1. General information for the educators of Soonchunhyang

2.  To provide information regarding:  Copyright  Fair Use  Creative Commons  To understand their role in education  To gain knowledge in order to better protect ourselves from the possibility of unintentionally infringing copyright laws

3.  Copyright protects the ideas created in a physical form such as art, film, music, writing, etc.  Copyright protection automatically takes place as soon as a work is created.  Published and unpublished work alike are all covered under the copyright law.  Ownership and copyright are not the same.

4.  Fair use allows teachers to use copyrighted materials provided it’s for educational purposes.  These could include news reporting, criticism, comment, research and teaching.  According to A Teacher’s Guide to Fair Use and Copyright, there are four standards used to assess fair use. (Newsome)  Purpose of use  Nature of work  Extend of the material used  The effect on marketability

5.  Purpose of use Copying and using only selected parts of copyrighted works for specific educational purposes Copies are made spontaneously and are for temporary use  Nature of work Copying specific paragraphs from a particular work falls under Fair Use, whereas copying a full chapter or more may not.  Extent of the material used Duplicating excerpts that are short in relation to the entire copyrighted work or segments that do not reflect the "essence" of the work is usually considered fair use.  The effect on marketability If there will be no reduction in sales because of copying or distribution (Newsome)

6.  The following is a fair use chart shows a more detailed look at specific examples in which fair use may or may not apply.  This chart was taken from and can be downloaded at http://www.irvingisd.net/one2one/Cloning/f air_use_copyright_chart.pdf

9.  “Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright”  They provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use commercially, or any combination thereof. (Creative Commons)  Creative Commons serves as an excellent resource not just for teachers, but for students as well.

10.  As we move into the 21 st century, technology allows information and work to easily be found, modified, searched for, and transferred at the ease of our fingertips. The field of education provides a number of challenges facing the proper use of materials and works. It’s especially important to be as familiar as possible with copyright laws to avoid potential infringement. As technology advances in the future there will continue to be new sources of information and works. Along side with the forward movement of technology we also need to be aware of the copyright laws that are often forgotten.

11.  Copyright Alliance Education Foundation http://www.copyrightfoundation.org/ http://www.copyrightfoundation.org/  Fair Use PDF http://www.irvingisd.net/one2one/Cloning/fair_use_copyr ight_chart.pdf http://www.irvingisd.net/one2one/Cloning/fair_use_copyr ight_chart.pdf  Digital Slide with Copyright info http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/ http://librarycopyright.net/digitalslider/  Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/01/six- resources-for-learning-about-fair.html http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/01/six- resources-for-learning-about-fair.html

12. Creative Commons (2010) Retrieved October 10 th from http://creativecommons.org/ http://creativecommons.org/ Newsome, Cathy (1997) A Teachers Guide to Fair Use and Copyright Retrieved October 11th, 2010 from http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm#Teachers and Fair Use