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techLEARNING.com | The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
This Would Be Easier If You Were Joking | FunnyMonkey - Tools for Teachers
Fair Use Worth More to Economy Than Copyright, CCIA Says -- Copyright -- InformationWeek
"Much of the unprecedented economic growth of the past 10 years can actually be credited to the doctrine of fair use, as the Internet itself depends on the ability to use content in a limited and nonlicensed manner," CCIA president and CEO Ed Black said in a statement. "To stay on the edge of innovation and productivity, we must keep fair use as one of the cornerstones for creativity, innovation, and, as today's study indicates, an engine for growth for our country."
Recent studies indicate that the value added to the U.S. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3 trillion, said Black. The value added to the U.S. economy by the fair use amounts to $2.2 trillion.
NCTE Inbox Blog: Copyright or Copywrong?
eSchool News online - 'Fair use' confusion threatens media literacy
Society for Cinema & Media Studies - Fair Use Statement
University of Minnesota Libraries -- Copyright Initiatives: Fair Use Analysis Tool
CSM Recut, Reframe, Recycle
Report from the Center for Social Media on fair use for user-generated video, examining the different types of videos commonly created and how they are generally protected by fair use (PDF)
CyberBee
The Adventures of Cyberbee are lessons and curriculum resources for using primary sources in K-12 classrooms. Includes some copyright lessons too.
Flickr: The Commons
Collaborative project between Flickr and the Library of Congress (and hopefully other institutions in the future) to share and tag public domain images. Currently 3000 images from the Library of Congress collection are available.
TeacherTube - How to create a great PowerPoint without breaking the law.
45 minute presentation from the eTech Ohio 2008 conference by Alvin Trusty. Half of the presentation is about creating good presentations, half about copyright law in education. Touches on color, contrast, font, and more.
Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog - Blue Skunk Blog - Changing how we teach copyright Pt 1
The first part in a series on a new approach to teaching copyright, starting with a focus on what is allowed by Fair Use
<span class="sizeGreater20">Change the focus of copyright instruction from what is forbidden to what is permitted. </span>
Doug Johnson's Blue Skunk Blog - Blue Skunk Blog - Changing how we teach copyright Pt 2
Part 2 in a series on teaching copyright in a different way. This post argues that educators should be more willing and able to assume that their use is allowed, rather than always assuming it's forbidden if it's a gray area.
Place the onus of proof of wrong doing on the provider, not the proof of fair use by the user.
The Connected Classroom: A Lesson on Reflection: MORE Copyright Confusion...
A teacher's reflections on using images from Flickr. Although she encouraged the use of Creative Commons images, the nature of the student work clearly fell under fair use. Even so, she got complaints from photographers about the fair use of their work. She wrote a really thoughtful response to the Flickr users and had a great discussion with her students about copyright.
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
Just like it sounds--best practices and broad guidlines for what constitutes fair use for online video
US Copyright Sliderule
Flash sliderule for figuring out whether something is protected by US copyright or not based on publication date and other factors
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education -- Publications -- Center for Social Media at American University
5 principles for media literacy education and what constitutes fair use in a number of common situations.
<b>PRINCIPLE:</b> Under fair use, educators using the concepts and techniques of media literacy can choose illustrative material from the full range of copyrighted sources and make them available to learners, in class, in workshops, in informal mentoring and teaching settings, and on school-related Web sites.
YouTube - A Shared Culture
Introduction to Creative Commons explaining how CC licenses benefit content creators who want to share their work with the world. Includes an overview of the differences between licenses.
The Educational Remix- At Odds With Copyright? | nashworld
Interesting use of Animoto (which creates music videos from a collection of images) with text to create a presentation about the author of a book. Includes a description of how the presentation was created. This does raise some questions of copyright though. Does this count as a sufficiently transformative use of the song to be included here? I'm not 100% convinced; I probably would have found something from Magnatune or elsewhere that was CC-licensed.
Copyright and Fair Use - Information & Library Services - UMUC
Summary of copyright and fair use, including guidelines for faculty and students for educational multimedia.
YouTube - A Fair(y) Use Tale
Humorous look at fair use with clips from Disney videos
The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
Copyright and fair use guidelines for educators, with specific discussion of new technology
A Visit to Copyright Bay
Interactive site where you can quiz yourself on copyright and fair use issues
The 20 Questions Fair Use Copyright Quiz
True/False quiz on fair use and copyright for multimedia in education
Fair Use Evaluator
Step by step method to guide people through the process of determining whether a use constitutes fair use under US copyright law. You can create a time-stamped PDF documenting your analysis in case you ever need to support your claim.
Copyright Information and Resources | University of Minnesota Libraries
University of Minnesota information on copyright, starting with two questions: "Can I use this?" and "What do I own?"
Embedding Is Not Copyright Infringement, EU Court Rules | TorrentFreak
EU court decides embedding YouTube videos isn't copyright infringement
Copyrightability of Charts, Tables, and Graphs | U-M Library
Excellent analysis of the case history and interpretation of copyright law. The quick answer is that because data itself can't be copyrighted, charts and graphs that just represent that data also can't be copyrighted. Infographics are an exception because they can demonstrate creativity.
Charts, graphs, and tables are not subject to copyright protection because they do not meet the first requirement for copyright protection, that is, they are not “original works of authorship,” under the definitions in the Act.