Intellectual Property CTRL Protecting IP Copyrights trademarks trade

Intellectual Property CTRL

Protecting IP • Copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets and patents

Public Domain Works that are NOT copyrighted are in the Public Domain. This means you can use them with PERMISSION. However DO NOT ASSUME they are FREE. Creators may still want you to pay to use their work - it may just not be copyrighted.

Copyright If you make a piece of media like a movie song or book will keep other people from stealing it and saying it is theirs. If you make a copyright with a bunch of other people they each get a share of the credit. Although there are ways for people to use it like the original author credit or making a parody. Definition: The right of an author or originator of a literary or artistic work to have exclusive use of that work for a given period of time.

Copyright Infringement is the basic violation of rights secured by a copyright. An example of a violation of these rights is re-selling a product that was originally sold by another company. There can be serious penalties if you are charged with Copyright Infringement. You can be charged up to 150, 000 dollars for each work infringed, plus the total of damages and profits received by the violator. You may also go to jail.

Trademark • • Is a distinctive mark, motto, device, or implement that a manufacturer stamps, prints, or otherwise affixed to the goods it produces. Is a mark that one can identify with the product itself.

PATENT/ A grant from the government that gives inventors the right to exclude others from making, using, and • selling the invention.

Trade Secret • Any information that a business possesses and that gives the business advantage over competitors (including formulas, lists, patterns, plans, processes, and programs)

Fair use • The "fair use" is the exemption to copyright law. It was created to allow commentary, parody, news reporting, research and education about copyrighted works without permission of the author. • 1 st fact- Fair use ends when the multimedia creator loses control of his or her product's use, such as when it is accessed by others over the internet. • 2 nd fact- Educators or students need not write for permission if their presentation falls within the specific multimedia fair use guidelines. • 3 rd- fact- Students may use portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works in their academic multimedia projects.

Fair Use - Music 1. Up to 10 percent of a copyrighted musical composition, but no more than 30 seconds. 2. Up to 10 percent of a body of sound recording, but no more than 30 seconds. 3. Any alterations cannot change the basic melody or the fundamental character of the work.

Fair Use of Words - It is legal to copyright up to 10% or 1000 words of someones work whichever is less. - It is also legal to copy an entire poem if it is less than 250 words. - People are only allowed to copyright 3 poems or excerpts per poet.

• • • For authors (life plus 70 years) For publishers (95 years after the date of publication or 120 years after creation). Ex: Remember the video? C o p y r i g h t

Movies How much can you use? and more!!! • Up to 10% of a • copyrighted work or 3 minutes clip cannot be altered in any way

PAINTINGS/PICTURES • • • A photograph or illustration must be used in it's entire form which means that credits must be given to the correct person. No more than 5 photos or pictures can be used without given credit When using a collection no more than 10% or no more than 15 images can be used, or whichever is less.

Getting Permission • • • If you know who the copyright owner is, you may contact the owner directly. If you do not know who the owner is, you will need to request that the Copyright Office conduct a search of its records Or you search for the owner yourself.

How to get my own copyright Visit www. copyright. gov - its super easy! www. copyright. gov.