Copyright

Requires others to ask for the creator’s permission before they copy, share or perform the work

WHEN IN DOUBT about either the copyright status of a work or the appropriateness of your use of that work, get permission

QUOTING OR CREDITING the author of a copied work does not satisfy copyright requirements

ALL TANGIBLE, ORIGINAL, creative works are protected by copyright immediately upon creation - protected from anyone else distributing, adapting, or copying.

Fair Use

Fair use is an exception in copyright law that allows use of copyrighted materials without obtaining permission as long as the use is considered fair

If you aren't sure whether you are following Fair Use :

USE THIS CHECKLIST!

If a work is being used for educational purposes, there are some ways around copyright law. These include:

  • VIDEO: 10% but no more than three minutes of a single copyrighted video

  • MUSIC: 10% but no more than 30 seconds or, whichever is less, of music and lyrics from a single musical work.

  • TEXT: Up to 10 percent or 1,000 words, whichever is less

  • POETRY:

    • An entire poem of less than 250 words

    • 3 poems by one poet

    • 5 poems by different poets from a single anthology

  • PHOTOGRAPHY/ IMAGES:

    • No more than 5 photograph or illustrations by one person

    • No more than 10% or 15 images from a single published work.

  • CHARTS/ DATA: Up to 10% or no more than 2,500 fields or cell entries