Copyright/Fair Use 1

Maleah Harris
EDU-2800
Computer Installations
Copyright/Fair Use Assignment

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Copyright is the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish,
perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material, and to authorize others to do the
same. Meanwhile fair use is any reproduction of copyrighted material done for a limited and
transformative purpose, such as to comment upon, criticize, or parody a copyrighted work.
Such uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. The difference between the
two is that portions of a copyrighted work used for parody or commentary without the authors
permission isfair use. Meanwhile copyright protects the way a person can display and distribute
their published or unpublished works including books, songs, plays, art etc. Using the entire
portion of a copyrighted material can be considered plagiarism and result in legal trouble.
Producers of multimedia works should respect other producers so as not to plagiarize their work.
Its also important that people creating their own copyright for their multimedia presentations
should follow the guidelines such as; face-to-face curriculum-based instructions. Fair use ends
when the multimedia creator loses control of his product's use, such as when it is accessed by
others over the Internet. For example you can violate copyright laws by; altering a multimedia
clip or using more than 10% of the material for accessible distribution, not listing credit sources
and not getting permission for distribution or duplication. If I was explain this to children then
first I would explain to the definition of copyright and fair use while explaining the difference
between them. I would also make sure that all this information came from well credited sources.
I would make sure to emphasize that with fair use you can only use the information for
commentary and parody since using the entire subject piece goes against copyright and fair use
policies which would result in plagiarism and maybe even legal trouble. I would also discuss the
different types of materials such as books, multimedia presentations, music, essays, videos,
projects etc, which are protected by copyright laws. Then lastly I would have them define

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copyright and fair use in their own words while giving detailed examples. Moving on to Digital
Citizenship one of the main guidelines is to be responsible for using safe and legal information
on technology. This being said they should know not to steal copyrighted work or violating any
fair use policies set up by the author, for example they could alter slides from a presentation
which would be considered a copyright infringement and break fair use guideline since the
information wasnt used for commentary or parody. Digital Citizenship also goes on to talk
about displaying a positive attitude when it comes to collaborating and researching information
on the web.

References:
1. Stim, R. (2013). What is Fair Use? Retrieved September 30, 2015, from
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/what-is-fair-use/
2. Copyright, Fair Use, & Educational Multimedia FAQ. (2000). Retrieved September 30,
2015, from http://www.ccsj.edu/blackboard/bb copyright_fair_use.pdf
3. Copyright in an Electronic Environment. (1997). Retrieved September 30, 2015, from
http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/copyright1.html