1. COPYRIGHT OVERVIEW
Esther Sauceda
EDTC6340_63
Sunday, September 04, 2011

3. What is Copyright?
 A copyright is a form of intellectual property
that grants its holder the sole legal right to
copy their works of original expressions such
as:
 Literaryworks
 Sound recording
 Motion pictures
 Computer Software
 Paintings
 Musicals
 Architectural works

4. Ownership rights
 The creator of the works has the sole right to
sell it, make derivative works, distribute the
work, perform publicly, and display the work.
 The law protects the creator’s works for the
“life of the author” plus 70 years after the death
of the author.

5. What copyright does not
protect?
 Works lacking originality
 Procedures
 Ideas
 Freeware
 Works in the public domain

6. Fair Use Doctrine
 Allows images and short pieces of work for
educational purposes, criticism and
commentary without the owner’s permission.

7. Fair Use for educational
purposes
 Images
 5 images are allowed from an artist or photographer
 Legally acquired movies
 3 minutes or 10% whichever one is less
 Music/tune
 30 seconds or 10% whichever one is less
 Copies must be made from the legal acquired
original
 Copy from copy is not allowed
 Print
 Can not be 10% of the entire literature
 Sources should always be cited

8. Copyright Violation
 Court use four elements to determine fair use
 Purpose of use
 Length of material used
 How the use will affect the original work
 Will it cause economic hard to the creator
 Penalties
 Up to $150,000 for copyright violation

9. Using others works
 Students and staff may use others works in
their original work or may display others work.
 Works may be used for the purpose of…
 Class assignments
 Assessments
 Curriculum materials
 Student portfolios

10. References
University of Texas Libraries (2001). Copyright
crash course. Retrieved on September 3, 2011
from http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/