educators need to understand copyright law, fair use & acceptable use policies by ian coleman
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Educators Need to Understand Copyright Law,
Fair Use & Acceptable Use
Policies
By Ian Coleman
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Important Ideas
Fair Use
Copyright
Acceptable Use Policies
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So You Want To Use Some Information From The Web?Fair Use!
Whenever you borrow from or use a picture, text or other piece of “original” work that was not created by yourself, include with it information of where you retrieved it and/or seek permission from the “author” to use it.
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Fair Use
The Copyright Act of 1976 allows for limited use of copyrighted materials by non-profit education groups without permission.
The law is vague and flexible and great care should be taken by the educator to understand it before using a work.
More information on Fair Use can be found at http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm
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Copyright Law - covers “original works of authorship” such as:
literary works
musical works, including any accompanying words
dramatic works, including any accompanying music
pantomimes and choreographic works
pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works
motion pictures and other audiovisual works
sound recordings
architectural works
Information found @ (www.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/copyright/copyrightlaw.htm)
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Copyright Infringement
Awards to copyright owners can be anywhere from $500 to $20,000 if the work was infringed upon unintentionally.
Willful or knowledgeable infringement can result in awards as much as $100,000 for copyright owner.
www.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/copyright/copyrightlaw.htm
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Acceptable Use Policies
AUPs are one way in which school districts are attempting to govern student use for computers and internet services.
Alternative to internet guard program
AUPs should include:
Acceptable computer use behaviors.
Privileges and encourage shared responsibilities
Guidelines for safety in use of internet
Information about copyright infringement
Student input and joint authorship of personal plan
A discussion of consequences of inappropriate or irresponsible internet and computer use
Thanks to www.isafe.org Acceptable Use Policies guidelines
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Acceptable Use Policies
Since the internets inception, AUP’s have been crafted and implemented in many school districts throughout the U.S. For more information on AUP’s visit
www.education-world.com www.isafe.org www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/policies.asp
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Bibliography
California Department of Education http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/lb/policies.asp
Internet Safety - ISAFE www.isafe.org
Copyright Law of the United States http://www.copyright.gov/title17/ www.ed.uiuc.edu/wp/copyright/copyrightlaw.htm
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