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you have no special rights. Copyright law has evolved over time to adjust to the challenges of new technologies and the way we share information.
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The Copyright Act of 1976 (Pub. L. No. 94-553) guarantees the holder of the copyright the following rights:
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- to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonograph records
- to prepare derivative works based on the copyrighted work
- to distribute copies or phonograph records of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending
- to perform the copyrighted work publicly (in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works)
- to display the copyrighted work publicly (in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work)
- to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission (in the case of sound recordings)
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The following four criteria help determine whether material falls within fair use:
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1) the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
2) the nature of the copyrighted work;
3) the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole;
4) and the effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work.
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To stay within the guidelines for amount of work, do not use more than:
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- 10 percent or three minutes of a video, whichever is less
- 10 percent or 1,000 words of text, whichever is less
- 10 percent or 30 seconds of a musical work
- five images from an artist or photographer
- 10 percent or 15 images from a collection, whichever is less
- two copies of a multimedia project
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Generally, all works published in the United States prior to 1923 are now in the public domain.
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your specific obligations as an educator are to make sure that any copyright-protected digital materials you use are an integral part of your instruction and are used under your supervision.
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Your Institution Must:
- Be a nonprofit organization
- Be accredited
- Have a copyright compliance policy
- Provide notice on copyright-protected materials
- Prevent copyright-protected material from being transmitted or stored beyond the period of instruction
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As a Teacher, You Must Ensure Copyright-Protected Material Is:
- Directly related to, and an integral part of, instruction
- Available only to registered students
- Used in digital format, if available
- Available during a time limited to instructional needs
- Nondramatic in nature or a limited portion of a dramatic work
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Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
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This act was passed in 1998 in response to the impact of information technology on copyrighted materials. |
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Creative Commons licensing
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- has evolved to provide guidelines for sharing and using intellectual property in an information-based society
- content creators can designate how you can use their work
- they can allow or limit your use to copy, edit, remix, build upon, or distribute all our parts of their work
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