Citation, Copyright, and Plagiarism
Fair Use Evaluator Tool
Understand the "fairness" of use; follow directions as provided.
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Fair Use
Fair Use gives the public the right to to use portions of copyrighted materials in some circumstances -- usually for comment, criticism or parody -- freely and without permission of the copyright holder
Fair use of an image does not mean that you don't have to cite the source of the image, you still need to cite the source!
Fair use law is somewhat vague and subjective, and cases are decided on an individual basis.
Educational fair use is not specifically outlined in Copyright Law, but guidelines have been developed that provide educational institutions with some direction
Five Principles for Fair Use :
Educators can, under some circumstances:
1. Make copies of newspaper articles, TV shows, and other copyrighted works, and use them and keep them for educational use.
2. Create curriculum materials and scholarship with copyrighted materials embedded.
3. Share, sell and distribute curriculum materials with copyrighted materials embedded.
Learners can, under some circumstances:
1. Use copyrighted works in creating new material.
2. Distribute their works digitally if they meet the transformativeness standard.
Copyright, Public Domain, Licensing, and Intellectual Property
Here is a helpful list of resources pertaining to copyright, licensing, intellectual property, and other related topics for legally and ethically using materials for teaching and research:
Copyright Basics - From the U.S. Copyright Office
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States - Easy to read chart about copyright and the public domain from Cornell University
Creative Commons - Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that provides a portal to artwork of any kind under their license. They are changing the way people use copyright by having a 'some rights reserved' copyright. Your work is still protected, and can be seen by anyone using their site. *This site does require that your work be hosted online elsewhere.
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