Download k-12 copyright laws: primer for teachers

K-12 COPYRIGHT LAWS: PRIMER FOR TEACHERS
Copyright Laws Do’s and Don’ts
What is Legal in the School
Classroom
Using Music Without Permission or License
• CLASSROOM
– Original composition / have the composer’s permission
– Have permission of the publishers
– Music is used in distance education, comply the TEACH Act
PUBLIC DOMAIN
- works published before January 1, 1923
- works published between 1923-1978 without copyright notice
- works published between 1923-1978 no renewed copyright
- works authored by employees of the federal government
- works that the copyright owner granted use
- no works published after January 1, 1978, will pass into the
public domain until 2048. Anonymous work are protected
for 95 years after publication.
FAIR USE
US Copyright Law Title 17 – Section 107
• What are your Fair Use Rights?
• Four Criteria:
– Purpose and character of the use (commercial or nonprofit
– Nature of the copyrighted work
– Amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation
to the copyrighted whole
– Effect of the use upon potential market or value of the
copyrighted work
TYPES OF MEDIA AND PERMISSIBLE AMOUNTS
Motion Media
- Up to 10 percent of the total or 3 minutes
Text Material
- Up to 10 percent of the total or 1,000 words
- An Entire poem or less that 250 words may be used; for
poems over 250 words only three excepts may be used
Music, Lyrics, and Music Video
- Up to 10 percent of the work but no more than
30 seconds from an individual work
Illustrations and Photographs
- no more than five images from ne artist or photographer
- no more that 10% or 15 images from a collection
Numerical Data Sets
- up to 10% or 2,500 fields or cell entries
Copying of a Multimedia Project
- no more than two copies may be made of a project
Guidelines for Multiple Copies
No more than….
- one work is copied from a single author
- three authors are copied from a single collective work
- nine instances of multiple copying occur during a
single term or semester
Consumable works shall not be copied, such as
- workbooks that are made to consume and are copy
protected
- workbooks that you can copy and what are referred to
as “black line masters” – only copy enough for your
class
- standardized tests
- the same item will not be reproduced from term to
term
Copyright Quiz
(5 Questions)
Answer the questions True or False. Click on the triangle next to
your answer.
Using music in a public domain one does not
need to get permission if the works was
published prior to January 1, 1923.
True
False
Answer the questions True or False. Click on the
triangle next to your answer.
You can make two copies of a multimedia
project.
True
False
Answer the questions True or False. Click on the
triangle next to your answer.
Copying illustrations and photographs from a
single artist, you are allowed fifteen images.
True
False
• Answer the questions True or False. Click on the triangle next
to your answer.
You may copy any and all workbooks.
True
False
Answer the questions True or False. Click on the triangle next to
your answer..
The same item will not be reproduced from
term to term.
True
False
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