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=Welcome to Copyright Issues and Answers! =

== The copyright law and guidelines for fair use of materials can be very confusing for educators. The pages of this wiki provide links to help inform you of when and how to incorporate copyrighted materials into your instruction. The wiki also includes resources to images and music that are free and copyright cleared. Since it is important for teachers to model good digital citizenship to their students, there are also links to that topic. ==

=Workshop Overview: = == This session will examine all aspects of the law and offer suggestions on how teachers can legally use copyrighted materials for face-to-face instruction. Participants will be actively engaged through the use of interactive response devices as they examine a variety of school copyright scenarios. == = =

=Workshop Links: =

Copyright Information
[|Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia] [|The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education] [|US Copyright Office] [|Measuring Fair Use: The Four Factors] [|Fair Use Copyright Chart] [|Student Questions About Copyright]

Copyright Laws and Guidelines
[|Guidelines for Off-Air Taping for Educational Purposes] [|Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia] [|The Teach Act] [|U.S. Copyright Law]

Copyright Scenarios
[|Copyright Guidelines and Resources at the University of Louisville] Copyright Confusion Wiki [|Copyright and Fair Use Scenarios]

Creative Commons Information
[|Creative Commons] [|Creative Commons Licenses]

Citation Sites
[|EasyBib] [|Citation Machine]

Fair Use Analysis Tools
[|ALA Fair Use Evaluator] [|Fair Use Checklist - Columbia University Libraries]

Copyright Cleared Music & Sound
[|Freeplay Music] [|Musopen] [|PacDV Free Sound Effects] [|Free Music] [|Free Music Archive] [|Incompetech - Royalty Free Music]

Music Libraries
[|DeWolfe Music Library] [|Fresh Music Library] [|Signature Music Library] [|Soper Sound Music Library] [|Sound Ideas] [|Soundzabound Music Library]

Copyright Cleared Images
__[|Library of Congress Digital Collections]__ __[|Free Images]__ __[|Ookaboo: Free Images of Everything on Earth]__ __[|FREE IMAGES]__ [|Pics4Learning] [|FreeFoto.Com] [|Creative Commons Search] [|Wikimedia Commons]

Movie Licensing
[|Movie Licensing USA] [|MovieClips] This website has a extensive collection of short video scenes from a variety of films. The founders of Movieclips’ have worked collaboratively with Hollywood studios and are permitted to provide high quality, free, and legal video clips. The site allows you to search for scenes in movies by actor, title, genre, character type, mood, and even dialogue.

Image Licensing
[|gettyimages - Rights and Clearance]

<span style="color: #222fc9; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Copyright Cases
[|Disney Sues Day-care Centers for Copyright Violations] [|Rocker Jackson Browne Sues McCain Over a Song] [|Tom Petty to Michele Bachmann: Quit Playing "American Girl"] [|Former Survivor Member Sues Newt Gingrich for Using "Eye of the Tiger"]

<span style="color: #222fc9; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Videos
[|Digital Citizenship in the 21st Century] [|Mortimer and Monte: In the Break Room] [|A Fairy(y) Use Tale] [|A Fair(y) Use Tale - YouTube] [|Larry Lessig: Laws That Choke Creativity] The "My Love" remix is 10:18 in from the beginning of this presentation.

<span style="color: #222fc9; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Digital Citizenship Curricular Materials
[|Respecting Creative Work Lesson Plans - Common Sense Media] Has lessons for elementary, middle school, and high school students. Just click on the "Creative Credit and Copyright" link. [|Taking the Mystery out of Copyright - UC Copyright Office] Contains animated information on copyright basics, the history of the copyright law, copyright examples, and the steps to getting something copyrighted. [|Teaching Copyright] Provides lessons and resources for teaching students about copyright and fair use. <span style="color: #222fc9; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Music Rules] <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Provides free teaching materials that can be downloaded

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Copyright Your Works

<span style="color: #222fc9; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Creating the Copyright Symbol
<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Windows Computer:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. Turn on Numbers Lock. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. Hold down the Alt key. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3. Enter 0169 - on the number pad.

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. Type a "left parenthesis" <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. Type the letter "c" <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">3. Type a "right parenthesis" <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">4. Auto Correct will automatically make the copyright symbol
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">OR... **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. Hold down the "Control" and "Alt" keys <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. Type the letter "c"
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">OR in MS Word... **

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">1. Hold down the "Option/Alt" key. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">2. Type the "G"
 * <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Mac Computer: **