copyright

=Copyright and Fair Use=

Copyright is designed to protect intellectual property. Educators and non-profit institutions are not exempt from copyright laws, however, there are exceptions for "Fair use".[| U.S. Code Title 17 107] states that "the fair use of a copyrighted work for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include 1. the purpose and character of the use, including whether the use is commercial or nonprofit 2. the nature of the use 3. the amount of the use 4. the effect of the use on the potential market for the copyrighted work."

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=Fair Use allows you to use:=

**Text**

 * Up to 10% of a copyrighted work or 1000 words, whichever is less
 * Poems
 * Entire poem if less than 250 words
 * 250 words or less if longer poem
 * No more than 5 poems (or excerpts) of different poets, from an anthology
 * Only 3 poems (or excerpts) per poet

**Video**

 * Up to 10% of a copyrighted work or 3 minutes, whichever is less
 * Clip cannot be altered in any way

**Illustrations**

 * A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety
 * No more than 5 images of an artist's or photographer's work
 * When using a collection, no more than 10% or no more than 15 images, whichever is less
 * Photos cannot be rebroadcasted on the Internet (Ex: Podcasting)

**Music**

 * Up to 10% of a copyrighted musical composition, but no more than 30 seconds
 * Up to 10% of a body of sound recording, but no more than 30 seconds
 * Any alterations cannot change the basic melody or the fundamental character of the work

**Internet**

 * Internet resources often combine both copyrighted and public domain sites; therefore care should be used in downloading any sites for use in multimedia presentations.
 * Until further clarification, educators and students are advised to write for permission to use Internet resources and to be mindful of the copyright ramifications of including embedded additional links to that particular site.

**Numerical Data Sets**

 * Up to 10% or 2500 fields or cell entries, whichever is less, from a copyrighted database or data table


 * For More information about copyright, please visit the links below.**

[|Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education]

[|10 Common misunderstandings about Fair Use]

[|Copyright Kids]

[|Fair Use Guidelines for Multimedia]

[|U.S. Code Title 17 107]