1. “Building on others’ Creative Expression”
By Felipe O. Reyes
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012

2. *
*Today’s Environment
*Intellectual Property
*Infringement
*Public Domain
*Fair Use
*The TEACH ACT
*Getting Permission
*References
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012

3. *
*People assume that everything posted on the
Internet is public domain
*However, putting the
fingers to the save key
creates a copyrighted
work
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012 (Harper, 2007)

4. *
*Technology Neutral
*Digital Copying and Distribution
*Legal "obstacles” seem inconvenient
and archaic
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012 (Wasoff, 2011)

5. *
*Creations of the mind for which
exclusive rights are recognized in
law
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012 (Wikipedia)

6. *
*Reproduced, distributed,
performed, publicly displayed, or
made into a derivative work
without the permission of the
copyright owner
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012 (http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-definitions.html)

7. *
*Creative work that is not protected
by copyright and which may be
freely used by everyone
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012 Gasaway, 2003)

8. *
*Is the use you want to make of
another's work transformative?
*Is the amount of material you want
to use appropriate to achieve your
transformative purpose?
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012 (Harper, 2007)

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*Where “re-purpose” is not the intent:
* Does copyright owner makes licenses to
use his/her work available on the open
market?
*Is an efficient and effective way to get a
license that lets us do what we want to do?
* If not, it is considered fair use
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012 (Harper, 2007)

10. *
*Educator may show or perform any work
related to the curriculum, regardless of the
medium, face-to-face in the classroom - still
images, music of every kind, even movies.
*There are no limits and no permission
required
(Harper, 2007
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012

11. *
*If the work is part of a book or a
journal article, check the Copyright
Clearance Center (CCC)
*If you know who the author and the
publisher are, you can contact them
directly
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012 (Harper, 2007)

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* Harper, G. K., The Copyright Crash Course, 2007, retrieved from
http://copyright.lib.utexas.edu/index.html#build
* Gasaway, L., WHEN U.S. WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN,
University of North Carolina, 2003, retrieved from
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm
* Wasoff, L. F., Symposium: Collective Management of Copyright:
Solution or Sacrifice?: If Mass Digitization Is the Problem, Is
Legislation the Solution? Some Practical Considerations Related to
Copyright, Summer, 2011, Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, 34
Colum. J.L. & Arts 731, Abstract retrieved from
http://www.nclis.gov/digitalization/MassDigitalizationSymposium-
Report.pdf
EDTC 6340, Fall 2012