FAIR USAGE / COPYRIGHT

SGMS Middle School

September, 2014

COPYRIGHT 101 Q: What is a Copyright?

A: A law that protects your control over the creative work you make so that people must get your permission before they copy, share, or perform your work.

Q: What is Fair Use?

A: The ability to use copyrighted work without permission, but only in certain ways and in specific situations

Q: What is Creative Commons?

A: A kind of copyright that makes it easier for people to copy, share, and build on other’s creative work, as long as they give the creator credit for it.

STUDENT VIDEO “Credit for Creative Work”

Click here to play video

FOUR POINTS OF FAIR USE Review Student Handout

To Be Considered “Fair Use”, it has to:

1. Use a Small Amount of the original work

2. Rework and Reuse in a Different Way

3. Use for Non-Profit (can’t make money off of it)

4. Add New Meaning to the original work

CASE STUDY Watch the “Scary Mary” video by Chris

Rule (click here)

Is this an example of Fair Use?Class discussionWhy? (use the handout to make your case)