Summary of guidelines of
"Fair Use for Educational Multimedia"
Tips by Laura Heine
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Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia.
Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property on the Judiciary US House of
Representatives. 1996. http://www.libraries.psu.edu/mtss/fairuse/guidelinedoc.html
(3/25/99)
On the first slide of your show, you must state that the following work contains
copyright materials that have been incorporated under the Fair Use Exemption.
- Fair use is a legal principle that defines the limitations on the exclusive rights of
copyright holders.
- This policy does not apply to works in the public domain (e.g. U.S. Government
Works).
- This policy only applies to educational use of multimedia projects.
- Educational multimedia projects:
incorporate students’ or educators’
original
material, such as course notes or commentary, together with various copyrighted
media formats, including but not limited to, motion picture media, music, text
material, graphics, illustrations, photographs which are combined into an integrated
presentation.
- Material may be used for: curriculum-based instruction, education peer conferences,
and professional portfolio.
- Limitations on Fair Use Policy:
- May use for up to two years after first use
- Portion limitations:
- Motion media
: up to 10% or three minutes, whichever is less
- Text material
: up to 10% or 1000 words (250 words for poems)
- Music, Lyrics,
and Music Video: up to 10 %, but no more than 30
seconds
- Illustrations
and photographs: no more than 5 images from an artist,
from a
collective work, no more than 10% or 15 images.
- When is written permission required:
- Using multimedia projects for non-educational or commercial purposes
- Duplication of multimedia projects beyond limitations in Fair Use Policy
- Distribution of multimedia projects beyond limitations in Fair Use Policy
Alterations: Educators and students may make alterations in the portions of the
copyrighted works that they incorporate as part of an educational multimedia project
ONLY if the alterations support specific instructional objectives.
Acknowledgement: remember to credit sources and display the copyright notices as
shown in the original source.
Please understand this is only a summary of the main points of the Fair Use Policy;
refer to the original document for the complete policy.
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