Copyright & Fair Use

By: Tori Bolton

Fair Use
Fair use is the publics right to use copyrighted
material in a reasonable way, without prior
authorization.

This work may be used for:

Non-profit uses
Educational purposes
News
Criticism
Research

From: http://www.resourcesforlife.com/docs/item6247

4 Guidelines to Fair Use

1)Use- Must be used for nonprofit educational purposes.
2) The amount of material used- For example if a student
wants to add music to a presentation they can use bits
and pieces of a song, but not the whole thing.

3)Effect of Use- Will you using part of this authors work

mean you are taking money from the original author.

4) Nature of the work- If you are using facts, those arent

solely from one persons work. It is okay to use facts
without infringing on copyright.

Copyright
Copyright protects an authors original work, and
the way that they have expressed themselves.

In order for something to be copyrighted it has

to be something that you created without
copying any other work.

This is the
symbol
used to
show that a
material is
copyrighte
d.
From:http://www.symbols.com/symbol/274

How does Copyright & Fair Use Effect You?

Whenever you write a story or poem in class you automatically
own the copyright to it. This is because you are the original
author/creator. You wouldnt want someone to take it home and
say that they wrote it.

From:http://www.barcelona-metropolitan.com/events/creative-writing-for-kids/

Citing a Source
Younger elementary students may not be able to
cite a source in correct format.

As a teacher you will have to at least teach

them how to look for the author and also where
the book was published.

Teach students to understand that the

information they use for doing a research report
is someone else's work and that it is important
to cite that information.

Teaching Fair Use & Copyright

in the Elementary Classroom
Step one- Explain the definitions of both
Copyright and Fair Use to your students.

Step two- Explain the importance of both of

these terms and how they effect each student
individually.

Step three- Show your students how to find the

Author, Title, and where the book was published.

Step four- Explain to students that they need to

follow this process every time they use a book
for information, or even a website.

Older Students
Use MLA or APA format to cite work.
A great source for students to use is the Purdue
Owl.

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl /
Middle school and High school students will find
this website very helpful for citing essays or
reports.

Have your students explore this website and

come back to you with any questions they have.

From:http://digiteen12--2.flatclassroomproject.org/Copyright,+Fair+Use,
+Legal_Individual_Awareness

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21, 2015, from http://www.symbols.com/symbol/274 .

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Web. 11 Feb. 2015.

"Copyright Kids!" Copyright Kids! N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb.

2015

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and Disclosure." ResourcesForLife.com. N.p., 24 Nov. 2012.
Web. 20 Feb. 2015.

"Copyright, Fair Use, Legal_Individual_Awareness."

Digiteen Project 12-2 -. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Feb. 2015.