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Under the fair use doctrine of the U.S. copyright statute,
it is permissible to use limited portions of a work including
quotes, for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting,
and scholarly reports.
is protected by federal copyright law upon creation
The new rule holds that amateur creators do not violate the DMCA when they use short excerpts from DVDs in order to create new, noncommercial works for purposes of criticism or comment if they believe that circumvention is necessary to fulfill that purpose.
"Noncommercial videos are a powerful art form online, and many use short clips from popular movies. Finally the creative people that make those videos won't have to worry that they are breaking the law in the process, even though their works are clearly fair uses. That benefits everyone — from the artists themselves to those of us who enjoy watching the amazing works they create," added McSherry.
This source was designed to help educators seek the proper permissions necessary to use copyrighted work for academic purposes. It was found on the Stanford University website where there is a wealth of copyright and fair use research information
Student Bloggers: Electronic Frontier Foundation is a bloggers legal guide to student blogging. It provides information for students about legal issues when student blogging, such as freedom of speech and censorship.
UPDATED INFO!!
- The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education helps educators gain confidence about their rights to use copyrighted materials in developing students' critical thinking and communication skills.
The public owns these works, not an individual author or artist. Anyone can use
a public domain work without obtaining permission, but no one can ever own it.
Copyright has expired for all works published in the United States before 1923.
For works published after 1977, if the work was written by a single author, the
copyright will not expire until 70 years after the author’s death. If a work was
written by several authors and published after 1977, it will not expire until 70
years after the last surviving author dies.
Thousands of works published in the United States before 1964 fell into the
public domain because the copyright was not renewed in time under the law in
effect then.
Copyright law does not protect ideas; it only protects the particular way an
idea is expressed.
Sometimes an author deliberately chooses not to protect a work and dedicates the
work to the public. This type of dedication is rare, and unless there is express
authorization placing the work in the public domain, do not assume that the work
is free to use.
Copyright law does not protect the titles of books or movies, nor does it
protect short phrases such as, “Make my day.” Copyright protection also doesn’t
cover facts, ideas, or theories.
Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization designed to foster the public domain,
helps copyright owners dedicate their works to the public domain.
Works published in the U.S. before 1923
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In the U.S., any work created by a federal government employee or officer is in
the public domain, provided that the work was created in that person’s official
capacity.
This chapter of Stanford's Copyright and Fair Use Overview defines public domain and explains the main ways in which works become public domain. "Dear Rich" letters provide scenarios to illustrate many of these.