Copywriter By Roshundria King Copyright Infringement Definition The
Copywriter By: Roshundria King
Copyright Infringement � Definition: The use of protected work under the copyright law without proper acknowledgement or permission. › Infringement-The act of breaking terms of the law agreement �Example: reproduction, displaying others work, and derivative works
Copyright Infringement Violation � Section 106 of Copyright- The right to reproduce or distribute a copyright work. In the file sharing context, downloading or uploading substantial parts of a copyrighted work without authority constitutes an infringement.
Copyright Penalties Civil Pay Actual Damages $750 -$30, 000 Pay Statutory Damages $750 -$30, 000 Criminal- 5 years imprisonment or fines $250, 000 per fine Willful Damages $150, 000
Fair Use � The act in which the production of work may be considered fair to use for certain purposes. Research Teaching News reporting
4 Fair Use Factors �The purpose of character use �The nature of copyrighted work �The amount of copyrighted material used �The affect on the market
Decisions of Fair Use � Is to determine if the use in question helps to stimulate creativity for the general public or supersede the objects for reason of profit. Transformative � VS. Derivative
Media In the Classroom Students should be allowed to use certain types of media in their classroom for certain research and general projects. � PBL foster the affects for generalized research for student progression � Students should be taught the proper procedure for citing the works of others when using any type of media. � Copyrighted material also has a time limit in which teachers should make their students aware of. �
Using the Words of Others F REE � Educators should assume everything is copyrighted.
Musical Score SHEET AND OTHER TYPES OF MUSIC CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PERFORMANCE PURPOSES!!!! EMERGENCY ONLY!!
Films in Classroom � Educators do not have to obtain permission to use films with in the classroom for educational purposes. � Educators may not alter the clips or movies in any fashion for personal gain.
Television In Education Television programs can be used within the classroom simple because they fall into the fair use realm. The basics include but or not limited to: Only programs that are available to the general public can be taped. Material that is only available to cable networks many not be used Teachers should ask the school to tape materials that are useful to education. There is only a limited amount of copies that can be made. Alterations cannot be made to the original tape. There is a 10 business day limit and 45 at the max.
Classroom Permission • Determine if permission is needed • Identify owner • Identify rights • Contact owner to determine if there is a negotiable price • Get permission in writing
Website Creations � Fair use ends when the creator loses control of their product � If the image is for sell under Fair use guidelines, then the person seeking to use it must purchase the image � If it is not for sell the person can copy the image if it is available. › But one must check periodically to see if the image ever falls into copyright phases.
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