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Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers

The following chart was designed to inform classroom teachers of their rights under the copyright law and copyright guidelines of the United States. Copyright and the notion of intellectual property was written into the Constitution of the United States to promote learning and the useful arts---and was designed to be supportive of the work of educators.

The purpose of copyright protection is repeatedly and mistakenly reported to be for the protection of authors and others intellectual property owners. In fact, copyright has been always been for the purpose of benefiting society as a whole and particularly the institutions of education. Learning, or "science" in the language of the Enlightenment and the Constitution, was to be promoted by allowing authors and others rights for a limited time for their work. The first copyright act written into federal law was titled "The Education Act."

Teachers in the classroom make the decisions closest to the field of instruction and it is teachers that have been the greatest rights---rights that even their districts do not have. This Copyright Chart was designed to inform teachers of what they may do under the law.

Please reproduce it as necessary. A pdf form of the chart is available at http://www.mediafestival.org/old_site/downloads.html.

GPISD Copyright Link

GPISD Copyright Brochure

Example Rubric.docx Mrs. Warder's rubric example.

CLASSROOM COPYRIGHT CHART
Medium	What You Can Do	According to	The Fine Print
Printed Material
Poem less than 250 words Excerpt of 250 words from a poem greater than 250 words Articles, stories, or essays less than 2,500 words Excerpt from a longer work (10% of work or 1,000 words, whichever is less--but a minimum of 500 words) One chart, picture, diagram, graph, cartoon or picture per book or per periodical issue Two pages (max) from an illustrated work less than 2,500 words (like childrens books)	Teachers may make multiple copies for classroom use.	United States Copyright Office Circular 21	No more than one copy per student. Usage must be: At the "instance and inspiration of a single teacher" and when the time frame doesn't allow enough time for asking permission. Only for one course in the school. No more than nine instances per class per term (current news publications such as newspapers can be used more often). Don't create anthologies. "Consumables" can't be copied. Don't do it every term (if time allows, seek permission). Can't be directed by "higher authority." Copying can't be substitute for buying. Copies may be made only from legally acquired originals.
A chapter from a book An article from a periodical Short story, short essay, or short poem Chart, graph, diagram, drawing , cartoon, picture from a book, periodical or newspaper	Teachers may make a single copy for teacher use for research or lesson preparation.	United States Copyright Office Circular 21	Same as above.
Portions of a work An entire work A work if "the existing format in which a work is stored has become obsolete"	A librarian may make up to three copies "solely for the purpose of replacement of a copy...that is damaged, deteriorating, lost or stolen"	Section 108 Copyright Act (1976 ) as amended by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act	The library must first determine that after "reasonable investigation that copy...cannot be obtained at a fair price" or that the format is obsolete.
Text for Use in Multimedia Projects
Same rights as "Printed Material" above	Students may incorporate text in multimedia projects. Teachers may incorporate into multimedia for teaching courses.	Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia	Teachers may use for two years, after that permission is required. Students may keep in portfolio for life.
Video
Videotapes (purchased) Videotape (rented) DVD Laser Discs	Teachers may use these materials in the classroom without restrictions of length, percentage, or multiple use . May be copied for archival purposes or to replace lost, damaged, or stolen copies.	Section 110 of the Copyright Act	The material must legitimately acquired (a legal copy). It must be used in a classroom or similar place "dedicated to face-to-face instruction". Not for use as entertainment or reward. The use should be instructional. The place should be a non-profit educational institution. If replacements are unavailable at a fair price or are available only in obsolete formats (e.g., betamax videos).
Video ("Motion Media") for Use in Multimedia Projects
Videotapes DVD Laser Discs QuickTime Movies Encyclopedias (CD ROM)	Students "may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their academic multimedia", defined as 10% or three minutes (whichever is less) of "motion media"	Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia	"Proper attribution and credit must be noted for all copyrighted works included in multimedia, including those prepared under fair use."Tina Ivany, UC San Diego 12/08/95
Video for Integration into Video Projects		.
Videotapes DVD Laser Discs QuickTime Movies Encyclopedias (CD ROM)	Students "may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their academic multimedia"	Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia	The material must legitimately acquired (a legal copy, not bootleg or home recording).
Illustrations and Photographs
Photograph Illustration Collections of photographs Collections of illustrations	Single works may be used in their entirety but not more than 5 images by an artist or photographer. From a collection, not more than 15 images or 10%, whichever is less.	Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia	Older illustrations may be in the public domain, but the collection may be copyrighted.
Music for Integration into Multimedia / Video Projects
Music	Up to 10% of a copyrighted musical composition may be reproduced, performed and displayed as part of a multimedia program produced by an educator or student for educational purposes.	Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia	Some authorities site a maximum length of 30 seconds. (www.indiana.edu), some do not mention a maximum (Tina Ivany, UCSD, 12/08/95). See below.
Computer Software
purchased software licensed software	Software may be lent by the library. Software may be installed at home and at school. Software may be installed on multiple machines. Software may be copied for archival use to replace lost, damaged, stolen, copies. Software can be distributed to users via a network. Librarians may make archival copies.	Section 107 and 108 of Copyright Act and subsequent amendments.	Take aggressive action to monitor that copying is not taking place (for retention). Only one machine at a time may use the program. The number of machines being used must never exceed the number of licensed. If unavailable at fair or is an obsolete format. The number of simultaneous users must not exceed the number of licenses. A network license may be required for multiple users.
Internet
Internet connections World Wide Web	Images may be downloaded for student projects. Sound files may be downloaded for use in projects (see portion restrictions above)	Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia & DMCA	Images may not be reposted onto the Internet without permission. Sound or music files may not be copied and posted on the Internet without permission.
Television
Broadcast (e.g.,ABC,NBC, CBS, UPN, PBS, local television stations) Tapes made from broadcast	Live "off the air" broadcasts may be used for instruction. Tapes made from broadcasts may be used for instruction.	Congress	Things get interesting when you want to retain tapes. Minimum rights allow for 10 school days. Enlightened rights holders often allow for much more. PBS series Reading Rainbow offers three year retention rights, for example. If you like it enough to keep it more than three years, buy it!
Cable Television
CNN MTV HBO (etc.) Tapes made from cable.	May be used with permission. Many programs may be retained for years --depending on the program. Check with Cable in the Classroom. http://www.ciconline.org/main.cfm	Cable Systems (and their associations)	The guidelines for television programs were defined by Congress before cable television was a factor. Cable programs are not technically covered by the same guidelines as broadcast television.
Film or Filmstrip	.	.
16 millimeter films filmstrips	"Teachers may duplicate a single copy of a small portion...for teaching purposes"	Copyright Policy and Guidelines for California's School Districts, California Department of Education	These must be films or filmstrips that you own.
Return for updates to:	http://www.mediafestival.org /copyrightchart.html	Hall Davidson	hall@cccd.edu

Note: In the letter to Congressional Subcommittee Chair Kastenmeier dated 3/19/76 summarizing many of the above agreements, representatives of the Ad Hoc Committee of Educational institutions and Organizations of Copyright Law Revision and the Authors League of America, Inc., and the Association of American Publishers, Inc., state that these guidelines were "not intended to limit the types of copying permitted under the standards of fair use under judicial decision and which are stated in Section 107 of the Copyright Revision Bill. There may be instances in which copying which does not fall within the guidelines stated [above] may nonetheless be permitted under the criterion of fair use."

For more detailed information and references to excellents books on copyright.
For information on workshops,keynotes,seminars about copyright and other topics regarding technology and education visit http://www.mediafestival.org/halldavidson.html
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