LEGAL, ETHICAL, & SOCIETAL ISSUES

IN MEDIA & INFORMATION:

Copyright, Fair Use & Plagiarism
Media and Information Literacy
3rd Grading – Lesson 7.1

Reference: Media Literacy by W.J. Potter

Attendance
Checking
CLASSROOM RULES
• Raise your hand if you have questions.
• No unnecessary chats while the class activities
are ongoing.
• Observe timeliness in doing activities.
• Do not use your cellphones while the teacher is
discussing.
• The teacher will be choosing the names for
recitation
REVIEW

• What are the different niche identification?

• How are these different niche identification
done? What are the factors that can be involved
in getting the information?
MOTIVATION
• Yellowcard sue Juice WRLD Over ‘Lucid Dreams’
• If you are a member of Yellowcard, would you
do sue Juice WRLD?
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the one-hour discussion 80% of the
students should be able to:
• Create computer laboratory rules and classroom rules
for Copyright, Fair Use, and Plagiarism.
• Create a poster of computer laboratory and
classroom rules for Copyright, Fair Use, and
Plagiarism.
• Appreciate the value of knowing Copyright, Fair Use,
and Plagiarism in the context of being an NOHSian
ACTIVITY 1: Yes or No
1. Can a copyright be transferred or assigned?
2. Can the author or creator waive copyright?
3. Can a computer program be reproduced without
violating the author’s copyright?
4. Is a copyright registration necessary to protect
artistic or literary works?
5. Is the sale of an original work, for example a
painting, equivalent to the transfer of the copyright
therein?
ACTIVITY 2: Protected (P) or NOT Protected (NP) by
Copyright?

1. Fun Trivia
2. Pamphlets
3. Math Formulas
4. Classroom Rules
5. Derivative works like fanfictions
ACTIVITY 3: Guess the Duration of the Copyright Protection

Column A Column B
1.Artistic, Literary and a.50 years from the date of
derivative works publication.
2.Works of an anonymous b.25 years from the date of its
owner/creator creation.
3.Works of applied art c. Lifetime of the author + 50 years
(sculpture, fashion after death.
design) d.50 years from the end of the year
4.Audio-visual works in which the recording took place.
(films, tv programs) e.50 years from the date on which
5.Sound or image and the work was first lawfully
sound recording published.
Check your answers!

Activity 1 Activity 2 Activity 3

1.Yes 1.NP 1. C
2.Yes 2.P 2. E
3.Yes 3.NP 3. B
4.No 4.NP 4. A
5.No 5.P 5. D
ANALYSIS
• What new information have your learned from
our activity?
• What past misconception about copyright have
been corrected from your work?
FAIR USE
The fair use of a copyrighted work for criticism,
comment, news, reporting, teaching including
multiple copies for classroom use, scholarship,
research and similar purposes is not an
infringement of copyright.
FAIR USE

Decompilation, which is the reproduction of

the code and translation of the forms of the
computer programs to achieve the inter-
operability of an independently created computer
program with other programs, may also
constitute fair use.
FAIR USE
To determine whether use of a work constitutes fair use, the following
factors are considered:
1. The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use
is of a commercial nature or is for non-profit educational purposes;
2. The nature of the copyrighted work;
3. The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the
copyrighted work as a whole; and
4. The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the
copyrighted work.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

Under Philippine law, copyright infringement

occurs when there is a violation of any of the
exclusive economic or moral rights granted to the
copyright owner. It may also consist in aiding or
abetting such infringement.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
The IP Code also provides for the liability of a person who at
the time when copyright subsists in a work has in his
possession an article which he knows, or ought to know, to
be an infringing copy of the work for the following purposes:
(a)selling or letting for hire, or by way of trade offering or
exposing for sale or hire, the article;
(b)distributing the article for the purpose of trade, or for any
other purpose to an extent that will prejudice the rights of
the copyright owner in the work; or
(c)trade exhibit of the article in public.
COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
Under Philippine law, copyright infringement is punishable by
the following:

• Imprisonment of between 1 to 3 years and a fine of

between 50,000 to 150,000 pesos for the first offense.
• Imprisonment of 3 years and 1 day to six years plus a fine
of between 150,000 to 500,000 pesos for the second
offense.
• Imprisonment of 6 years and 1 day to 9 years plus a fine
ranging from 500,000 to 1,500,000 pesos for the third and
subsequent offenses.
PLAGIARISM
presenting work or ideas from another source as
your own, with or without consent of the original
author, by incorporating it into your work without
full acknowledgement.
It is not considered a crime under Philippine law,
according to Chico—but it is punishable under
the Cybercrime Prevention Act if it equates to
copyright infringement.
APPLICATION
In Practical Research 1, what step do you take to
protect yourself from Copyright Infringement in
using sources from others?
APPLICATION
In Practical Research 1, what step do you take to
protect yourself from Copyright Infringement in
using sources from others?

Answer: By using References and Citations

APPLICATION
How about in creating your audiovisual projects,
if we are going to use background music, how
could we ensure that we are not committing
copyright infringement?
APPLICATION
How about in creating your audiovisual projects,
if we are going to use background music, how
could we ensure that we are not committing
copyright infringement?

Answer: By checking the copyright duration of

the music and if it is for school project, we could
be protected by Fair Use
APPLICATION
Let us say if we are eyeing to use Nicanor
Abelardo’s song Panghanga, which was released
in 1934, and Nicanor Abelardo also died in 1934.
Is it valid to use his work now that the year is
2023?
APPLICATION
Let us say if we are eyeing to use Nicanor
Abelardo’s song Panghanga, which was released
in 1934, and Nicanor Abelardo also died in 1934.
Is it valid to use his work now that the year is
2023? When is the end of the copyright of his
work?
Answer: Yes. If he died in 1934, his composition
ended its duration in 1984.
GENERALIZATION
• What is Copyright?
• What are some rules involved in Copyright?
• Why is Copyright important?
QUIZ

Write T for True; F for False

1. Philosophical Ideas are not protected by Copyright.

2. Reproducing an artwork to sell is a moral right.
3. A painting’s copyright belongs to the artist even if the
painting is sold to a different person.
4. Works of applied art expires 50 years from its date of
creation.
5. Providing multiple copies of photographs as an example
for a school art project is a copyright infringement.
QUIZ

Answer from the two choices provided.

1. (a. Maps, b. Books, c. Principles) are not protected by

Copyright.
2. An author refusing to use their original name is a/an
(a. Human Right, b. Moral Right, c. Economic Right)