2. The Basics
Copyright law-
Specific laws stating what materials are
protected by copyright
Allows for fair use
Only applies to tangible materials
3. What is Fair Use?
Allows for exceptions to copyright
Ex: Teachers may use copyrighted
materials BUT cannot share it freely
with others.
4. Fair Use
4 Factors determine fair use
1. What is the character of use?
2. What is the nature of the work to be used?
3. How much of the work will you use?
4. What effect would the use have on the market
for the original work?
5. Three Key Steps to Fair Use
Limit TIME
Limit AMOUNT
Limit ACCESS
6. Who's the Owner?
If you cannot locate the owner…
Search on the internet
Finding the owner is important
because…
You must give credit where credit is DUE
You must follow copyright law
7. Permission Granted!
Do I need permission to use that material?
YES!
What do I do?
Ask the media specialist
Write a letter to the owner of the material.
8. Intellectual Property
This is a gray area for most schools.
Intellectual property includes…
Anything that a person has created using
the mind (WIPO)
EX: patents, inventions, artistic works,
literary works, etc
9. Intellectual Property
IF you create course content for the web
A school/university may copyright materials
You may or may not be able to keep
materials
Find out your university/institutions rules on
this
10. Internet Sources
Read Terms of Use on web pages
Cite information if you use it
All internet sources sound be
considered copyrighted
11. Remember…
You must ALWAYS cite sources
Create a citation page and cite in text
Do NOT pass of others’ work as your
own
Get proper permission
12. Plagiarism
Copying works created by other
people
Copyright infringement
Plagiarism
carries severe
consequences
13. Consequences for Students
Zero credit on assignments
Expulsion from school
Expulsion from college
Legal action
15. Citations
Ko, S. S., & Rossen, S. (2010). Teaching online, a practical guide. (3 ed., pp. 227-246).
New York, NY and London, England: Taylor & Francis.
Batson, T. (2008). Web 2.0, secondary orality, and the gutenberg parenthesis. Campus
Technology, 1-2. Retrieved from http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/03/web-20-
secondary-orality-and-the-gutenberg-parenthesis.aspx
What is intellectual property?. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.wipo.int/about-ip/en/
Plagiarism faqs. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.plagiarism.org/plag_article_plagiarism_faq.html
Gunter, G. (2012). Retrieved from
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