copyright and fair use
Venosdale, Krissy. "Don't Just Copy; Do the Right Thing", Venispired,http://venspired.com/dont-just-copy-do-the-right-thing/
Simplifying a complex issue
In the United States:
If you would like to use someone else's creation, you must request permission, unless...
it meets any one of the following requirements:
ONE: It’s considered in the Public Domain (No one owns or controls the material in any way).
TWO: It’s been labeled with a Creative Commons license and you follow the license requirements.
(Public Domain & Creative Commons licensed materials can be found at Free Use Media ).
THREE: It meets the following Fair Use considerations:
- Everything that’s created is copyrighted, (except for: ideas, facts, data, logos & anything created by the US Government).
- The creator/owner of the creation has complete rights to use their creation, in addition to deciding how others may use it.
If you would like to use someone else's creation, you must request permission, unless...
it meets any one of the following requirements:
ONE: It’s considered in the Public Domain (No one owns or controls the material in any way).
TWO: It’s been labeled with a Creative Commons license and you follow the license requirements.
(Public Domain & Creative Commons licensed materials can be found at Free Use Media ).
THREE: It meets the following Fair Use considerations:
- The purpose and character of the use. (Parody? Research? Add Value? Repurpose?)
- The nature of the copyrighted work. (Published? Consumable? Creative? Out of Print?)
- The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
- The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work
Copyright Clarity
Great source for concise explanations re: copyright, permissions, educational use, public domain and fair use.
Interactive from the Libraryn of Congress.
via ALA Office of Information Technology
via Common Sense Media
A Tale of Tumblr, Copyright & Excellent Posters via the Vlog Brothers
Question and Answer Interactive from Cyberbee
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Fair Use
Copyright Law provides Fair Use for the general purposes of: criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair Use, however, is difficult to determine.
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via The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society
via Temple University's Media Education Lab, American University's Center for Social Media & The Washington College of Law
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via ALA Office of Information Technology Policy
via NewMediaRights .org
via ALA Office of Information Technology Policy
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Public Domain
via Common Craft
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The Public Domain Slider via ALA Office of Information Technology Policy
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For Public Domain resource collections see Free Use Media
Creative commons
Creative Commons, a nonprofit company founded in 2001, in order to promote an easy, accessible and standardized way to share and remix content freely, allows creators to label their creations as to how they agree to allow others to use them. When owners add a Creative Commons license to their works, it eliminates the need for users to contact creators, in order to use their works.
For Creative Commons resource collections see Free Use Media
For Creative Commons resource collections see Free Use Media
via Common Craft
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Creative Commons License Types Explained
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Go here to choose a Creative Commons License for your creations!
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Wanna Work Together? from Creative Commons on Vimeo. |
Best practices for Attribution of Creative Commons Content.
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Remix
Acclaimed Video Series.
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The Copyright controversy
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US Copyright Law is currently governed by the Copyright Law of 1976, which was passed long before internet use became a common practice and accessible to most everyone. Although there have been amendments and clarifications of provisions, (see Copyright Timeline: A History of Copyright in the United States), parties invested in the issue of copyright and society's use of media believe that Copyright Law and Fair Use Guidelines need to be significantly updated and clarified. However competing parties make changes difficult. Those in favor of user's Interests believe that a less restrictive law provides for a digital creativity, productivity and innovation. Those in favor of the copyright holder's interests, believe that a stricter law is necessary because of the the ease of access created by the internet.
The Question Someone always seems to ask
Whenever I'm sharing information about Copyright, the question I get asked most often is: "If they didn't want us to use it, why did they put it on the internet?"
The creator or owner of a creation has the right to post their creation to the internet making it freely available for everyone to view, listen to etc; that is their choice and they are choosing how and where their creation is posted. However, when others use those creations without permission, for example posting it on their own website, they are acting as if they own it. Here's an example to illustrate this concept. Many students give our school permission to use their photos on our school website. Do other organizations or persons have the right to copy and paste student photos from the school's website to use on their own websites without asking for permission? How would you feel if you saw your photo somewhere on the web that was put there without your knowledge?
The creator or owner of a creation has the right to post their creation to the internet making it freely available for everyone to view, listen to etc; that is their choice and they are choosing how and where their creation is posted. However, when others use those creations without permission, for example posting it on their own website, they are acting as if they own it. Here's an example to illustrate this concept. Many students give our school permission to use their photos on our school website. Do other organizations or persons have the right to copy and paste student photos from the school's website to use on their own websites without asking for permission? How would you feel if you saw your photo somewhere on the web that was put there without your knowledge?