COPYRIGHT LAWS & FAIR USE

Huh?? Talk to your shoulder

partner for a minute, telling them anything you know about copyright and/or fair use laws.

WHAT DO WE MEAN . . .

. . . WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SOMEONE’S CREATIVE WORK?Tell your shoulder partner.

Then we’ll share.

EXAMPLES OF CREATIVE WORK

artwork

photos

videosmusic

Writing of any kind

HAVE YOU EVER?

• USED SOMEONE ELSE’S CREATIVE WORK THAT YOU FOUND ONLINE?

•VIDEO?

•MUSIC?

•WRITING?

• IDEAS?

Umm . . . Like all of

those.

WHAT SHOULD YOU THINK ABOUT . . .

• . . .BEFORE YOU USE MATERIALS YOU FIND ONLINE?

• THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD FEEL IT IS WAS

YOUR CREATION?

RESPECT CREATIVE WORK

Copyright and Fair Use Animation. (2014, January 1). Copyright and Fair Use Animation Video. Retrieved September 3, 2014, from https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/copyright-and-fair-use-animation

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/copyright-and-fair-use-animation

WHAT ARE THE WAYS . . . . . . THAT YOU CAN BE RESPECTFUL OF PEOPLE’S CREATIVE WORK? (BASED ON THE VIDEO)

• CHECK WHO OWNS IT

• GET PERMISSION FROM THE CREATOR

• GIVE CREDIT TO THE CREATOR

• BUY IT (IF NECESSARY)

• USE IT RESPONSIBLY

STILL NOT SURE HOW/WHEN YOU CAN USE SOMEONE ELSE’S CREATIVE

WORKS?

THERE ARE SOME GENERAL RULES YOU CAN FOLLOW -

guidelines

LET’S REVIEW &ADD

FAIR USETHE ABILITY TO USE A SMALL AMOUNT OF SOMEONE’S CREATIVE WORK WITHOUT PERMISSION, BUT ONLY IN CERTAIN WAYS

4 POINTS OF FAIR USE

1. YOU CAN ONLY USE A SMALL AMOUNT OF THE WORK

For example:Using a little bit of a

song in a mash-up (putting a whole bunch of songs together), not the whole song

4 POINTS OF FAIR USE

2. YOU CANNOT MAKE MONEY OFF OF USING THE WORK

For example:Using a clip from a song in a student public service announcement about recycling (nonprofit use)

4 POINTS OF FAIR USE

3. YOU MUST REWORK IT, AND USE IT IN A TOTALLY DIFFERENT WAY

For example:Remixing

clips from different

movies to tell a whole new

story

4 POINTS OF FAIR USE

4. MUST ADD NEW MEANING TO THE WORK TO MAKE IT ORIGINAL

For example:Using a

copyrighted photo image as the basis for a painting

TELL YOUR PARTNER WHAT YOU CAN REMEMBER ABOUT FAIR USE LAWS.

1. You can only use a _______ portion of someone else’s work.

2. You can’t make ______ off the work.

3. You must re-_____ it and use it in a totally different way.

4. You must add new _________ to the original work

small

money

work

meaning

I DID JUST FIND OUT!

•YOU CAN GENERALLY USE THE PICTURES ON GOOGLE IMAGES FOR SCHOOL PROJECTS!

•BUT WHAT IF YOU CREATE A VIDEO WITH SOMEONE’S MUSIC OR PICTURES AND TRY TO MAKE MONEY OFF OF IT?

NEWS

FLASH!

THERE ARE DIFFERENT KIND OF PROTECTIONS ON CREATIVE WORKS

COPYRIGHT•A LAW THAT PROTECTS A CREATOR’S OWNERSHIP OF/CONTROL OVER THE WORK HE OR SHE CREATES

•REQUIRES PEOPLE TO GET PERMISSION BEFORE THEY USE THE WORK IN ANY WAY

CREATIVE COMMONS - CC

•A KIND OF COPYRIGHT THAT MAKES IT EASY FOR PEOPLE TO COPY, SHARE, AND BUILD ON SOMEONE’S CREATIVE WORK – AS LONG AS THEY GIVE CREDIT TO THE CREATOR

PUBLIC DOMAIN•CREATIVE WORK THAT’S NOT PROTECTED BY COPYRIGHT AND IS FREE FOR ANYONE TO USE

TALK WITH YOUR SHOULDER PARTNER ABOUT COPYRIGHT, CREATIVE

COMMONS, AND PUBLIC DOMAIN.

What does each mean?

*If something is copyrighted, you must get ______________ to use.

*With creative commons, you can use if you give ________.

*Anyone can use works that are________ domain.

permission

credit

public

ADD A NEW BOX TO YOUR PADLET WALL –

CALL IT COPYRIGHT & FAIR USEWRITE THIS AND FILL IN THE BLANKS!*IF SOMETHING IS COPYRIGHTED, YOU MUST GET ___________ TO USE IT.*GUIDELINES FOR USING SOMEONE’S WORK ARE CALLED __________ USE LAWS.*WITH CREATIVE COMMONS, YOU CAN USE THE WORK IF YOU GET ___________.*IF SOMETHING IN IN THE PUBLIC _______, YOU CAN USE IT!

I’ve got this!

TEACHERS:

• FOR MORE RESOURCES TO USE WITH THIS LESSON, GO TO:

•HTTPS://WWW.COMMONSENSEMEDIA.ORG/EDUCATORS/LESSON/COPYRIGHTS-AND-WRONGS

SOURCES:

• ALL PICTURES USED IN THIS PRESENTATION OBTAINED FROM FLICKR.COM – CREATIVE COMMONS

• HTTPS://WWW.FLICKR.COM/CREATIVECOMMONS/

• LESSON PLAN FROM:

• COPYRIGHTS AND WRONGS. (N.D.). REVIEWS & AGE RATINGS. RETRIEVED SEPTEMBER 3, 2014, FROM HTTPS://WWW.COMMONSENSEMEDIA.ORG/EDUCATORS/LESSON/COPYRIGHTS-AND-WRONGS