No One Has the Right to Copy NOT EVEN TEACHERS Kyliesha August

Copyright Law and Fair Use 2 Purposes: To protect the rights of the copyright owner. Promote the public interest in sharing new ideas and information.

5 Exclusive Rights of the Copyright Owner Copyright Act of 1976 5 Exclusive Rights of the Copyright Owner Reproduce the work Prepare derivative works Perform the work Display the work Distribute the work

Purposes of Fair Use of a Copyrighted Work Criticism Comment New Reporting Teaching Scholarship Research

Criteria Requirements The purpose and character of the use- commercial or nonprofit educational. The nature of the copyrighted work. The amount to be copied in relation to the work as a whole. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the work.

Exemption for Classroom Instruction Section 110(1) of the copyright law allows educators to use “lawfully made” copies of copyrighted materials in the classroom” or similar place devoted to instruction” in “face-to- face teaching situations.

Ex. Lawfully Made Copy Article Photocopy School-Purchased DVD Privately-Purchased DVD Movie Taped Off-Air Rental DVD

Permission To Copy You can request permission to copy by: Phone E-mail Letter Address the request to the permissions department of the publisher or directly to the copyright holder. Lack of response does not imply that permission to copy using “reproducing equipment” in the library.

Criminal Infringement of a Copyright Imprisoned 5-10 years Convicted of a felony Fines between $1,000- $2,500 NOT WORTH IT AT ALL!!!

Give Credit Where Credit is Due Educators and students must credit sources, giving full bibliographic information when available. Educators and students must display the copyright notice and copyright ownership information if this is shown in the original source. Copyright information for images may be shown in a separate bibliographic section unless the presentation is being used for distance learning. In this case, the information must be incorporated within the image itself (i.e. it must appear on the screen when the image is viewed).

Resources Google Pictures http://www.ncpublicschools.org/copyright1.html http://www.copyright.gov/laws/ http://www.heartlandaea.org/media/cms/CopyrightC ondensed2010_F45F4638D4762.pdf