Legal+Use+of+Digital+Media

Copyright, Fair Use, Creative Commons
=== Knowledge of legal use is very important as a educator. Teachers should inform their students about copyright, Creative Commons, and fair use policies. Students should learn how to navigate the web safely and securely, and teachers should help them achieve that. Creative Commons in the classroom will benefit not only teachers, but students as well. A wide selection of resources exist on Creative Commons, and teachers are able to freely access them. ===

Copyright[[image:copyright-fairuse-cl.png width="162" height="142" align="left"]]
===Copyright law in the United States is stated in federal laws granted by Congress. Copyright is a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States to the authors of “original works,” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works. The current copyright law is the Copyright Act of 1976 stated in Title 17 of the U.S. Code. The author of a work has the right to do any of the following:===
 * 1) ===Make copies of the work===
 * 2) ===Distribute copies of the work===
 * 3) ===Perform the work publicly===
 * 4) ===Display work publicly===
 * 5) ===Make derivative works based on the original work===

-Architectural works
(Stanford University Libraries)

Fair Use
===Fair Use is the amount of copyrighted information teachers and students are allowed to use, without permission from the author. Fair Use states that a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teacher, and research.===

Creative Commons
===Creative Commons is a website that is designed to make information universally accessible. Through Creative Commons, authors can allow and choose which parts of their works can be used and still keep the other part of their works under Copyright laws.===

The mission of Creative Commons:
===“Our vision is nothing less than realizing the full potential of the Internet — universal access to research and education, full participation in culture — to drive a new era of development, growth, and productivity.===