What Faculty Need to Know About Copyright for Teaching. 1 Literary works. 2 Musical works. 3 Dramatic works. 4 Pantomimes and choreography. 5 Pictorial, graphic and sculptural works. 6 Motion pictures and other audiovisual works. 7 Sound recordings. 8 Architectural works.
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Fair use explicitly allows use of copyrighted materials for educational purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research.
Fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder for purposes such as criticism, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and teaching. There are four factors to consider when determining whether your use is a fair one.
In general, the permissions process involves a simple five-step procedure:Determine if permission is needed.Identify the owner.Identify the rights needed.Contact the owner and negotiate whether payment is required.Get your permission agreement in writing.
A second question has been given almost equal importance: Is reading a book to students online even legal? The short answer is, well, yes. While many well-intentioned commentators have warned teachers against this practice, the fact is that copyright law—specifically fair use—permits many read-aloud activities online.
Users can post or repost their own or anyone else's content on social media sites, including copyrighted content. However, posting other people's content is not without implication, particularly when it comes to copyright infringement.
The American Psychological Association allows authors to cite 400 words in single- text extracts, or 800 words in a series of text extracts, without permission (American Psychological Association, 2010).
Poems are protected by copyright laws just as are novels, nonfiction books and other intellectual property.
You can use up to 10%, but no more than 1000 words, of essays, articles, or stories, of a single copyrighted work. You can use up to 250 words of an entire poem, or a portion of a poem. You may not use more than 3 poems or portions of poems by one poet, or by different poets in the same book.
How much of someone else's work can I use without getting permission? Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute, it is permissible to use limited portions of a work including quotes, for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports.
In summary, you can read a book aloud. You can record your reading of it for your personal use. You should NOT upload it to Youtube, or other sharing sites. *Note that different countries have differing rules on when a book enters the public domain, and since the internet crosses borders, multiple rule sets may apply.
Strictly speaking, it would be a violation of copyright law. You are essentially making a derivative work (an audio recording) of the original story.
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Publishers are more likely to grant permission when the author is using his or her own work. Therefore, instructors are encouraged, when possible, to use their own work. Publishers are also more likely to grant permission when students are encouraged to buy the work being used.
If you are unable to use public domain or openly licensed (e.g., Creative Commons) materials AND are unable to make a good fair use argument or use another copyright exception, you may need to get permission to reuse all or part of a work.
Instructors of online courses do NOT have the same copyright protections as those teaching physical face-to-face courses, so there are extra precautions you must take when creating an online course. Images, videos, audio, and text can all be meaningful additions to your course content.
Instructors may use content that is in the public domain or licensed for any use, including for-profit purposes, under an appropriate Creative Commons or similar license. In all cases, instructors should make an attribution to the original source in their slides or other class materials.
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A: When you link to articles from our electronic resources, the URL in the address bar typically won’t be the one you can share. These resources require users to authenticate with their WFU credentials, so you need to provide a link that connects them to our authentication service. Look around on the page for a “Permalink” or “Stable URL.” In most cases, these links will have some combination of the words “libproxy” and “wakehealth” somewhere in them. But remember, no linking to HBR! Some examples:
A: ZSR provides access to texts on a few different ebook platforms, but the most widely used is ProQuest’s Ebook Central. To link to a specific page or download a chapter to an ebook in Ebook Central, look for these tools in the toolbar. Similar tools should be available on our other ebook platforms.
A: When you link to articles from our electronic resources, the URL in the address bar typically won’t be the one you can share. These resources require users to authenticate with their WFU credentials, so you need to provide a link that connects them to our authentication service.
Link, link, link! If it’s available online, then linking is almost always the best option.
Customize your own course pack using book chapters, journal articles, websites, streaming videos, etc. Follow these general guidelines for sharing resources in SLATE:
You may follow the guidelines mentioned above or let Sheridan Library help you navigate copyright and digitize your course readings in SLATE. Our eCOR (Electronic Course Readings) service is a one-stop service.
Written by university and college professors, open textbooks and OER can be freely accessed, shared, and adapted under a Creative Commons or open licence.
A course pack is a custom compilation of readings from several textbooks or other sources. Course packs are printed by the Xerox Print Shop at Sheridan and are made available for sale to students at the Campus Bookstore.
Except for works in the public domain or those that are licensed, you need copyright permission in order to keep the same materials on reserve for subsequent semesters. The University Library can provide this service through its membership in the Copyright Clearance Center. Contact e-reserves at 202-885-3231 for more information.
In general this is not a good idea because it would be very easy for them to redistribute the electronic documents. You should include a warning in the materials notifying students that the materials are made available through fair use or the TEACH Act and further copying and redistributing the material is a violation of the copyright law.
If you file your copyright registration within 90 days of your content creation, you can bring a claim to the US Federal Court, and you can also file for statutory damages.
What’s tricky about an e-course is that it’s not one type of content–it’s multiple types of content.
Yep–someone had stolen his e-course, and was now selling his work at a drastically lowered price. He was shocked, and even angry, which was understandable. After all, it’s awful to find out your hard work has been stolen.
First, find out who owns the copyright. For Tarot cards, it is usually the publisher of the deck. Look for the © sign – often on the cards or in the Little White Book. That will tell you who is in charge of the authorization for that work. For text, content and other written works, it is usually the website owner or author.
If you violate copyright, you can be taken to court and required to pay significant fines.
For text, content and other written works, it is usually the website owner or author. Even if it's a blog you've never heard of, it's under copyright protection. For images, you may need to do some extra research to make sure you know exactly who owns the copyright.
It doesn't matter whether you have a Tarot website that only your mum has ever visited or you have a website with millions of visitors every year – you need to respect copyright law and protection.
Do not: Use Tarot card images on your blog, readings, eBooks, teaching materials, etc. without permission from the owner in writing. Copy word-for-word Tarot card meanings for your blog or Tarot readings without permission of the owner of the original work.