1. Presented by: Whitney Whitfield

2. the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the same. Information from: www.google.comwww.google.com

3.  Poetry  Movies  CD-ROM’s  Video Games  Videos  Photographs  Plays  Paintings  Sheet Music  Novels  Software codes  Choreography Note: These are just a few examples of copyrighted materials. There are many other things that can be protected by a copyright.

5.  Work must exist in some physical form  Work must be original/ independently created  Must be a creative work of the author

6.  The length of a Copyright has changed many times over the years  If a work was published after 1977, a Copyright will last for the lifetime of the author and an additional 70 years after their death.

7. To be a valid Copyright the following must be present:  The word “Copyright”  The Copyright symbol ©  Date of publication  The name of the author or owner of the work Example : Copyright © 2013, Whitney Whitfield

8.  TEACH Act : - allows academic institutions more access and sharing of Copyrighted materials  Fair Use Rule : - allows someone other than the Copyright owner limited use of Copyrighted materials Example : Teachers may video tape broadcasts to the general public(not cable programs) for use in the classroom.

10. Jane has written a children’s book, it is saved to her computer and on a thumb drive. Can her book be Copyrighted if it had not been published yet?

11. Yes! Jane’s children’s book can be copyrighted because it is saved in a physical form, it is an original work, and she, as the author, has independently created the work.

12. Jane just received the information for her book’s Copyright, which of the follow is the correct example of her Copyright?a a) Copyright, Jane 2013 b) Copyright © 2013, Jane c) Jane, 2013 ©

13. b) Copyright © 2013, Jane “b” is the correct answer because the word Copyright, the © symbol, the year and the author’s name are all present.

14. Leah, an educator, recorded an educational video from The Learning Channel (TLC), a cable network. She is in compliance with the Fair Use Rule as a teacher at an accredited institution. True or False

15. FALSE Leah is not in compliance with the Fair Use Rule because her recording is from a Cable TV network and that is not included as a broadcast to the general public.

16. Information from: The Campus Guide to Copyright Compliance: http://www.copyright.com/Services/copyrightoncampus/intro/index.html Copyright & Fair Use: Stanford University Libraries: http://fairuse.stanford.edu/