Copyright Rules

 

The Copyright act of 1976 governs the use of copyrighted materials by teachers and students as well as allows for Fair Use of these materials.

Fair Use applies only to items that students or teachers create for educational or instructional use; not personal use. In brief it states:

·         Teacher created items may be used for up to two years after the first instructional use.

·         Copied materials may only be used for one course term.

·         Student examples of work may be kept in portfolios for any length of time.

·         Video taped from television programs may only be used for up to 10 days from the original broadcast. (this is one to remember!)

Internet:

·         It is permissible to create a link to another website (unless the site has a statement telling you not to) and to use copyrighted information in multimedia presentations (for educational purposes and with the source cited)

·         It is not permissible to copy information from one website to another

 

Text and Data:

            There are very specific limitations here. Briefly:

·         Up to 10%, but not more than 1000 words from a single copyrighted work

·         Up to 250 words of a poem, or 3 poems by a single poet or 5 poems from a single anthology

·         Up to 10%, but not more that 2500 fields or cells, from a data table or base

 

Illustrations and Photographs:

·         A photo or illustration may be used in its entirety and must display creators name.

·         No more than 5 images by a single artist or photographer

·         Up to 10%, but not more than 15 images from a singe published collection

·         One picture, chart, cartoon, diagram or graphic per source

 

Motion, Music, Lyrics

·         You cannot change the basic melody or fundamental character

·         Up to 10%, but no more than 3 min. or single motion media

·         Up to 10%, but no more than 30 seconds from single musical work

·         Performance rights must be purchased to use in public (all those end of the year slide shows!)

 

Citing of Ownership

·         Can be in a bibliography or list from, except illustrations or photographs  

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