Copyright and Fair Use Resources

Guidelines
Copyright and Fair Use Follow these guidelines when using media (photos and audio/music) in your projects:
 * 1) Homegrown / Public Domain - Create your own / Use non-copyrighted works
 * 2) Creative Commons - Use media for which permission to re-use has been already granted
 * 3) Fair Use - Use media in accordance with fair use provisions of copyright law for the United States.

Remember copyrighted media falls into 2 broad categories: Media already licensed for re-use/remixing, and "all rights reserved" media for which permission can be obtained to re-use/remix OR "fair use" copyright law provisions MAY apply.

Videos

 * What's Copyright? Music Video - From the Temple University Media Education Lab
 * Get Creative (Intro to Creative Commons) - One of the best explanations of Creative Commons, 6 min, from 2002.
 * Fair Use Explained via Disney - A Fair(y) Use Tale - A 2 minute excerpt of a 10 minute video
 * Remix Culture: Fair Use is Your Friend - Great video explaining examples of fair use
 * The Cost of Copyright Confusion for Media Literacy - 5 min 30 seconds (YouTube)

Articles

 * 7 Things About Creative Commons - PDF, Great 2 page summary of Creative Commons for educators
 * Documentary Filmmakers’ Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use - Outstanding summary of fair use as it applies to documentary filmmaking
 * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education (PDF)
 * Recut, Reframe, Recycle - Research from the Center for Social Media and American University’s Washington College of Law
 * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video - From the Center for Social Media: A downloadable PDF and video
 * Lesson Plans: Teaching about Copyright and Fair Use for Media Literacy Education - Lesson plans for teaching about fair use
 * EFF Wins New Legal Protections for Video Artists, Cell Phone Jailbreakers, and Unlockers - 26 Jul 2010
 * Copyright 101 for Educators: Winter 2003 - Summary article of copyright and fair use law for educators

Websites

 * Teaching Copyright - from the EFF
 * Resources for Fair Use and Teaching - From the Center for Social Media (materials co-developed with Temple Univ)
 * Copyright and Fair Use Resources for Educators - from Temple University's Media Education Lab
 * Copyright and Fair Use FAQ - From chillingeffects.org

Other Resources

 * Digital Copyright Slider - Determine copyright protection of differently aged works
 * Copyright For Educators - A Slidecast on SlideShare from the ITSC 2009 Conference (Feb09, Portland)