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Protect yourself from being accused of theft and the implications that can come from stealing "intellectual property."  Consult the chart below for guidelines.

Copyright laws cover seven categories: literary works, musical works, dramatic works, pantomimed and coreographed works, pictoral, graphics and sculptural works, motion pictures and audiovisual works and sound recordings. 
 
A copyrighted work may be used or copied under certain conditions:
1. government documents, work with expired copyrights, and works published over 75 years ago.
2. When expressed written permission is given.
3. Using the material for educational purposed when following the charted guidelines below.

Work or Materials to be used for Educational Purposes
Fair Use Restrictions for Face-to-Face Teaching
Illegal Use without Explicit Permission from Creator/Author
Chapter in a book
Single copy for teacher research, teaching, or class preparation.
 
Multiple copies (one per student per class) okay if materials is (a) adequately brief, (b) spontaneously copied, (c) in compliance with the cumulative effect test.
 
Copyright notice and attribution required.
Multiple copies used again and again without permission.
 
Multiple copies to create anthology.
 
Multiple copies to avoid purchase of textbook or consumable materials.
Newspaper/magazine article
Same as above.
 
Multiple copies of complete work of less than 2,500 words and excerpts up to 1,000 words or 10% of work, whichever is less.
 
For works of 2,500-4,999 words, 500 words may be copied.
Same as above.
Prose, short story, short essay, web article
Same as above.
 
Multiple copies of complete work of less than 2,500 words and excerpts up to 1,000 words or 10% of work, whichever is less.
 
For works of 2,500-4,999 words, 500 words may be copied.
Same as above.
Poem
Same as for first item.
 
Mutliple copies allowed of complete poem up to 250 words--no more than 2 printed pages.
 
Multiple copies of up to 250 words from longer poems.
Same as above.
Artwork or Graphic Image
Chart, diagram, graph, drawing, cartoon, picture from periodical, newspaper, or book, Web page image
Same as for first item.
 
No more than 5 images of an artist/photographer in one program or printing and not more than 10% of 15% of images from published collective work, whichever is less.
Same as first item.
 
Incorporation or alteration into another form or as embellishment, decoration for artistic purposes for other than temporary purposes.
Motion Media
film and videotape productions
Single copy of 3 minutes or 10% of the whole, whichever is less.
 
Spontaneity required.
Mutliple copies are prohibited. Incorporation or alteration into another form as embellishment for artistic purposes for other than temporary purposes prohibited.
Music
sheet music, songs, lyrics, operas, musical scores, compact disk, disk, or cassette taped recordings
Single copy of up to 10% of musical composition in print, sound or multimedia form.
Same as immediately above.
Broadcast Programs
Single copy of off-air simultaneous broadcast may be used for a period not to exceed the first 45 consecutive claendar days after recording date.
 
Use by only individual teachers.
 
Copyright notice required.
Same as immediately above.
 
May not be done at direction of superior.
 
May not be altered.
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This chart was adapted from Washington State University Guidelines.
 
Newsome, Cathy. "Fair Use and Copyright for Teachers."  A Teacher's Guide to Fair Use and Copyright. 1997. 25 Feb. 2008 http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm
 

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