Copyright, Public Domain, Copyright, Public Domain, Fair Use, and Creative Fair Use, and Creative CommonsCommons7th Grade Digital Literacy

What is Copyright Law?What is Copyright Law?Copyright insures that the people

who create “Intellectual Property” can own, control and be paid for their efforts.

Intellectual property is a tangible form of expression:◦Written work, musical work, works of

art, dramatic work, digitized work, videoCopyright protection is automatic

when intellectual property is created.

What is the Public What is the Public Domain?Domain?A work of authorship is in the

“public domain” if it is no longer under copyright protection.

Works in the public domain may be used without the permission of the former copyright owner.

Rules for when items pass into the public domain vary considerably.

What is Fair Use?What is Fair Use?Fair Use allows the use of portions

of copyrighted works and materials for educational purposes.

Copyright is a law; Fair Use is a guideline

Four guidelines determine Fair Use:◦ The purpose and character of the use. ◦ The nature of the copyrighted work. ◦ The amount of the portion used. ◦ The effect of the use upon its value.

Fair Use: Print MaterialFair Use: Print MaterialPoem less than 250 words; 250-

word excerpt of poem greater than 250 words

Excerpt from a longer work (10 percent of work or 1,000 words, whichever is less).

Fair Use: ImagesFair Use: ImagesSingle works may be used in their

entirety, but no more than five images by a single artist or photographer may be used.

From a collection, not more than 15 images or 10 percent (whichever is less) may be used.

Fair Use: VideoFair Use: VideoStudents may use10 percent or

three minutes (whichever is less) of “motion media.”

Copyright works included in multimedia projects must give proper attribution to copyright holder.

Fair Use: AudioFair Use: AudioStudents may use10 percent or

30 seconds (whichever is less) of a musical composition.

The multimedia program must have an educational use.

What is Creative What is Creative Commons?Commons?

What is Creative What is Creative Commons?Commons?Creative Commons provides free

tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry.

You can use CC to change your copyright terms from "All Rights Reserved" to "Some Rights Reserved."

Creative Commons Creative Commons ConditionsConditions

Public Domain ResourcesPublic Domain ResourcesBartleby.com Public domain texts online Books on the Internet. E-texts from UT AustinGreat Books. Ancient classics to 20th century

masterpieces.Images Listing of public domain imagesInternet Public Library Library for the Internet

communityMoving Image Archive Movies, films, and

videosOnline Books Listing over 30,000 free books

on the WebProject Gutenberg More than 25,000 free e-

books

Additional ResourcesAdditional ResourcesGeneral Purpose

◦Creative Commons SearchImages

◦Flickr CC◦Flickr Storm

Audio◦CC Mixter◦Free Sounds ◦Shambles List

Always Cite Your SourcesAlways Cite Your SourcesCopyrighted Material: Use the MLA

style as shown on the library bibliography page◦ ArtistName. "Title of Image." Date Taken/Created. Online

Image. Name of Image Site. Date you accessed/downloaded the picture. <http://www.electronicaddress.com>.

Creative Commons Material: Use the guidelines found on the CC Marking page◦ This video features the song “Play Your Part (Pt.1)” by Girl

Talk, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial license. © 2008, Greg Gillis.

See Molly Kleinman’s blog for more CC citation information