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1).Helps you better understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code. 2). Collects, organize & archive the information you might need to support a fair use evaluation. 3).Provides you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records, which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it. 4). Provides you with a time-stamped, PDF document for your records [example], which could prove valuable, should you ever be asked by a copyright holder to provide your fair use evaluation and the data you used to support it.

This web site explains the various rules behind the fair use principle. To help you get a feel for which uses courts consider to be fair uses and which ones they don't, they provide several examples of fair use lawsuits at the end of this chapter.

Do you suffer from Copyright Confusion? This is another great video from the Center for Social Media that describes the new Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy. This is a great video to show at an educator workshop as a segue into the new thinking on Copyright Law and Fair Use. The Fair Use document was developed and funded by a MacArthur Foundation grant after a research study revealed that rigid interpretations of copyright law are actually strangling educational practice rather than enabling it.

From American University's School of Communication. When is it fair and legal to use other people's copyrighted work to make your own? What's the line between infringement and fair use? Take this tour of remix culture classics, and use the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video to make your own decisions. This video is also available as a quicktime download.

Learn about copyright and fair use with this engaging music video from the Media Education Lab. Transformative use is one of the keys to fair use. This video supports the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education available at www.mediaeducationlab.com

Partnership with Temple University to develop a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances-especially when the cultural or social benefits of the use are predominant. It is a general right that applies even in situations where the law provides no specific authorization for the use in question-as it does for certain narrowly defined classroom activities.

To help everyone understand fair use, The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education was released today by the Center for Social Media in the School of Communication at Temple University.

Student worksheet for reasoning whether their use of media falls under fair use guidelines. Developed by the team at Temple University and based on the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy.

From the Center for Social Media, School of Communication at American University. This document is a code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances

One of eight interactive case studies for kids (GR 4-8) from Cable In the Classroom: Power to Learn.
Understanding the fair use exemption to copyright law is critical for students who routinely mine the Internet for digital media for class projects, research papers, and other educational purposes. This unit focuses on copyright and fair use. Case studies are explored. Students are asked to develop an essay question. The graphics are Nickelodeon style. For the entire series, check out: http://powertolearn.com/internet_smarts/interactive_case_studies/index.shtml

Fascinating podcasts on Fundamentals of Copyright and Fair Use. Numerous examples are given illustrating the four statuatory factors of Fair Use and flexibility in the law in interpretation of them.

Hoping to clear up the confusion over the "fair use" of digital materials in teaching and learning, a panel of university professors has developed a "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education."

From Temple University Media Literacy Lab. Catchy little tune to introduce copyright and fair-use concepts to students. Sing along to understand copyright and learn about your rights to fair use.

SUP228 Best Practices in Fair Use for 21st-Century Educators - Renee Hobbs, Temple University, Media Education Lab with Katie Donnelly, Kristin Hokanson, Michael RobbGrieco and Joyce Valenza\nSunday, 6/28/2009, 12:30pm-3:30pm WWCC 145 A

Hall Davidson's Updated version of Copyright for Fair Use, which is aligned with the teachings from the Code of Fair Use for Media Literacy Education (Temple University). There were a six videos on copyright law produced with Hall Davidson for KOCE Public Television.

This lesson helps students understand copyright, fair use, and plagiarism by focusing on why students should avoid plagiarism and exploring strategies that respect copyright and fair use.

Fair use is a doctrine within copyright law that allows use of copyrighted material for educational purposes without permission from the the owners or creators. It is designed to balance rights of users with the rights of owners by encouraging widespread and flexible use of cultural products for the purposes of education and the advancement of knowledge.

PPT presentations using the Media Education Lab (Temple University) new standards on Copyright and Fair Use.

Who owns what you compose? Who controls what happens with the words, images, music, sounds, videos that you create? What rights do you have to use other people's compositions? This unit plan focuses on helping students find answers to these questions. Students explore a range of resources on fair use and copyright then design their own audio public service announcements (PSAs), to be broadcast over the school's public address system

Temple University Media Education Lab provides this helpful document: 10 common myths about copyright and fair use for educators.