Copyright
Policies, Rules, and Regulations:
SUMMARY
Copyright laws protect the rights of authors, creators, and inventors.
There are four primary exceptions granted to educators that allow limited use of copyrighted material for instruction.
If you meet all of the requirements for one of the exemptions you will most likely be compliant with using the material for educational use.
Click on each option below for more information.
Copyright Resources:
Fair Use Checklist - A checklist to help you determine if what you want to use falls under Fair Use.
TEACH Act Checklist - A checklist to help you determine if the TEACH Act is applicable.
BYU’s Fair Use Evaluation Log (FUEL) - An interactive fair use guide and evaluation tool.
Copyright and Distance Learning
Copyright and Creativity - Resources to help you understand and teach copyright and fair use.
Swank Movie Licensing - Public-performance licensing including Disney, Paramount, Dreamworks, MCM, Touchstone Pictures, Sony, and more.
Royalty Free Resources:
Creative Commons - A search tool to find openly licensed and public domain images.
Unsplash - Freely-usable images.
Pic4Learning - A curated image library that is safe and free for education.
Noun Project - Over 2 million curated icons, created by a global community. Note: You have to purchase a subscription to use the icons without attribution.
Purple Planet Music - Offers stylized music and sound effects that are easily searched and downloaded.
Pond5 - Thousands of historic media files that are public domain and free to use.
Teacher Copyrights FINAL.pdfStudent Copyrights FINAL.pdfINFOGRAPHIC-10-Things-You-Should-Know-about-Copyright-2019-07-12.pdfINFOGRAPHIC- Free Speech, Copyright, Fair Use.pdf