Copyright for Educators, Cycle 2 - Mar 2010

Week 2: Case Study

Key words: student use of copyright material, exceptions, limitations, fair use, fair dealing

Readings and Resources:
Chapters 5 Users’ Rights, Introducing Copyright A plain language guide to copyright in the 21st Century by Julien Hofman

United States
Fair Use Statute (17 U.S.C. 107) (text of the law)
Internet Law Treatise on Fair Use (explaining some of the case law interpreting the statute)
Video on copyright and fair use http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=3555&title=A_Fair_y__Use_Talk
American University Guide to Fair Use http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/news/yes-you-can-use-copyrighted-material-in-the-classroom
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use in Media Literacy Education: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/publications/code_for_media_literacy_education/
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use in OpenCourseWare http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/files/pdf/10-305-OCW--Oct29.pdf         
Templeton University Media Lab video explaining fair use to users http://www.youtube.com/user/MediaEdLab

Australia Education Use Exceptions
Copyright Exceptions http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/668
Students and Copyright http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/671
Fair Dealing: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/668
Performances, Displays and Communication in the classroom: http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/544
Parody and Satire http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/543
Using Wikis and Blogs http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/scw/go/pid/944
Educational Use and the Internet – Does Australian Copyright Law Work in the Web Environment? http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed/vol6-2/browne.asp

For extra information, see 'Part 3 - Using Copyright Material' of the Blog, Podcast, Vodcast and Wiki Copyright Guide for Australia  http://creativecommons.org.au/blogguide

United Kingdom

 http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p27_work_of_others

 http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy/c-other/c-exception/c-exception-teaching.htm

 http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy/c-other/c-exception.htm

Canada
Proposed Reform - new exception C-61 Bill see clause 30.04 of the Bill Bill C 61 http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/crp-prda.nsf/eng/h_rp01150.html Reforming the Copyright Act - Backgrounder http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/crp-prda.nsf/eng/h_rp01151.html
Copyright and the Educational Use of Internet Content, Working Group’s Report. http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/crp-prda.nsf/eng/rp01116.html
Education and Research Amendments http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/crp-prda.nsf/eng/rp01165.html

International
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Intellectual Property Rights Group Meeting Lima Peru 22- 23 February 2008.
IPEG Survey on Copyright Limitations and Exceptions http://aimp.apec.org/Documents/2008/IPEG/IPEG2/08_ipeg2_001.doc
Open Courseware on Exceptions and Limitations http://wiki.ocwconsortium.org/index.php?title=Copyright_Exceptions_and_Limitations