COPYRIGHT, FAIR USE, PUBLIC DOMAIN

STUDY GUIDE
Copyright

Original works of art that is protected by law

Only the copyright owner has the right to use their workALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Can not use without permission from copyright owner if you do you have broken the law.
You can copyright text, music, illustrations photographs, motion media, lyrics, music
video,
You can not copyright an idea, common knowledge, facts, U.S. government documents,
public domain, and spontaneous acts of expression.
Only lasts for a fixed amount of time
To create symbol key (alt + 0169) on PC and (Option+g) on a Mac (should be this key
combination)

Just because it is on the Internet does not mean it is free to take

Just because the symbol is not t there, does not mean it is not copyrighted
Almost everything on the Internet is copyrighted.
Fair Use

Can use a limited amount of work for schoolwork, educational purposes, news
reporting, criticizing or commenting on something, and comedy/parody.
School use- it must stay within the school domain. If it does not, it no longer falls
under fair use law.
Not profiting from the work
Does not change the value of the work
Does it pass these tests:
~ Does it have a nonprofit educational purpose?
~ What kind of material do you want to use?
~ Are you using only a small portion?
~ Will your use deprive the author from making money?
EXAMPLES: Youtube and Google and karaoki (parody) BUT has to stay within
school domain

FAIR USE LIMITATIONS WITH MULTIMEDIA

Motion Media
Usage

10% or up to 3 minutes- whichever is less

Text Material
Usage

10% or up to 1000 words- whichever is less

Music/Lyrics
Usage

10% but no more than 30 seconds- whichever is less

Photographs
and
Illustrations

No more than 5 images by an artist or photographer

Not more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a single published

collected work
Taken from:
http://homepage.mac.com/prr/copyright.htmlhttp://homepage.mac.com/prr/copyright.html

Parody

Creative work that is a funny imitation of something and pokes fun at an original work

Public Domain

Law used to be that work of art became in the public domain after 14 years but then felt
that that wasnt enough time for the owner to make money from their work
Anyone can use the workfree for anyone to use
A work that is not copyrighted
A copyrighted work becomes public domain lifetime + 70 years
Just because something is on the internet does not mean that its free
You should still give credit to the source.

Copyright
Infringement

Unauthorized use of copyrighted materials

Illegally using copyrighted works

Piracy

Stealing copyrighted material by downloading or copying it in order to keep, sell, or give

it away without permission and without paying
Copyright Infringement
Illegal can face heavy fines or other legal consequences

Attribution

Giving Credit to the author

Plagiarize

Copying, lifting or making slight changes to some or all of someone elses

work and saying you wrote it.

Peer to Peer
File Sharing

Involves downloading software that makes files stored on a personal

Creative
Commons

A kind of copyright that makes it easier for people to copy, share, and build

License

A clear way to define the copyright of your creative work so people know

computer available to others through the Internet

People have direct access to one anothers computers
Used to copy software, songs and other copyrighted materials
illegal
on your creative work, as long as they give you credit for it.
SOME RIGHTS RESERVED- easier to share online
Specific Conditions: Attribution (give credit), Noncommercial (not for sale),
No Derivative Works (no changes) , and Share Alike
Always give attribution to owner/author
how it can be used.

Rework

Reform, reuse, or remix copyrighted work into something else

Remix or
Mash-up

Editing together clips of video, sound, images, and text by remixing or

Trademark

word, phrase, symbol or design, or a combination of words, phrases,

mashing different parts together to create something new

symbols or designs, that identifies and distinguishes the source of the goods
of one party from those of others.