EDUCATIONAL

COPYRIGHT
PRESENTATION
Ericka Fluellen
KSU ITEC 7445
“ Webster Dictionary defines copyright as the
exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an
assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record
literary, artistic, or musical material, and to
authorize others to do the same.
-Merriam-Webster.com, 2020

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 BASICS OF COPYRIGHT LAWS

▰ Copyright laws are made to protect a creator's right to be compensated

and to control how his or her work is used.
▰ An author does not have to register the work, announce that the work is
copyright protected, or display the copyright symbol to enjoy copyright
protection.
▰ All they are required to do is create an original work in tangible form.

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COPYRIGHT & YOU
How does this apply to your educational
practice?
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 Fair Use in The Educational World

▰ Fair Use guidelines allow the use of copyrighted works for criticism
and commentary, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship,
and classroom instruction.
▰ Fair use doctrine permits educators to use the work only if they are not
diverting income from the original creator.
▰ Most content is permissible under this doctrine, but not all.
▰ Sharing copyright expectations with teachers and students is our duty
as models of digital citizenship.
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 FOUR FACTORS OF FAIR USE

1. the purpose and character of the

use
2. the nature of the copyrighted
work
3. the amount and substantiality of
the portion
4. the effect on the potential market
*When there are more factors favoring fair use than
factors against it, fair use is justifiable.

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VIDEO CONTENT
Fair use allows teachers to share
purchased or rented videos in
totality for unlimited instructional
use.
Video content must be shared in
instructional environment.
Video uses as incentives or
entertainment are not included in
Fair Use exemptions.
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VIDEO RECORDING GUIDELINES
Fair use permits usage of television
broadcast for instructional use with Place your screenshot here

students with respect to the following

guidelines:
● the program is unaltered and
broadcast without charge
● partial recordings used
● recording is retained no more than
45 days post recording
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 NEW TECHNOLOGIES: EDUCATIONAL MULTIMEDIA

Fair Use Guidelines

▰ face-to-face student instruction.
▰ real-time remote instruction or review
▰ two year limitation
▰ presentation at workshops and conferences
▰ professional portfolios and job interviews
▰ credit sources
▰ display the copyright notice
▰ provide copyright ownership information.
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TIME FOR REVIEW
Copyright and Fair Use Self-Check

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“
Scenario #1
A school wants to host a screen on the green event to
raise funds for upcoming field trip. They set up a
projector on the playground for community members
viewing pleasure. Admission is $3 per person.
Concessions will also be sold at an additional cost. One
teacher has a Netflix account, so they decided to select a
movie from from their family database for showing.

Is the fundraising event copyright clear?

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Scenario #1 Answer
No. The fundraiser describe violates several copyright
guidelines. In a school setting, teachers may show video
if it is legally acquired, “dedicated to face-to-face
instruction, “ and not used for the primary purpose of
entertainment or rewards (Education World, 2010). The
school’s usage of Netflix showings for profit during a
non-instructional, community entertainment event is not
permissible under fair use doctrine.

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Scenario #2

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Ms. Fluellen wants to share a recent newscast from CBS
Tonight with her students related to the COVID-19
pandemic and current science objectives. She records it
at school using a district device and embeds it into a
Google Slide hyperdoc for student viewing the next day.
Her technology coach joined the lesson; notifying her
afterward of that she could no longer use it due to
copyright violation. Ms. Fluellen disagrees with his
assertion.
Is Ms.Fluellen copyright clear?
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Scenario #2 Answer
Yes. Ms. Fluellen may use the recording with her class without
copyright infringement. This is classified as Spontaneous Fair
Use (Education World, 2010) since Ms. Fluellen didn’t have time
to ask for permission before it reasonably fit into her curriculum.
Secondly, teachers are allowed to record broadcasts from major
broadcasting stations for a single class viewing without
permission for instructional uses. However, if she wishes to use
it for extended periods she must request permission.

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Scenario #3
Mr. Woods discovers a program that is coming on ABC
that would benefit his gifted students during genius hour.
He request Ms. Alston, the media specialist, record the
segment for them to use in the near future. Mr. Woods
uses the program twice within four weeks of the
recording. He immediately erases the program after
implementation.

Did Mr. Woods follow proper copyright

and fair use guidelines? 15
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Scenario #3 Answer
No. Mr. Woods followed many of the copyright and fair
use guidelines for broadcast programs; however, the
recording should have been used within the first ten days
of being recorded.

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 THANKS!
Any questions?
You can find me on Twitter
@LITLead_PFES & efluell2@students.kennesaw.edu.

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CREDITS

Investing in America. (2013). Retrieved July 07, 2020, from

http://www.ciconline.org/Legal/CopyrightRecordingGuidelines

The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use. (2010). Retrieved July
05, 2020, from https://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280.shtml

The Educator's Guide to Creativity & Copyright. (2016). Retrieved

July 07, 2020, from https://www.connectsafely.org/copyright/

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*Photographs by Startup Stock Photos

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