Copyright Crash Course

Copyright Crash Course

Presented by Lisa

McCandless

What kind of expression is copyrightable?

Copyrightable

expression is original authorship, fixed in a tangible medium of expression.

Examples of copyrightable expression, assuming they are original, could be:

Poetry; prose; software applications; artwork; musical notation; recorded music and/or song; animations; video; Java applets; a Web page; a Website design, blog posts and comments; architectural drawings; photographs

.

Source: http

://

copyright.lib.utexas.edu

Who owns the copyright?

The author of the original piece is usually the owner.

Unless negotiations have been made with a publisher.

There may also be a coauthor to share ownership with.

Source

:

http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/whoowns.html

Rights as a copyright owner

make

copies

prepare

derivative

works

publicly distribute

display

and perform the

work

Your author rights are protected by law

Source: http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/rights.html

Fair use of Copyrighted Materials

Liabilities and penalties imposed if your copyrighted materials are misused.

The

four fair use factors:

What

is the character of the use?

What is the nature of the work to be used?

How much of the work will you use?

What effect would this use have on the market for the original or for permissions

if the use were widespread?

Source: http

://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/copypol2.html

The TEACH Act

Copyright law provides educators with a

separate set of rights in addition to fair use, to display (show) and perform (show or play) others' works

in the classroom

.

“an educator may show or perform any work related to the curriculum, regardless of the medium, face-to-face in the classroom

- still images, music of every kind, even movies. There are no limits and no permission required

.”

Source: http

://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.htm

Sounds too good to be true?!

Of course conditions do apply!

1. The performance or display must be:

a. A regular part of systematic

mediated instructional activity

;

b. Made

by, at the direction of, or under

the supervision of the

instructor

;

c. Directly

related

and

of material assistance to the teaching content

; and

d. For and technologically

limited to students

enrolled in the class.

2. The institution must:

a. Have

policies

and provide

information about,

and give

notice

that the materials used may be protected by,

copyright

;

b. Apply technological measures that

reasonably prevent recipients

from

retaining

the works beyond the class session and

further distributing

them; and

c.

Not interfere with technological measures

taken by copyright owners that prevent retention and distribution

.

Source: http

://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/teachact.html

If you would like to get permission to use a material, look at the website below for contacts in receiving permission.

http://

copyright.lib.utexas.edu/permissn.html

Source:

http

://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/permissn.html