COPYRIGHT, FAIR USE, AND PLAGIARISM

AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE CLASSROOM

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WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?

Copyright is defined by Merriam-Webster as “the exclusive legal right to reproduce,

publish, sell, or distribute the matter and form of something (as a literary, musical, or

artistic work)”

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WHAT CAN BE COPYRIGHTED

• Printed Material

• Video

• Music

• Television

• Computer Software

• Almost anything else you can think of

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COPYRIGHT LAWS

• There are several sources from which we get Copyright law and precedent. A few

mentioned in the article Reproduction of Copyrighted works by Educators and Librarians

include… For excerpts click here

• The Copyright act of October 19, 1976

• The Senate Report

• The House Report

• The Congressional Debates

• The Conference Report

• The Copyright Office Regulations

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COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

• Copyright infringement happens when proper permission is not obtained to do one of the

following with a copyrighted work

• Performance

• Publication

• Display

• Adaptation

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COPYRIGHT

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WHAT IS FAIR USE?

• Fair use criteria set forth in section 107 of The Copyright Act used to determine if a

copyrighted work can be used without permission. They are as follows:

• The purpose and character of the use

• The nature of the copyrighted work

• The amount of the work used

• The effect of the use on the potential market value of the work (Starr 2016)

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FAIR USE LOGO

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SHORT PRINT MATERIALS

• Poems or excerpts from poems that are less than 250 words

• Excerpts from longer works that are less than 1,000 words or 10% of the work

• A maximum of two pages from an illustrated work

• One chart, picture, etc. from a book or periodical

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CLASSROOM USE FOR SHORT PRINT

• Teachers can make multiple copies for students to use

• Students can use the texts in projects and presentations

• Works that can’t be reused, like workbooks, can’t be copied

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ARCHIVED PRINT MATERIALS

• An entire work

• An excerpt over 10% or 1,000 words

• A work which exists in an obsolete format

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CLASSROOM USE FOR ARCHIVED PRINT

• Entire works may be used

• Copies can be made to replace damaged or lost copies

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VIDEO

• Videotapes (rented of purchased)

• DVDs

• Laserdiscs

• Multimedia encyclopedias

• Quicktime movies

• Video clips from the internet

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CLASSROOM USE FOR VIDEO

• Teachers may show videos for instructional purposes only

• Copies can be made for archival

• Students may use portions for multimedia projects

• All materials must be obtained through legal means

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TELEVISION

• Broadcast television (ABC, NBC, PBS, local stations, etc.)

• Recordings of cable television

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CLASSROOM USE FOR TELEVISION

• Teachers can use broadcasts or recordings made from them for instruction

• Recordings can only be kept for 10 days unless otherwise noted

• Cable programs may be used with permission

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MUSIC

• Records

• CDs

• Cassette tapes

• Audio clips for the internet

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CLASSROOM USE FOR MUSIC

• No more than 10% of a composition may be used by students and teachers

• A maximum of 30 seconds can be used of each composition

• The excerpt must be used for educational purposes

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MORE INFORMATION

• For more information about copyright and fair use click here or here

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PLAGIARISM

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WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?

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AVOIDING PLAGIARISM

• There are two things that can be done to avoid plagiarism

• DO YOUR OWN WORK!

• CITE YOUR SOURCES!

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HELP WITH CITING

• Citation machine

• Easybib

• Purdue OWL

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CLASSROOM POLICIES

• Plagiarism is a form of cheating and will be treated as such

• There is a difference between blatant copying and improper citing of a source

• If a student has knowingly plagiarized something, punish them

• If a student is having trouble citing sources, help them

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THANK YOU

Presentation by Blaise Kessler

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REFERENCES

Copyright & Fair Use. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2016, from

http://www.nuttyhistory.com/copyright--fair-use.html

Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2016, from

http://marvin.mll.gvsu.edu/lrc/copyright.pdf

Home. (2014). Retrieved September 9, 2016, from http://www.plagiarism.org/

(n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2016, from

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copyright

Starr, L. (2015). Is Fair Use a License to Steal? Retrieved September 7, 2016, from

http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280b.shtml

Welcome to the Purdue OWL. (n.d.). Retrieved September 12, 2016, from

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/26