Define+Copyrights+and+fair+use+as+it+applies+to+education

//**Copyright and Fair Use **//

“The exclusive right to produce or reproduce (copy), to perform in public, or to publish an original literary or artistic work.” Duhaime's Law Dictionary. Almost everything created privately and originally after March 1, 1989 is copyrighted and protected whether it has a notice or not (Edman-Yost, 2002).
 * Copyright **

The Fair Use act states: Sec. 107 of the Fair Use Provision of the Copyright Act states: “Limitations on exclusive right: Fair use. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright”(Edman-Yost, 2002). Simply put it means that educators can use materials when they abide by these four guidelines:
 * Fair Use **
 * Use for non-profit educational use
 * Use of material that is mostly facts but not based on someone’s creativity
 * Consideration of quantity and quality
 * Would its use cause loss of income to the original creator? (Edman-Yost, 2002).

Educators must maintain a sense of integrity and ethics as they use others materials for classroom use. All works not created by the classroom teacher need to be given credit to the original creator.

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 * Links to Voicethread **



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 * <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;">Additional Resources for Classroom Teachers **

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<span style="color: #800000; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%; text-align: left;">(Technology & Learning 2002)

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 150%;"> <span style="color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 80%;">(Copyright Clearance Center 2005)