ITEC 7445 Module 4 Assignment Claire Self Copyright Act What it is Protects anything that is in a physical form such as text music or video Must be an original work by the individual Required some sort of creativeness ID: 598738
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Copyright, Fair Use, and Parodies
ITEC 7445Module 4 AssignmentClaire SelfSlide2
Copyright Act
What it is…Protects anything that is in a physical form such as text, music, or video.Must be an original work by the individual.Required some sort of creativeness.What it is not…Does not protect ideas or facts.Slide3
Copyright
Copyright is a law and as such you can face legal action if you use a piece of work that has been copyrighted.It is no longer required to have a copyright notice however if the creator/author wants to ensure that their work is protected they should include one.Slide4
Copyright and Public Domain
Copyrights do expire and become public domain.Anything created before 1923 is in the public domain.Anything published between 1922 and 1978 is protected for 95 years after it is published.Anything not published but created between 1922 and 1978 is protected “for the life of the author plus 70 years.”Anything published after 1977 is protected “for the life of the author plus 70 years.”Anything published between 1923 and 1963 must be checked by the U.S. Copyright Office.Slide5
Fair Use
There is an exception to the Copyright Act and it is called the Fair Use Rule.Allows use of copyrighted material without permission for “teaching, research, scholarship, criticism, parody, and news reporting.”If you cause the owner of the copyrighted material to lose money than it is not fair use.Slide6
Four Factors of Fair Use
Purpose and Character of the UseNature of the Copyrighted WorkAmount UsedEffect of the Use on the Present or Future Market Value of WorkSlide7
Fair Use and Education
Teachers must respect the Copyright Act and stay within the parameters of the Fair Use Rule.We must pay close attention to our use of text, video, and music.Slide8
A recent trend in education is to use parodies and memes to help students remember and master concepts. According to the Fair Use Rule, this should be legal. Let’s look at some scenarios. Slide9
Scenario 1
Students want to create a parody version of the song “I’m so Fancy” to help study the major concepts of a course to review for the final. The students limit their parody to 30 seconds and change the lyrics to “I’m Gonna Miss This” but use the same basic music. Is this fair use or copyright infringment?Answer: Fair Use – Since the entire song was not used and the original lyrics were altered this is considered fair use.Slide10
Scenario 2
Students want to create a meme from a popular tv show (a meme is a photo with writing along the top and bottom). Is this copyright infringement or fair use?Answer: Depends – there is much debate on this right now and there is no established precedent as of yet. One case has come up but memes were apart of a game and the creator made a profit from these memes so he was found guilty of copyright infringement. http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2013/05/07/copyright-memes-and-the-perils-of-viral-content/Slide11
Scenario 3
Students want to create a new song but they want to include the lyrics from another popular song “Pretty Woman”. Everything else has been changed except one line. Are the students covered under the Fair Use Rule?Answer: Yes this is fair use. The students only borrowed a small portion of the original piece and the music was completely different.Slide12
ResourcesStanford's
Copyright & Fair Use sitehttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2013/05/07/copyright-memes-and-the-perils-of-viral-content/