CopyrightCecilia O. TorresSummer I 2013

Dr. Linda NewellUTB

What is Copyright?

Copyright

Digitalization ImpactA treasure for public thru the use of

digital libraries

Orphan WorksJust because the owner of a work is not found

it doesn’t mean we don’t have to give the appropriate credit when using his/her work.

Any material that we might use from the internet also has a copyright too.

Internet

Fair UseThis term refers to the statements

that The Center for Social Media and Washington School of Law at American University are supporting the creation of a statement that give us information on copyright and let us know what is fair. (Harper, 2007)

Educators

Teach ActEducators are given limited rights to use in

the classroom.

Cont. Teach Act “Fair use is almost always going to be the

best source of authority for making copies in any context…” (Harper, 2007)

Permission

Cont. PermissionUnidentifiable owner- you can still be

punished regardless of an unsuccessful investigation of the work owner.

ReferencesHarper, G. (2001, 2007). Copyright Crash

Course. University of Texas Libraries. Retrieved from http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/

Microsoft Clipart, http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/images/

Bing Images ,http://laughzilla.com/comics/2011-04-14-google-copyright-school.jpg