.stm