About Copyrightby Marivel Correa

• A form of protection given to authors of original works grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law.

• This property right can be sold or transferred to others.

Copiright Law

• The Copyright Law of the U.S. governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted works.

– Title 17 of the U.S. Code – The Copyright Act of 1976

Author’s Rights• Copyright law assures ownership, which

comes with exclusive rights:

–Make copies of the work– Distribute copies of the work– Perform the work publicly– Display the work publicly–Make derivative works • (e.g. book or movie)

Copyright Protection

• Automatic protection

• Available for:

– Published works– Unpublished works

Copyrightable Works

• Literary works

• Dramatic works

• Musical works

• Artistic works

Non-copyrightable works

• Not everything is protected by copyright law. 

– U.S. Government materials

– Facts, ideas, systems, or methods of operation.

• Copyright protects original works of authorship, while a patent protects inventions or discoveries.

• A trademark protects words, phrases, symbols, or designs identifying the source of the goods or services of one party and distinguishing them from others.

Patent

Their top secret formula.

Trademark

Know your copy rights• The law provides certain ways in which

copyright works may be used.

– Fair use – Public domain– Library privilege– Copying for examinations and copying for

instruction– Alternative Licenses (e.g. Creative

Commons)

Public Domain

• The works are publicly accessible.

• Not everything posted on the internet is public domain.

• “Universal Access” to research, education and culture.

• Copyright was created long before the emergence of the Internet, and can make it hard to legally perform actions we take for granted on the network: copy, paste, edit source, and post to the Web.

• Provides a free, public, and standardized infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright laws.

http://creativecommons.org/about

The TEACH Act

• Under the TEACH Act, the Copyright law provides educators with a separate set of rights in addition to fair use, to display and perform others´ works in the classroom.

– Section 110(1) and (2) of the Copyright Act

Section 110 (1)

“Face to face” teaching.

Section 110 (2)

Online Courses Hybrid Courses

Resources List

• Source 1: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://creativecommons.org/about

• Source 2: Copyright crash course. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/index.html

• Source 3 : Copyright crash course. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.html

• Source 4: What is copyright?. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.staffs.ac.uk/legal/copyright/what_is_copyright/

• Source 5: Copyright in general. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html

• Source 6: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/stopping-internet-plagiarism/your-copyrights-online/1-what-is-a-copyright/

• Source 7: (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.copyrightkids.org/whatcopyframes.htm