2. What is Copyright?
“Copyright is a form of
protection (title 17, U. S.
Code) to the authors of
“original works of
authorship,”.”
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf
3. History of Copyright
First copyright law in Great
Britain:
Was the Statute of Ann
1710
It secured the rights of
authors and inventors
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4. History of Copyright
Congress passed the First
Copyright law in 1790
It protected the author or
their executors,
administrators, or assigns
of any map, chart, or book http://blogs.semantico.com/discovery-blog/wp-
for 14 years. content/uploads/2010/02/history-of-copyright.jpg
http://www.historyofcopyright.org/
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5. Concepts of Copyright
When is it Fair Use?
What can I print for class?
How much multimedia can I use?
Can I show videos in class?
6. When is it Fair Use?
Four Factors:
What is the character of the
use
Nonprofit
Educational
Personal…
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7. When is it Fair Use?
Four Factors:
What work is being
used
Fact
Published
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8. When is it Fair Use?
Four Factors:
How much work will be
used
Small amounts
More than a small
amount
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9. When is it Fair Use?
Four Factors:
What effect will the use
have on the market?
Original is out of print or
otherwise unavailable
Copyright owner is
unidentifiable
Password protection
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10. What can I print?
Single copies
A chapter from a book
An article from a periodical
A short story, short essay…
A picture, illustration, drawing
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11. What can I print?
Multiple Copies for
classroom use
Use small amounts
Used for one course
Each copy includes a
notice of copyright
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12. How much Multimedia can I use?
10% or three
minutes, whichever is less of a
motion picture
10% or 1,000 words, which
ever is less of text
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13. How much Multimedia can I use?
An entire poem of 250 words
or less
10% but no more than 30
seconds of music
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14. Can I show Videos in Class?
The Copyright Act of 1976
Section 110
This criteria must be met:
Face to Face
Tied
Normal
Nonprofit
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/110.html
15. Copyright Protection
Who is protected?
Registered Authors
Registered Material
Registered Multimedia
Registered Videos
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16. Consequences
Individual Liability or
Infringement
Use of unauthorized material:
unidentifiable author’s work
○ risk if person uses orphan
work
○ person gets sued by author
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17. Consequences
penalties:
“the court can
award up to
$150,000 for
each separate
act”
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18. Conclusion
Copyright is used to protect all written
material, music, videos, and authors from users
making copies and redistributing unauthorized
copies for profit or sabotaging their work.