1. Copyright The Do’s and Don'ts!

2. What Does Copyright mean? Copyright -is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title 17, U. S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works. http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf

3. Copyright Infringement Copyright Infringement -occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner. http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-definitions.html Classroom example: Students plagiarizing someone else's work and turning it in as theirs. Punishable by jail time and huge fines!

4. Fair Use Fair use - provisions of the copyright law allow for limited copying or distribution of published works without the author's permission in some cases. Examples of fair use of copyrighted materials include quotation of excerpts in a review or critique, or copying of a small part of a work by a teacher or student to illustrate a lesson. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/cpyright.html

5. Fair Use Guidelines 1.The purpose and nature of the use. If the copy is used for teaching at a non-profit institution, distributed without charge, and made by a teacher or students acting individually, then the copy is more likely to be considered as fair use. In addition, an interpretation of fair use is more likely if the copy was made spontaneously, for temporary use, not as part of an "anthology" and not as an institutional requirement or suggestion. 2. The nature of the copyrighted work. For example, an article from a newspaper would be considered differently than a workbook made for instruction. With multimedia material there are different standards and permissions for different media: a digitized photo from a National Geographic, a video clip from Jaws, and an audio selection from Peter Gabriel's CD would be treated differently--the selections are not treated as a equivalent chunks of digital data. 3. The nature and substantiality of the material used. In general, when other criteria are met, the copying of extracts that are "not substantial in length" when compared to the whole of which they are part may be considered fair use. 4. The effect of use on the potential market for or value of the work. In general, a work that supplants the normal market is considered an infringement, but a work does not have to have an effect on the market to be an infringement.

6. Students and Copyright Students use different resources such as books, magazines, and the internet to complete projects and assignments. Before they are to begin, they must be told the do’s and don’ts of copyright. Schools now use a system called Turnitin.com to check for plagiarism.

7. Teachers and Copyright Teacher’s use all kind of resources to make lesson plans, worksheets, projects, assignments, and tests. They must know the laws about copyright before using someone else’s work. School districts try and buy programs so teachers don’t have to worry about copyright violations, but they need to always check before copying something that belongs to someone else.

8. Good & Bad Examples Good: A teacher giving a presentation to her/his class and using pictures and definitions of things word for word from a resource and them having a bibliography or work cited at the end of the presentation giving credit to those they copied from. Bad: Downloading music illegally and playing it for the class by using limewire instead of purchasing it on iTunes.

9. When in doubt about copyright or plagiarism give credit to the owner. It’s better to be safe than sorry!

10. Works Cited “US Copyright Office” http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf “Stanford University: Copyright and Fair Use” http://www-sul.stanford.edu/cpyright.html