Helpful information about Copyright for Distance Learning

Copyright Owner's Exclusive Rights

You've probably seen this before, but it might be a nice reminder. The Copyright Law gives certain exclusive rights to the copyright owner. If this was all of the law, no one could listen, read, view, share, adapt, project, or perform works.

Fair use and educational exemptions for teaching provide the guidance for working with copyrighted works. And, that's where the balancing act begins--between copyright owner's rights and educators rights and responsibilities when using those works.

1. to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;

2. to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;

3. to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;

4. in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly;

5. in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly; and

6. in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.

Crash Course in Copyright (for Continuous Learning)

Take a look at the Crash Course in Copyright (for Continuous Learning) provided by AEA Learning Online. Takes less than an hour.

More Copyright Info

We have included copyright articles in past issues that were written by copyright attorneys. It’s certainly a challenge to find the one right answer to every copyright scenario. What we can do as educators is learn how to ask the right questions in order to find the best answer (that will hold up when called to the superintendent’s office or when testifying in court.)

With that in mind, take a look at these articles by Barry Britt. Yes, Barry is from Soundzabound.com and, of course, has an interest in schools continuing to use that copyright-free music service provided by Iowa AEAs. He has also presented several copyright seminars in Iowa and across the country over the years.

To help educators ask the right questions, take a look at these articles.

• 6 of the Biggest Myths About Copyright, Music, and Video

• Copyright Issues When Using Music in Videos

• WARNING: Your Video Contains Copyrighted Material

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