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Copyright and the public domain - a crash course
"Discover whether a work is under copyright or in the public domain. Here’s how.
In the US, copyright and the public domain are two sides of a bargain. Authors are granted a set of exclusive rights for a limited time, in exchange for making the work available to the public — and when that limited time ends, the work enters the public domain.
But how can you you be sure a work is in the public domain? There’s no list you can consult, unfortunately. If you want to be sure you’re free to use someone else’s creative work, you need to know some copyright basics. That’s why this little tutorial is here.
So ... if you want to learn how to tell a work is in the public domain, and what you must watch out for, follow along. Just click the Next button to jump right in, or browse the list of contents for a specific topic."
Fair Use Evaluator
"What this tool can do for you:
* Help you better understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code.
* Collect, organize & archive the information you might need to support a fair use evaluation.
* Provide you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records [example], which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it. [why is this important?]
* Provide access to educational materials, external copyright resources, and contact information for copyright help at local & national levels."
saintmichaelcomputer / 09-10choice
Grade Seven
You have created an animation. It is up to you what rights you keep or give away. Please load your animation in your page. You must tell what license you are assigning to you work and why.
Your choices are:
1. retain full copyright: no one has the right to use your work unless they ask your permission
2. select a Creative Commons license - you can use the Creative Commons license generator
3. place the work in the public domain - you release all rights to the work - you can use the public domain license generator
SaintMichaelComputer - 0910-7th-animations
"The seventh grade has been learning about copyright, public domain, and creative commons. We are in the process of creating animations in Gimp. The students will be making a choice of license for their work."
Code of Best Practices for Fair Use in Media Literacy Education | Media Education Lab
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education helps educators gain confidence about their rights to use copyrighted materials in developing students' critical thinking and communication skills.
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Digital Citizenship Education
The Digital Citizenship and Creative Content program was developed to create awareness of intellectual property rights and foster a better understanding of the rights connected with creative content.
Four units comprise the curriculum resources. Each unit consists of standalone yet complementary lesson plans that play off a creative rights scenario presented through a case study.
copyrightchart
The following chart was designed to inform classroom teachers of their rights under the copyright law and copyright guidelines of the United States. Copyright and the notion of intellectual property was written into the Constitution of the United States to promote learning and the useful arts---and was designed to be supportive of the work of educators.
The purpose of copyright protection is repeatedly and mistakenly reported to be for the protection of authors and others intellectual property owners. In fact, copyright has been always been for the purpose of benefiting society as a whole and particularly the institutions of education. Learning, or "science" in the language of the Enlightenment and the Constitution, was to be promoted by allowing authors and others rights for a limited time for their work. The first copyright act written into federal law was titled "The Education Act."
Teachers in the classroom make the decisions closest to the field of instruction and it is teachers that have been the greatest rights---rights that even their districts do not have. This Copyright Chart was designed to inform teachers of what they may do under the law.
The Best Resources To Learn About Copyright Issues | Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day...
YouTomb
YouTomb is currently monitoring 347062 videos, and has identified 16235 videos taken down for alleged copyright violation and 82143 videos taken down for other reasons.
Stolen Picture at Extraordinary Mommy
A family photo posted on a blog and a password protected FB page gets converted to a storefront advertisement.
"Alright, so how’s this for random: I’m in the car, taking my wife for a check up, pass by a new grocery store and notice that they have a pict
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