Fair Use and

Copyright
Madison Bohman, Jessica Bauer, Shawna Redler

Definitions

Fair Use: the doctrine that brief excerpts of

copyright material may, under certain
circumstances be quoted verbatim for purposes
such as criticism, news, reporting, teaching,
and research, without the need for permission
from or payment to the copyright holder
(Webster 2015)

Definitions

Copyright: the exclusive legal right, given to an

originator or an assignee to print, publish,
perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or
musical material, and to authorize others to do
the same (Webster 2015)

Before the Video

For the upcoming video, write down three

interesting facts you know or have learned
about copyright and fair use

Also, write down two questions you have about

fair use and copyright

(Copyright Clearance Center 2011)

After the Video

Talk to your shoulder partner about the video

Were your questions answered?

Did you learn any new facts about copyright

and fair use?

Rules

Every medium has different specifics on how to use

copyright and fair use (United States Copyright Office
1976)

Printed material (short), (archives)

Illustrations and photograph

Video (for viewing), (for integration into multimedia

projects)

Computer software

Internet

Television

Its a Law

Many specifics to copyright and fair use laws

Very easy to violate someones copyright on

accident (Williams 2009)

What is Copyrighted?

Any work that is original, creative, and

tangible (Williams 2009)

Things that can be copyrighted

Intellectual property

Writing

Words

Etc.

What do you Think

Sixth Graders?

Talk to shoulder partner about how it would

make you feel if someone took your work and
put their name on it

If you work hard on something you want the

credit, just like authors that copyright the
information they put out

How are you Using It?

General Legal Use

Fair Use

General public using work legally

Using fair use guidelines

Illegal Use

When violating copyright or fair use laws

(Williams 2009)

How Do you Know if

its Fair Use?

Educational purposes?

Small portion of the work?

Giving credit where it is due?

Making profit?

Temporary or permanent use?

(Williams 2009)

Is It Fair Use...

(The Visual Communication Guy

2014)

Using Resources

You may recognize the chart on the previous

slide hanging in our classroom

If you ever need to cite a picture to put into a

presentation refer to this chart

References
Copyright Clearance Center. (2010, September 24). Copyright Basics [Video file].
Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uiq42O6rhW4
Creative Comments. (2014). Can I Use That Picture? [Infographic]. Retrieved from

http://cdn.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/use-copyright-picture.jpg?5065
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Definition of fair copyright. (n.d.). Retrieved 2016, from
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/copyright
Definition of fair use. (n.d.). Retrieved 2016, from http://www.merriam-webster.com/
dictionary/
fair%20use
Williams, M. K. (2009). Copyright and Fair Use [Online forum post]. Retrieved from