1.What is
copyright?
2.Does the public have a right to use music or
art?
3.What is public domain?
4.What is fair use?
5.I found a great picture from the Smithsonian Web. Can I use it
in my report?
6.Does it matter how much of a song or a videogame I
use?
7.Can't I use images and text from a site if it doesn't have the
word copyright or the copyright symbol on the page?
8.I can show
everybody my project by putting it on my Web page, right?
9.What is
attribution?
10.I want to use a cool sound recording from a Web site, but
I cant find anything about copyright. What should I do?
11.Who's going to
know?
1.Copyright
is the law of the US that protects the works of authors, artists, composers, and
others from being use without permission
2.Fair use protects the
rights of the public to limited use of copyright materials.
3.Works that
are not copyrighted are public domain and may be used without permission.
However you should still give credit to the source.
4.Fair use allows you
to use a limited amount of copyrighted material for educational use. Think about
the material you want to use in your project.
Does it pass these
tests:
Does it have a nonprofit educational purpose?
What kind of material
do you want to use?
Are you using only a small portion?
Will your use
deprive the author from making money?
5.Yes, the Smithsonian has granted
permission to students to use their photographs for school reports. Many
materials are un the public domain at government Web sites. Be sure to read the
copyright statements.
6.Yes, amount refers to use of a portion of a work.
For motion media you can use 10%. For text material, you can use up to 1000
words. For music you can use only 30 seconds.
7.Just because it
doesn't
say its copyrighted it doesn't mean its not. In fact almost everything on the web
is copyrighted.
8.No. When you put your material on a Web Page, then it's
being shown to an audience outside your school. If you have copyrighted material
your project doesn't fall under the fair use umbrella.
9.Giving credit to
the person who created the work such as a photograph, sound recording, motion
picture, or document.
10.Find the contact person and compose an email
message. Put "Permission to Use" in the subject line. Most of the time you will
receive a reply to your request. Do not assume that "no response" means it is
okay to use it.
11.You'll know! Besides, put yourself in the author's
place. What if you invented a great thing-a-ma-jig, but someone else got
credit.
