I Need a Purple Unicorn,

But I Won’t Pay for It!Incorporating Free Media

Into Your Classroom Presentations

Brianna McDonell

Thrift Library, Anderson University

March 17, 2014

Copyright

Set of laws protecting the work of an

artist/performer/author/creator.

Contemporary copyright laws state

that all materials are protected upon

creation.

The copyright symbol © does not have

to be displayed for material to be

protected.

What Copyright Entails

Restriction on copying and distributing

a work…

Limitation or prohibition of adapting a

work, like a book to a movie…

Protection against unauthorized

performance or public display of a

work…

…without permission of the

author or estate representative.

Fair Use

Source: FairUseProject, 2009

What Determines Fair Use?

What are you using the material for?For education For commentary/review

For parody For creating a new work

What is the nature of the material? Research-based, nonfiction, or for purposes of education

How much do you want to use?Even if its only a small part, if it is the “essence” of the work, that may not count as fair use

What effect could your use have on the work’s potential marketability or value?

Public Domain-Free to Use

Materials no longer protected by copyright, or that never were, are considered in the public domain

That means they are free and available for any use, adaptation, reproduction

Includes anything made/published before 1923 in the U.S., materials dedicated to the public domain by the creator, and materials where the copyright is either expired or inapplicable

Creative Commons “Creative Commons develops, supports, and stewards legal

and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, andinnovation.”

Example license: CC BY-SA

◦ Called “Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International”

◦ Attribution: Must provide appropriate credit to licensor/owner, link/information on license, and if any changes were made to the work

◦ ShareAlike: If original is remixed, transformed, or built upon, it must be distributed under same license

◦ May not apply an additional restrictions

Other terms or restrictions include no derivatives and/or no commercial use

Items can also be dedicated to the public domain through Creative Commons

Source: www.creativecommons.org

Creative Commons, cont.

Creative Commons Search allows you to find content to share, use, and remix in:Europeana SoundCloud

Google Images Flickr

Wikimedia Commons Jamendo

YouTube Fotopedia

Open Clip Art Library Pixabay

Google SpinXpress

ccMixter

Find it at http://search.creativecommons.org/

Searching Creative Commons

Easy Google Images Search

Finding More Content

Ibiblio – The public’s library and digital

archive

Project Gutenberg – Ebooks

Mutopia Project – Sheet music

Getty Museum Open Content Program

Library Resources For You Thrift Library Libguides:

◦ Public Domain – Provides links to where you can find audio files,

books, images, video, and more.

◦ Citing sources - Has citation guides for many different formats,

such as MLA, APA, NMA, and has information on the “how” and

“why” of citing.

◦ Copyright, Public Domain, and Licensing – Explains copyright,

how to avoid copyright infringements, and licensing materials.

◦ Plagiarism – Spells plagiarism out and how to best keep your

academic integrity. Thrift Library Databases:

◦ ARTstor – Images from art, architecture, maps, cultural objects,

and more.

◦ StreamlineSC – Videos for K-12 education. Call Thrift Library

for the passcode.

Additional Resources

Copyright Advisory Network - http://librarycopyright.net

“Copyright and Fair Use” – From Stanford University Library

Fishman, S. (2008). The Public Domain : How to Find & Use

Copyright-free Writings, Music, Art & More. Berkeley, CA:

Nolo

“Thinking Through Fair Use” – From University of Minnesota

Library

A Fair(y) Use Tale

Source: Documentary Film Program at the Center for Internet and Society, Stanford Law School,

2007.