Ashley Salvino: Background Beach & Multimedia Wharf

Marly Barth: Single Copying Inlet & Cove of Multiple Copies

David Georgia: Audio Visual Lagoon &Dist-Ed Point
Fair Use Harbor
Background Beach:
• “Copyright is defined as the exclusive right of a creator to reproduce, prepare
derivative works, distribute, perform, display, sell, lend or rent their creations.”
• Copyright protects against many forms of expression such as movies & videos, and
photographs.
• It doesn’t protect against forms of expression such as names and URL’s.
• The Copyright Act allows a user to legally partake in reproducing, distributing,
performing and displaying copyrighted works.
• Fair Use allows educators to use copyrighted works. It believes in copyright when
scholarly research, news reporting and criticism is involved.
• Be careful!!! Misusing copyright or not receiving permission from the copyright
owner leads to trouble.
• The 1976 copyright Act has four provisions that allow for copyright in nonprofit
educational use.
1. Purpose and Character: determines whether the copyright use was used for
commercial purposes or for an educational use.
2. Nature of Copyrighted Work: determines what purpose the work was created.
3. Amount of Substantiality: determines how much of the work was used or copied.
4. Effect upon Potential Market: Most important provision; determines whether the
copyright was used for sale.
• Small portions of copyrighted works for systematic instruction are what Fair Use
allows for educators. It should not be feared, just not abused.

Application for teachers:

I learned a lot from the Fair Use Harbor online guide. I had never heard of Fair Use
before. I think it is a great program to have as an educator. It is free, and when used and not
abused, it is a great tool to have as a teacher. It allows me to legally copyright work that I
would like to use or publicly show in my classroom or to my students. As long as I am
careful when copyrighting works, Fair Use is something any educator would be idiotic not to
use and take full advantage of.

Multimedia Wharf:
• Multimedia is made up of text, graphics, audio and video in a computer friendly
environment. The purpose is only used for education not entertainment.
• A multimedia author can copyright the works of other authors by using small
portions of an original owner’s document for fulfilling a reasonable teaching
objective.
• In 1996 Fair Use guidelines were set for teachers, attorneys, librarians, etc.
• Fair Use guidelines are not set laws, just supported guidelines.
• Fair Use’s guidelines apply to students and faculty as well. It allows for use of
others works in academic assignments that may be curriculum based, such as
portfolios and distance learning.
 • There are specific limits on the amount of work that may be used or copyrighted
from a given author.
Example:
-Poems: Up to 250 words
-Music: 10% or 30 seconds
-Photos or images: Up to 10% or 15 works
-Text: Up to 1000 words
-Motion Media: Up to 10% or 30 seconds
-Database Information: 10%
• Copyrighted material may be used for up to two years for educational use, and then
permission must be granted thereafter.
• Remember: As a future teacher, think SMALL amounts using in copyrighting
works!!

Application for Teachers:

This Fair Use Harbor online guide is something that will be very important to me to
look back at when I am a teacher. When I am copyrighting works from other authors I
definitely want to be careful to make sure I am following the given guidelines so that I can’t
get in trouble for stealing someone else’s works. It could be an accidental mistake that I can
definitely avoid by using this “Multimedia Wharf” link provided at Fair Use Harbors. I can
directly see how much of a document I am allowed to use for copyrighting. I will definitely
be using this in my future classroom when I want to copyright a video clip, poem, text, etc.

Single Copying Inlet:

• “Fair use" is the means by which educators of non-profit educational institutions may
use copyrighted works without seeking permission or making payment to the author
or publisher.
• The House Guidelines state that teachers may make single copies of the following:
1. A chapter from a book
2. An article from a newspaper
3. A short story, short essay, or short poem
4. A chart, graph, diagram or picture from a book, periodical, newspaper
• Teachers may select books, magazine or journal articles to be placed in the
library's reserve room, which functions as an extension of the classroom. Then
students may borrow these materials and make single copies on machines.
• Electronic Reserves: this practice is defined as digitizing an article at the initiative of
a course instructor, putting a hyperlink to the article on a web page.
• “Coursepacks” means making multiple copies.

Application for Teachers:

I learned a lot from the Fair Use website. I think this is a great tool to use in the
classroom and I believe students could really enjoy the idea of using this website. The single
copying inlet makes it easy for teachers to make copies of things to be used in the classroom.
I think that this is a good tool for teachers and the thing that makes it great is how it is
completely free (if you follow all of the rules.)
Cove of Multiple Copies:
• These are the guidelines for making multiple copies for classroom use:
1. For an article the limit is 2,500 words
2. For longer works of prose, the limit is 1,000 words, or 10% of the work,
whichever is less.
3. For a longer poem, the limit is 250 words
4. No more that one chart, picture or diagram from a book, periodical, or
newspaper.
5. The copying is only done for one course
6. Only one copy is made for each student
• “Consumable works” shall not be copied. These include workbooks or standardized
tests.
• If you have time to seek a publisher's reprint, or get permission, you are obligated to
do so. It is only if you do not have time that it is fair use to make copies for students.
• You may not put copies into collective works, also known as anthologies. This
violates the right of the copyright holder to make "derivative works."

Application for Teachers:

I really enjoyed reading about the Cove of Multiple Copies. I think that I would use this
source more that the single copying inlet. I believe that being able to make multiple copies is
important and it makes it so that you can make copies for each student.

Audio Visual Lagoon

• An AV work is considered a form of expression which makes it protected by
copyright.
◦ What AV is... "A sequence of pictures, sounds, or a combination of both.
◦ What AV is Not... It is not multimedia or hypermedia which includes text,
graphs and such.
• Examples of AV
◦ Videos
▪ VHS, Laserdiscs, DVD, 35 mm slides, Filmstrips (with or without
audio), 16mm movies.
• Performance and Display of AV works is allowed to teachers for "face to face"
situations only.
• You can only use lawfully copied materials that meet instructional objectives.
◦ you CAN NOT for example reward the class with a movie.
• If using an AV material you must use it in it's original format.

Application for Teachers:

After completing the AV Lagoon tour I hope the copyright police never come to my
classroom. I really think not many teachers are aware of the laws governing AV media,
especially movies. It would require the teacher to really think about the implication of was
this tool in their classrooms.

DistEd Point
 • Distance Education has exploded with the proliferation of the Internet. In 2002
President Bush signed into law the TEACH Act to allow for copyrighted material to
be broadcast over the Internet, however it can only be done by NON-PROFIT
Institutions.
• Get of Jail Statement
◦ "The TEACH Act of 2002 allows non-profit educators to display portions of
copyrighted works without permission over a digital network to enrolled
students for brief periods of instruction."
• A digital copy must be used if available.
• An analog version may be digitized if
◦ It is a limited portion and limited access time.
• A limited amount of use and time are comparable to that of a live classroom.
• You also can not go around any technological protections.
• The school must have policies in place for use of copyrighted materials
◦ Students must be made aware of the policies.

Application for Teachers:

The DistED piece does not pertain to many teachers in the area of K-12 instruction,
however with new ways to teach and reach students this may become more of a factor.