Copyright Resources

This is a page of copyright resources used by Kay Rewerts.
Contact Kay for more information.


MultiMedia FairUse Guidelines

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/ccmcguid.htm

Summary Table on Portions for Fair Use

http://www.ccumc.org/copyright/guidesum.html

Copyright for the Iowa AEA Online products, includes BriefNotes

http://www.iowaaeaonline.org/copyright/copyright.html

Webquest for Students on Copyright

http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~jdarnell/webq/

Copyright Chart

www.ala.org/ala/aaslbucket/pittsburgh/EXPLIowaAEAOnline.pdf

Another Copyright Chart

http://www.mediafestival.org/downloads.html

Copyright Website (a good definition of Fair Use)

http://www.benedict.com/Info/FairUse/FairUse.aspx

The Digital Millenium Act was passed in October of 1998.

Multimedia Guidelines have not been passed…

 

The Copyright Clearance Center Online is excellent and leads to many other resources. Includes the document CR-TEACH about the distance learning portion passed in 2002.

http://www.copyright.com/

Brad Templeton has written an easy to understand intro to Copyright.

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copyright.html

Brad Templeton is also the author of "10 Big Myths About Copyright Explained"

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html

Netsurfer's Simple Guide to Copyright

Netsurfer's Simple Guide to Copyright was written by the Task Force for Responsibility and Freedom on the Internet and the Church of Scientology.

The Church of Scientology sued a former employee who posted the text of the Church's secret scriptures on the Internet. These texts, characterized by the Church's lawyer as copyrighted, unpublished, confidential material, are sold for thousands of dollars to Church members. Hence, their involvement with copyright.

The full text of the Netsurfer's Simple Guide to Copyright is:

* If you didn't create a written work, piece of art, photograph or music, or obtain distribution rights to it, you don't own it.

* If you don't own it, you can't copy it or distribute it to others whether you make money from it or not.

* The author or owner of a document must

explicitly relinquish its rights to place a work in the "public domain" and thereby make copying/distribution without specific authorization permissible.

* "Fair use" allows you to copy small portions of a work you don't own without permission, but only for criticism, education, news reporting and the like. If it's unpublished, even those uses may not qualify as fair use. If it's trade secrets, fair use does not apply.

* When in doubt, ask the creator or owner for permission to use their work.

Task Force for Responsibility and Freedom on the Internet and the Church of Scientology. Netsurfer's Simple Guide to Copyright. [Internet]. Available: http://digitalintegrity.org/netguide.htm

Citation Machine

The Citation Machine is a great tool for students (and teachers!) to create an interactive citation in either MLA, APA, or Chicago format:

http://citationmachine.net/

Statement on the opening screen of ANY multimedia presentation that includes copyrighted materials:

"Some of the material in this presentation is covered under the Fair Use Guidelines of the Copyright Law, Title 17, U.S. Code."

Copyright Quizes

These are links to three quizzes to check how well you understand Copyright.

http://www.copyrightkids.org/quizframes.htm

(Includes a Certificate)

http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright_quiz.html

(Copyright Chart)

http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf

(Good for kids)