Transcript Copyright Laws and Fair Use Guidelines

Copyright Law and
Fair Use Guidelines
Amanda Biuso
Kyle Findley
Laura Koehne
Hunter Smothers
Table of Contents
Copyright Laws
Owner’s Rights
Fair Use Guidelines
Guidelines for Students
Multimedia
Permission Request Form
Copyright Laws
 “The legal right granted to an author,
composer, a playwright, a publisher, or a
distributor to exclusive publication,
production, sale, or distribution of a
literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic
work”~Dictionary.com
 “Copyright laws are designed to protect
a creator’s right to be compensated and
to control how his or her work is used” ~
Education World
Owner’s Rights
The owner of the work has the sole
right to reproduce, distribute,
perform, display, transmit, or
transform that work
Must have permission to use, copy,
or reproduce any material from the
owner
Fair Use Guidelines
“The Fair Use doctrine was created
to allow the use of copyrighted
works for criticism and commentary,
parody, news reporting, research
and scholarship, and classroom
instruction” ~Education World
Guidelines for
Students
 Must use information for educational
purposes
 Copies are limited to 2; 1 for the
classroom and 1 to be put in reserve or a
portfolio
 Material can only be saved for up to two
years
Multimedia
Up to 10% for multimedia
Must let audience know that the
material was created using the Fair
Use Guidelines
Proper credit must be given to the
author, either at the beginning of
end of the presentation
Portion Limit Examples
 Single chapters from books
 Poems up to 250 words
 Short stories or articles
 Single graphs or charts
 Up to 3 minutes of motion media
 For complete description of portion limits
see NC Public Schools
Permission Request
Form
 If the material is going to be taken out of
educational context or going to exceed
the limit requirements, the user must
receive permission from the original
owner
 Informs the owner of the intent of the
material and by whom and for what it will
be used
Parts of Request Form
 Include name and e-mail address
 Name of school they attend and location
of school
 Topic of report and where the information
was found
 Description of information to be used
 For an example see: Landmark for
Schools
For More Information
Education World
What is Piracy?
Copyright Guidelines
Websites I have collected