1. By Collin Henry

2. Copyright is a protection that covers published and unpublished literary, scientific and artistic works, and other forms of expression. This means that if you can see it, hear it, or touch it, it can be protected by copyright. Examples of copyright laws are used with movies, literacy works, graphics, music, and much more.

3. This act gives the owner and authorizes others to do the following: To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords To prepare derivative works based upon the work To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending; To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works; To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and In the case of sound recordings,* to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.

5. Copyright Infringement is the unauthorized use of material that is protected by intellectual property rights law particularly the copyright in a manner that violates one of the original copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make works that build upon it. In other wards, copy infringement basically means if you do not have the right to use a creators work then it is infringement or against the law. The penalty for Infringement often results in a court case where one party is being sued by the creator.

7. Teachers, and by association, students, can legally use music, websites, video, print, images, and the whole realm of copyrighted materials for the purposes of teaching. The educational fair use guidelines apply to material used in educational institutions and for educational purposes. "Educational purposes" means: – non-commercial instruction or curriculum based teaching by educators to students at nonprofit educational institutions – planned non-commercial study or investigation directed toward making a contribution to a field of knowledge, or – presentation of research findings at non-commercial peer conferences, workshops or seminars.

8. Fair use is used with teachers and students making single and multiple copies of materials for each students. Single copies can be applied to: A chapter from a book A article from a newspaper A short story A chart, graph, picture or diagram from a book Teachers may not photocopy workbooks, texts, standardized tests or other materials that were created for educational use.

9. Instructors can record television programs transmitted by broadcast television and these can be shown in class without copyright holder permission under the following conditions: It will be displayed by, or under the direct supervision of, a faculty member or adjunct professor. It will be displayed only in the classroom and only to students enrolled in the class. It is directly relevant to the teaching content of the course. Its copyright notice will be shown or the students will be informed that the work may be copyright protected.

10. Student Use of Copyright Student Guidelines Students may incorporate portions of copyrighted materials when producing a project for a specific course. Students may perform and display their own projects and use them in their portfolio or use the project for job interviews or as supporting materials for application to graduate school.

11. Today's teachers face tremendous challenges in expanding learning opportunities for their students while complying with copyright and fair use laws. Teachers as well as others need to be cautious and responsible regarding copyright laws.